Soledad Sigh-Sighs / Soledad suspiros

By Rigoberto González, Rosa Ibarra
Paperback: $12.95

Bilingual English/Spanish. A picture book about eight-year-old Soledad, a latchkey child whose friends come up with an imaginative solution to make Soledad feel less lonely when she gets home from school.

Description

Eight-year-old Soledad dreads coming home to her lonely house every day after school. She invents an imaginary sister to keep her company at first, but a much better solution emerges from the imagination and curiosity of two good friends from the neighborhood.

Prize-winning poet and writer Rigoberto González has crafted a delicate and touching tale about a latchkey child’s loneliness and her friends’ lively ingenuity in dealing with this all too common concern. Artist Rosa Ibarra’s lovely, thoughtful illustrations bring a New York neighborhood to life in warm pastel tones.

About the Creators

Rigoberto González

Rigoberto González was born in Bakersfield, California, and raised in Michoacán, Mexico. The son and grandson of migrant farmworkers, he is an award-winning poet and writer. Since completing his third university degree, he has worked mostly in New York and primarily with children and young adults as a dance instructor, daycare provider, literacy specialist, and creative writing teacher.

Rosa Ibarra
Rosa Ibarra

Rosa Ibarra is a painter whose work is exhibited and collected internationally. Born and raised in Puerto Rico and schooled in Paris, she studied painting at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she graduated with Honors. She went on to apprentice in Paris with her father, the painter, Alfonso Arana. She has four children, Klara, Nina, Kristina and Gabriel, and lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892393091
  • Price $12.95
  • Publication Date Mar 01, 2003
  • Trim Size 11 × 8.5 × 1 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9780892391806
  • Price $16.95
  • Publication Date Mar 01, 2003
  • Trim Size N/A
  • Weight 0.4375 lbs
  • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Social Themes / Friendship
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Imagination & Play
  • Themes Bilingual, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Collaboration, Conflict resolution, Empathy / Compassion, Families, Fiction, Friendship, Home, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Imagination, Immigration, Kindness / Caring, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Neighbors, Optimism / Enthusiasm, Overcoming Obstacles, Poverty, Realistic Fiction, Responsibility
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 7 - 9
  • Grade Range Grades 2 - 4
  • Guided Reading O
  • Spanish Guided Reading N
  • ATOS Book Level 2.9
  • DRA 28
  • Lexile Code NP
  • Reading Level Grades 2 - 4
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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