La protesta (Confetti Kids #10)

(The Protest, Dive Into Reading)
By Samantha Thornhill, Shirley Ng-Benitez
Paperback: $10.95

En este nuevo libro de la serie popular Confetti Kids, Lily y sus amigos organizan una protesta para evitar que el huerto comunitario sea demolido.

Front cover for The Protest (Confetti Kids #10) by Samantha Thornhill and Shirley Ng-Benitez
This book is also available in English
The Protest (Confetti Kids #10)
By Samantha Thornhill, Shirley Ng-Benitez

Description

Lily y sus amigos reciben la noticia de que su querido huerto comunitario se va a convertir en un estacionamiento. Organizan una protesta, avisando a amigos, vecinos y reporteros para que los ayuden a salvar el huerto. ¿Dará resultado su protesta?

About the Creators

Samantha Thornhill

Samantha Thornhill is a poet, educator, and children's book author. Her work has been published in over two dozen literary journals and anthologies. She has taught poetry to acting students at the Juilliard School and creative writing seminars at the Bronx Academy of Letters. She also facilitates workshops for the Dialogue Arts Project, which ventures into professional settings and uses creative writing as a tool to navigate uncomfortable discussions about social identity. A dual citizen of the United States and Trinidad & Tobago, Samantha has since retired from her active life in New York City to her native island of Trinidad. Learn more about her at samanthaspeaks.com.

Shirley Ng-Benitez

Shirley Ng-Benitez is a Bay Area children’s book author/illustrator who has illustrated 35+ children’s books, and has a background in Graphic Design (GabbyandCo.com), and hand-lettering (American Greetings, Inc.). She works and experiments in traditional mediums including watercolor, gouache, pen&ink, oils, and painted & cut-paper collage. Her work draws from a deep wish to add more compassion and connection in the world through her art and stories. She founded @AWEtober on Instagram, an annual art auction fundraiser since ’20, whose efforts have raised tens of thousands for various organizations supporting victims of the California wildfires, and efforts in coral reef restoration around the globe. She lives with her family and two black cats, and is thrilled to be working on her debut picture book, DOWN, THROUGH, UP by Quill Tree Books, Winter ‘25. Please visit shirleyngbenitez.com for more.

Awards

  • Best Children's Books of the Year 2022

    Bank Street College of Education

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Reviews

  • * "Another solid addition to an excellent, diverse early-reader series."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "In this new installment in the upstanding Confetti Kids beginning-reader series, short sentences and simple dialogue accompany watercolor illustrations that reflect Lily's diverse neighborhood and the power kids can have in their communities."

    - Booklist

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781643795942
  • Price $10.95
  • Publication Date May 31, 2022
  • Trim Size 9 × 6 in
  • Weight 0.1875 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Readers / Intermediate
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Lifestyles / City & Town Life
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Social Themes / Friendship
  • Themes Childhood Experiences and Memories, Early Readers, Fiction, Human Impact On Environment / Environmental Sustainability, Leadership, Overcoming Obstacles, Protest, Spanish
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades PreK - 3
  • Guided Reading J
  • Spanish Guided Reading J
  • DRA 18
  • Interest Level Grades PreK - 3
  • Reading Level 2
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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