Two Worlds (Dos mundos)
A First Picture Book of English and Spanish Words
$21.75
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2025
Summary
From renowned artist and Pura Belpré Author Award Honoree Edel Rodriguez, this lushly illustrated bilingual vocabulary picture book teaches Spanish and English words inspired by his experience as an immigrant.
In his signature bold style, internationally acclaimed artist Edel Rodriguez draws on his childhood experience immigrating from Cuba to the United States to teach little ones about both vocabulary and perspective.
With every word presented in both Spanish and English, ea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781419764950 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1419764950 |
| Author: | Edel Rodriguez |
| Publisher: | Abrams |
| Imprint: | Abrams Appleseed |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 216mm x 216mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-5 |
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Critics Review
[E]nergetic print-style illustrations. This is an effective introduction to basic Spanish and English vocabulary that also provides subtle insight into one child’s immigrant experience navigating ‘two worlds / dos mundos.’ * Horn Book Magazine *
A stunning, eye-catching bilingual concept book in English and Spanish…vibrant illustrations…A gorgeous first words book. * School Library Journal *
Edel Rodriguez
Edel Rodriguez is a Cuban American artist and author who has exhibited internationally with shows in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York, Dallas, TX, Philadelphia, PA, and Spain. He has received the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators and for many years was the art director of TIME magazine. He is the author-illustrator of The Mango Tree (La mata de mango) and the illustrator of Song for Jimi: The Story of Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Smith Jr., Float Like a Butterfly by Ntozake Shange, Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy, and Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La juez que crecio en el Bronx by Jonah Winter. Throughout his career, Rodriguez has received commissions to create artwork for numerous clients, including the New York Times, TIME magazine, The New Yorker, and many other publications and book publishers. Rodriguez’s artwork is in the collections of a variety of institutions, including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., as well as in numerous private collections. He lives with his wife and daughter in New Jersey.
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