Carlos and the Carnival/Carlos y la feria (Bilingual) (Carlos Series) (English, Multilingual and Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Stevens, Jan Romero

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873587332 ISBN 13: 9780873587334

Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc, 2004

Synopsis

Carlos ignores his father's advice about being careful how he spends his money at the carnival, and soon his pockets are empty. Children will enjoy this story about an earnest and endearing boy.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3-Fans of Carlos and the Squash Plant (1993), Carlos and the Cornfield (1995), and Carlos and the Skunk (1997, all Rising Moon) will want to read about the child's adventures at the fair. This tale finds him once again ignoring good advice and, in this case, spending all of his money. In a wholesomely innocuous story line, he and his friend Gloria eat sopaipillas, buy various trinkets, enjoy the rides, and lose money on games of chance. Carlos's funding is restored, however, when his rabbit wins "Best of Show," resulting in a prize of five dollars and a blue ribbon. The lengthy text, a trifle static in English, is rendered into a colloquial and stylish Spanish. Arnold's primitive oils on gessoed watercolor paper, though big and bright, appear a bit stiff and amateurish. This cautionary tale could be used with Helen Lester's Me First (Houghton, 1992) to drive home the idea of a lesson well learned.
Ann Welton, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0873587332
• ISBN 13: 9780873587334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32