Ifiesta!: Bilingual English-Spanish

by Ginger Foglesong Gibson

Book Overview

Enjoy this spirited, fun bilingual counting book.

Horns, airplanes, and tops. Whistles, gum, and rings. What should the children choose? And what will they do with all the things they buy?

Open this book to find out and to count with them--in English and in Spanish. It's easy!

Trompetas, aviones y trompos. Silbatos, chicles y anillos. Qu? deben escoger los ni?os? Y qu? har?n con todas las cosas que compran?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688143318
• ISBN13: 9780688143312
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Counting on fun

A bilingual counting primer, this colorful and energetic book follows three children to market one sunny day; there they fill one (uno) basket with exactly what they need for a special surprise, two (dos) horns, three (tres) little animals, four (cuatro) airplanes, five (cinci) tops, etc, all the way to ten (diez) streamers. Next the children call the neighborhood ninos to a back yard party (fiesta), where they have fashioned a beautiful piñata from the things purchased at the market that morning. As soon as the piñata breaks, toys and candy scatter, everyone enjoying an impromptu afternoon fiesta. The illustrations encourage curiosity as the three children explore the market stalls, choosing exactly what they need, counting higher with each new addition to the basket. Bright and attractive, the vivid colors emphasize the happy faces of the children as they prepare their surprise in a bilingual counting primer to share with young readers in both English and Spanish, a fiesta of language and numbers. Luan Gaines/ 2006.