With its lively illustrations and humorous verse, this companion volume to the acclaimed Say Hola to Spanish makes language learning a fun activity for the whole family.
With its lively illustrations and humorous verse, this companion volume to the acclaimed Say Hola to Spanish makes language learning a fun activity for the whole family. The colorful format and pages packed with action will appeal to a child’s sense of humor while fans of children’s verse in the tradition of Dr. Seuss will appreciate the style and art of this engaging educational storybook.
Susan Middleton Elya is the author of more than twenty-nine popular picture books for children, including Lee & Low's "Say Hola to Spanish" series and Home at Last. She has degrees in Spanish and elementary education, and she taught Spanish for many years. Elya is known for blending English and Spanish to create clever, lively, rhyming stories. A native of Iowa, she now lives in Danville, California. You can visit her online at susanelya.com.
Loretta Lopez who was born in El Paso, Texas, earned a fine arts degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New York City. Visit her online at lorettalopez.com.
"Another bright-eyed dose of Spanish vocabulary from Elya (Say Hola to Spanish, 1996). Jaunty, rhyming couplets introduce the words, and Lopez has provided illustrations in saturated, paintbox colors. . . This is a lot more fun than listening to language tapes. . . If the words have verve, the art dances off the page."
"This second volume by the creators of Say Hola to Spanish introduces 70. . .vocabulary words strung together by sing-song rhymes and acted out by a menagerie of comically dressed critters. The playful design scatters the text throughout Lopez's gouache and colored-pencil two-page spreads; the most effective scenes group the words, thematically, such as one of a train, plane, bus, and truck approaching a village. Lopez provides images bound to aid early elementary students' retention and recall of these Spanish works."
>"Gallina (hen), conejo (rabbit) and oso (bear) use jaunty verse to help introduce 70 words in this sherbet-bright Spanish language lesson...
