Carolina's Gift: A Story of Peru (Make Friends Around the World) - Hardcover

Diaz, Katacha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568996950 ISBN 13: 9781568996950

Publisher: Soundprints, 2002

Synopsis

Carolina lives in a village up in the Andes mountains. Today she and her mother are traveling into town to find a birthday gift for Carolina's grandmother. There are so many things to see and so many gifts to choose from! Children will follow Carolina through her new experience. Carolina's Gift gives readers a fun and unique insight of a different culture, and a sense what life might be like for a child growing up in mountain village of Peru.
Book Features:
- Colorful illustrations and a heartwarming story
- Bonus facts about Peru
- 32 pages
- Appropriate for ages: 3 - 8

About this title

About the Author:

Katacha Diaz graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in sociology and an MA in public administration. A former research associate of the University of California at Davis, Katacha retired from academia to pursue her passion for research, writing and photography. Among the books she has authored are In the Midnight Sky, Fiesta!, The Girl Who Loves Tamales, Riding with the Wind! and Carolina's Gift for the Soundprints' Make Friends around the World series. Katacha lives in Davis, California.

From Booklist:

K-Gr. 2. Carolina hopes to find a birthday present at the market for her grandmother. After looking in all the stalls, she and her mother find the perfect gift--a carved walking stick, so Abuelita can accompany them to the market the next time they go. This simple story is a vehicle for introducing Spanish words and showing a marketplace in Peru that the author once visited. Although the pleasant, color-saturated illustrations incorporate textile patterns and clothing reflecting the culture, the market scenes lack the bustle and vibrancy of Ted Lewin's pictures in Market (1996). Back matter includes a map, information on the market, and translations of 10 Spanish words used in the text. The book will be good supplemental material for elementary-level social studies. Use it with Lewin's book and with Leyla Torres' Saturday Sancocho (1995), another South American market story. Julie Cummins
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About this edition

• Publisher: Soundprints
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1568996950
• ISBN 13: 9781568996950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 29
• Illustrator: Landolt Gredna