I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama

By Maya Gonzalez
Paperback: $11.95

Bilingual English/Spanish. Listen… Can you hear the river calling you? Rushing and bubbling, splashing or still, the river has so much to teach us.

Description

Whenever Maya visits the river, the river jumps up to greet her. It cools her down when the summer sun is too hot, and holds her up when she dives in. It keeps her company in the quiet of winter. The river takes care of Maya and Maya takes care of the river.

In this gentle story of love and respect for nature, Maya Christina Gonzalez combines her award-winning talents as an artist and storyteller. Young readers will be inspired by the joy and wonder of being outdoors, and learn powerful lessons about their environment and themselves.

About the Creators

Maya Gonzalez

Maya Gonzalez is an award-winning children’s book artist, author, activist and progressive educator. Their work addresses systemic inequity in relation to race/ethnicity, sexism, and cissexism using children’s books as radical agents of change and healing, both personally and culturally. Gonzalez co-founded Reflection Press, a POC, queer and trans owned independent publishing house that uses holistic, nature-based, and anti-oppression frameworks in their books and materials for kids and grown-ups. They are also the creator of the Gender Wheel, a tool to express the dynamic, infinite and inclusive reality of gender, and provides lectures and workshops to educators, parents and caregivers. Visit them online at mayagonzalez.com.

Awards

  • Américas Award

    Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs

Reviews

  • "The author's love and respect for the natural beauty and rhythm of the river and how it sustains her through quiet and vibrant moods is vividly portrayed in both her words and paintings. . . Inspiring and peacefully thought-provoking."

    - Kirkus Reviews

  • "[A] lovely picture book."

    - School Library Journal

  • "Gonzalez deftly describes, in English and Spanish, how the child feels connected with nature."

    - The Horn Book

  • "This is a simple story that any young child can appreciate, and the illustrations are colorful and imaginative."

    - Sierra Magazine

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892392360
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 10 × 8.25 in
  • Weight 0.25 lbs
  • Page Count 24

    • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Science & Nature / Environment
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Hispanic & Latino
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Girls & Women
  • Themes Bilingual, Environment / Nature, Exploring Ecosystems, Fiction, Human Impact On Environment / Environmental Sustainability, Imagination, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Nature / Science, Optimism / Enthusiasm, Respect / Citizenship, Responsibility, Sharing & Giving, STEM / STEAM, Water

    • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades K - 3
  • Guided Reading J
  • Spanish Guided Reading K
  • DRA 20
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 580
  • Lexile Measurement AD580L
  • Reading Recovery Intervention 17
  • Reading Level Grades 1 - 2
  • SRC 2.3
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent

    • Resources

    I Know the River Loves Me – Yo sé que el río me ama Teachers Guide
    I Know the River Loves Me – Yo sé que el río me ama Teachers Guide

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