In Summer / En Verano

by Susana Madinabeitia Manso, Emily Hanako Momohara (Illustrator)

Overview

"I like summer! How about you? What do you like about summer? ¡Me gusta el verano! ¿Y a ti? ¿Qué te gusta del verano?" Celebrate longer days and warmer weather with this bilingual board book! There are so many fun things to do in the summertime: swimming, playing baseball, going to the beach. What do you like about summer? Vibrant photographs and text in both English and Spanish make In Summer/En Verano the perfect book for summertime... or any time!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936669646
Publisher:	blue manatee press
Publication date:	04/01/2018
Series:	Seasons/Estaciones
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Emily Hanako Momohara is an artist and academic in photography and video arts, who teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Susana Madinabeitia Manso is a Spanish teacher and translator, who works at Miami University.

Editorial Reviews

"In this upbeat bilingual board book, a boy with a head of frizzy curls celebrates the seasonal delights of spring . . . Manso uses simple, direct sentences and a repeating structure, ending each spread with a question that invites reader response . . . Momohara's photo-collages give the book real charm." —Publishers Weekly


"A cheery addition to the series." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2018-03-18
As the title suggests, a bilingual Spanish/English board book about summer.A child in a summery outfit celebrates activities that are nice to do in summer. Each double-page spread presents a photo of the child against a fuchsia-red background performing the activity in question, the simple, direct text following a repeating pattern: "In summer…I like to drink sweet lemonade!" (or "playing baseball," "swimming in the sea," etc.). This is followed by "Do you like lemonade?" (etc.). The accompanying Spanish text follows the same format: "En verano…¡Me gusta beber limonada dulce!" (or "jugar al béisbol," "nadar en el mar," etc.), to be followed by "¿Te gusta la limonada?" (etc.). The English text, printed in yellow, is easy to read; the Spanish text, unfortunately, is in a light blue that is harder to see against the bright background. The choice of the Spanish word "polo" for "ice pop" is puzzling, as even though it is correct, it is also not commonly used; the word "paleta" is more often heard. The book ends with a question that invites children to go beyond the book: "What do you like about summer?" "¿Qué te gusta del verano?" The child has long, dark hair and Asian features, wearing a bright floral-print romper throughout.A cheery addition to the series. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews