Mamá Elizabeti

By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Christy Hale
Paperback: $12.95

En Tanzania, una niña aprende lo que es cuidar a sus hermanitos y descubre lo difícil que es ser mamá.

Front cover for Mama Elizabeti by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen and Christy Hale
This book is also available in English
Mama Elizabeti
By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Christy Hale

Description

Elizabeti tiene una nueva hermanita, así que ahora debe ayudar con el cuidado de Obedi, su hermano menor. Elizabeti sabe lo que hay que hacer. Ella ha cuidado a su “bebé”, una muñeca de piedra llamada Eva, desde que Obedi era un bebé.

Pero cuidar a un niño de verdad no es tan fácil como cuidar a una muñeca de piedra. Elizabeti trata de barrer el piso, pero Obedi le jala el cabello. Elizabeti quita las piedritas del arroz, pero Obedi lo tira al suelo. Cuando Elizabeti va por agua, Obedi se mueve tanto que el pesado cántaro se le cae de la cabeza. Pobre Elizabeti. ¿Cómo podrá terminar sus quehaceres?

About the Creators

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeenwas a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania and was inspired to write the Elizabeti series from this experience. The series has won numerous awards. She now lives in Wisconsin with her family.

Christy Hale

Christy Haleis the author and illustrator of several acclaimed children's books, including four published by Lee & Low, and she has illustrated numerous other award-winning picture books as well. Hale also works in the children's book field as an art director, a designer, and an educator, offering programs at schools, libraries, and museums. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California. You can learn more about her at christyhale.com.

Awards

  • Best Children's Books of the Year Outstanding

    Bank Street College of Education

Reviews

  • "The community that surrounds the family is everpresent and add a layer of comfort to the overall story. This would make for a wonderful read-aloud...A realistic portrayal of familial bonds."

    - School Library Journal
  • "Perfectly captures the spontaneity and totality of a toddler's love, and the intimacy among family members is heartwarming and palpable. This is a loving, sensitive book to be shared and cherished."

    - School Library Journal
  • "This sweet sequel to the wonderful, award-winning Elizabeti's Doll will hit a chord in any child who has had to care for a younger sibling."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "This book shares with its predecessor a resolutely childlike point of view and a matter-of-fact presentation of another culture (that of rural Tanzania)."

    - The Horn Book

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781643796215
  • Price $12.95
  • Publication Date Feb 07, 2023
  • Trim Size 9.5 × 8.5 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Places / Africa
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Family / Siblings
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
  • Themes African / African American / Black, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Empathy / Compassion, Families, Fiction, Mothers, Responsibility, Siblings, Spanish
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 7
  • Grade Range Grades PreK - 2
  • Guided Reading N
  • Spanish Guided Reading N
  • DRA 30
  • Interest Level Grades PreK - 2
  • Reading Level Grades 2 - 3
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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