The King of Things/El Rey de Las Cosas [Spanish]

by Artemio Rodriguez

En esta edici?n biling?e para peque?os lectores, el peque?o Lalo, recibe inspiraci?n del famoso juego Mexicano, la loter?a. Debido a que Lalo es el Rey de las Cosas y solo tiene tres a?os de edad, el... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0938317970
• ISBN13: 9780938317975
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Make-Believe Kingdom

Artemio Rodríguez is one of the most exciting artists working today. He now brings us a delightful bilingual picture book, "The King of Things / El rey de las cosas" (Cinco Puntos Press, $14.95 hardcover). Using the well-known Mexican game of lotería as his inspiration, Rodríguez tells the story of a little boy named Lalo who proudly trumpets: "I am three years old. I am so strong, I am so smart, look at what I own!" With a youthful glee that is infectious, Lalo informs us of the colorful characters that inhabit his make-believe kingdom. And as children often do, he places himself at the center of each lotería image, from el gallo to la luna, from la sirena to el tecolote. [This review first appeared in the El Paso Times.]

A wonderful and fun-filled introduction to the connections between two languages and cultures especi

Written by Artemio Rodriguez, The King of Things is an easy reader English/Spanish picturebook that introduces the very young to the famous Mexican game, Loteria. Loteria is a game of chance like bingo, using pictures instead of numbers and letters; each two-page spread of The King of Things shows a picture of something, its name in English, and its name in Spanish, such as "A heron / una garza" and "A little devil / Un diablito". A wonderful and fun-filled introduction to the connections between two languages and cultures especially for the very young.