Pedro y el monstruo

by Fran Manushkin, Tammie Lyon (Illustrator), Aparicio Publishing Aparicio Publishing LLC (Translator)

Overview

Pedro is obsessed with monster trucks. He plays with his toy truck, writes about them at school, and even gets to go to a rally with his friends. He simply can't stop thinking about them! But can his love of monster trucks help him stop the monsters in his dreams? In the back matter, a glossary and discussion questions round out the learning and a collection of jokes rounds out the fun! Fully translated Spanish text. Pedro está obsesionado con los camiones monstruo. Juega con ellos, escribe sobre ellos en la escuela y va a ir a una carrera con sus amigos. ¡No puede quitárselos de la cabeza! Pero, ¿podrán sus camiones favoritos ayudarlo a vencer al monstruo de sus pesadillas? El glosario y las preguntas para comentar apoyan el aprendizaje ¡y los divertidos chistes completan la diversión!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515846581
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2019
Series:	Pedro (Spanish language edition) Series
Edition description:	Spanish-language Edition
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Fran Manushkin is the author of many popular picture books, including How Mama Brought the Spring; Baby, Come Out!; Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story; and The Tushy Book. There is a real Katie Woo — she's Fran's great-niece — but she never gets in half the trouble of the Katie Woo in the books. Fran writes on her beloved MacBook in New York City.

Tammie Lyon, the illustrator of the Katie Woo and Pedro series, says that these characters are two of her favorites. Tammie has illustrated work for Disney, Scholastic, Simon and Schuster, Penguin, HarperCollins, and Amazon Publishing, to name a few. She is also an author/illustrator of her own stories. Her first picture book, Olive and Snowflake, was released to starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal. Tammie lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband Lee and two dogs, Amos and Artie. She spends her days working in her home studio in the woods, surrounded by wildlife and, of course, two mostly-always-sleeping dogs Tammie Lyon, the illustrator of the Katie Woo and Pedro series, says that these characters are two of her favorites. Tammie has illustrated work for Disney, Scholastic, Simon and Schuster, Penguin, HarperCollins, and Amazon Publishing, to name a few. She is also an author/illustrator of her own stories. Her first picture book, Olive and Snowflake, was released to starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal. Tammie lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband Lee and two dogs, Amos and Artie. She spends her days working in her home studio in the woods, surrounded by wildlife and, of course, two mostly-always-sleeping dogs.

Interviews

Spin off series from Fran Manushkin's popular Katie Woo series. Readers will relate to Pedro's interests, experiences, and happy-go-lucky personality. Three-chapter structure builds confidences, as beginning readers are excited to be reading a chapter book.