It happens all the time. As soon as the car pulls away, someone needs the bathroom.
Where is un baño? ¿Dónde está? I really do need one," I told mi mamá.
After racing around town, passing a gushing fountain, and cutting the inevitable line for the ladies' room, this adorable little girl makes it to the bathroom in the nick of time. And because the bathroom is in a restaurant, the family stays for a wonderful meal-and lots of limonada. . . .
Buoyant illustrations and a clever mix of Spanish and English combine to capture the urgency and humor of the situation to the delight of kids and grown-ups alike.
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Susan Middleton Elya lives in Danville, California. G. Brian Karas lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
PreS-Gr.1 Here's an exuberantly illustrated charmer that combines a common childhood experience and a new language. The young narrator is in the car with her parents, when she says, "Where is un bano? Donde esta? I really do need one," I told mi mama." Thus begins a frantic chase through town, looking for a bathroom. Since it's Sunday, most places are closed, but the family is directed to a blue restaurant, where the girls and ladies in the long line gladly let the little girl go first. Elya does a fine job of making the poetic text work while incorporating the Spanish into the rhyme scheme. Not every word is made clear through context, but most are, and there's a glossary appended for the rest. Karas' pencil-and-watercolor artwork captures the sense of motion and urgency--the lines of the text swirl around the pictures in a go-go fashion. Ilene Cooper
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