¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market

by Raúl the Third, Raúl the Third (Illustrator), Elaine Bay (Illustrator)

Overview

A 2020 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book 

Richard Scarry’s Busytown gets a Mexican-American makeover in the marketplace of a buzzing border town from Pura Belpré Medal-winning illustrator Raúl the Third.

Bilingual in a new way, this paper over board book teaches readers simple words in Spanish as they experience the bustling life of a border town. Follow Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe as they deliver supplies to a variety of vendors, selling everything from sweets to sombreros, portraits to piñatas, carved masks to comic books!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781328557261
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/02/2019
Series:	World of ¡Vamos! Series
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD610L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Raúl the Third is the New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award–winning author-illustrator of ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market, ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat, ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge, and the rest of the World of ¡Vamos! He illustrated Schneider Family Book Award honoree Stuntboy, in the Meantime, by Jason Reynolds, and the Lowriders series, by Cathy Camper. Raúl was born in Texas and grew up going back and forth between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, México. He now lives in Medford, Massachusetts, with his New York Times bestselling collaborator, Elaine Bay, and their son, Raúl the Fourth.

Raúl the Third is the New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award–winning author-illustrator of ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market, ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat, ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge, and the rest of the World of ¡Vamos! He illustrated Schneider Family Book Award honoree Stuntboy, in the Meantime, by Jason Reynolds, and the Lowriders series, by Cathy Camper. Raúl was born in Texas and grew up going back and forth between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, México. He now lives in Medford, Massachusetts, with his New York Times bestselling collaborator, Elaine Bay, and their son, Raúl the Fourth.

Editorial Reviews

…[¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market] opens a welcome and welcoming door into Latino culture…With an array of interesting creatures and vignettes crammed into the illustrations, the effect is a high-spirited hybrid of Richard Scarry and Mexican comics.

The New York Times Book Review - Maria Russo

Hats off to Raúl the Third for this BRILLIANT and BEAUTIFUL new picture book. You can read it a hundred times and see something new and extraordinary every time.” — Dav Pilkey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dog Man series

"Witty, stylish panel artwork crackles with funky comic energy.... Most pleasing is the market’s atmosphere of warmth and affection." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The comics-style illustrations of anthropomorphic creatures, objects, and places are full of detail and very enjoyable to explore.... This simple morning walk turns into a scavenger hunt of Spanish words and Mexican cultural elements." — Horn Book (starred review)

“The grab bag of bilingual terms embedded in dialogue, signage, and stray scraps of text invite all readers to have a grand time latching onto what they know and figuring out what they don’t.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

"This picture book entertains and informs readers through fresh and engaging art, advancing Spanish vocabulary and cultural references. A winner."
— School Library Journal (starred review)

“The Book of the Year is now out!” — Tom Angleberger, New York Times bestselling author of the Origami Yoda series

"Excellent for English and Spanish language learners alike.... This lively, inviting picture book offers readers a playful glimpse into a desert world surrounded by mountains and cactuses." — Booklist

"A culturally intricate slice of a lupine courier's life."
— Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

"[T]he grab bag of bilingual terms embedded in dialogue, signage, and stray scraps of text invite all readers to have a grand time latching onto what they know and figuring out what they don’t."–The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, STARRED review

"Witty, stylish panel artwork crackles with funky comic energy....Most pleasing is the market’s atmosphere of warmth and affection."–Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

"This picture book entertains and informs readers through fresh and engaging art, advancing Spanish vocabulary and cultural references. A winner."–School Library Journal, STARRED review

"The comics-style illustrations of anthropomorphic creatures, objects, and places are full of detail and very enjoyable to explore....[T]this simple morning walk turns into a scavenger hunt of Spanish words and Mexican cultural elements." –The Horn Book, STARRED review

"Excellent for English and Spanish language learners alike....This lively, inviting picture book offers readers a playful glimpse into a desert world surrounded by mountains and cactuses."–Booklist

"A culturally intricate slice of a lupine courier's life."–Kirkus

From the Publisher - SPANISH COMMENTARY

2019-01-15

Little Lobo and his dog, Bernabé, journey through a Mexican mercado delivering diverse goods to a variety of booths.

With the aid of red words splattered throughout the spreads as labels, Raúl the Third gives an introduction to Spanish vocabulary as Little Lobo, an anthropomorphic wolf, leaves his house, fills his cart with objects from his warehouse, and delivers them to the market's vendors. The journey also serves as a crash course in Mexican culture, as the images are packed with intertextual details such as food, traditional games, and characters, including Cantinflas, Frida Khalo, and Juan Gabriel. Readers acquainted with Raúl the Third's characters from his Lowriders series with author Cathy Camper will appreciate cameos from familiar characters. As he makes his rounds, Little Lobo also collects different artifacts that people offer in exchange for his deliveries of shoe polish, clothespins, wood, tissue paper, paintbrushes, and a pair of golden laces. Although Raúl the Third departs from the ball-pen illustrations that he is known for, his depiction of creatures and critters peppering the borderland where his stories are set remains in his trademark style. The softer hues in the illustrations (chosen by colorist Bay) keep the busy compositions friendly, and the halftone patterns filling the illustrations create foregrounds and backgrounds reminiscent of Roy Lichtenstein's pointillism.

A culturally intricate slice of a lupine courier's life. (glossary) (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews