Books for Children and Young Adults in Spanish 2021

Julia Alvarez El mejor regalo del mundo: la leyenda de la Vieja Belén (Bilingual Edition) The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belén ILLUSTRATIONS Ruddy Núñez GR L Making a Difference / Legends, Myths, and Fables / Caribbean and Latin America 9781631138690 10" x 8" / 32 pp $13.95 / PB Informational Text & Literature Literary Nonfiction / Poetry / Narrative Poems 2009 AMÉRICAS AWARD HONORABLE MENTION Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez recreates the legend of the Dominican folk character La Vieja Belén in this delightful bilingual rhyming story, beautifully illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy Nuñez. Alvarez’s retelling keeps the magic of the traditional account while contributing a down-to- earth, timely moral: “Of all the gifts you can give, your time is the best.” Jorge Argueta La fiesta de las tortillas (Bilingual Edition) The Fiesta of the Tortillas ILLUSTRATIONS María Jesús Álvarez GR Q Family / Food / Indigenous People 9781631138713 9½" x 11" / 32 pp $15.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Myths AMERICAS AWARD FOR LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE-WINNING AUTHOR The author remembers the day on which the Spirit of the Corn visited the restaurant that his family owned in El Salvador. The narration is full of suspense and is impregnated with the delicious scents that surrounded the kitchen and that remain intact in the memory and the heart of the author from his childhood. Bilingual Books Bilingual Books 234 K-3 BILINGUAL BOOKS WWW. LOQUELEO.COM/US