My Name Is Gabito / Me Llamo Gabito: The Life Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (English, Multilingual And Spanish Edition) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from his novels, Monica Brown traces the novelist's life in this creative nonfiction picture book from his childhood in Colombia to today. This is an inspiring story about an inspiring life, full of imagination and beauty.
Lexile Measure: AD910L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc; Bilingual English/Spanish edition (October 1, 2007)
Language: English, Multilingual, Spanish
ISBN-10: 0873589084
ISBN-13: 978-0873589086
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 0.4 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #89,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #43 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Literary #223 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Learning > Spanish #27233 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Award-winning author Monica Brown presents My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a bilingual English/Spanish picturebook about the brilliant and imaginative writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Following "Gabito" from childhood to adulthood, and his evolution from a dreaming boy to a great storyteller read by millions, My Name is Gabito offers vibrant color illustrations by Raul Colon, featuring a visual texture to the color distantly reminiscent of the swirls of a fingerprint. A wonderful multicultural picturebook, My Name is Gabito features modestly involved text and is ideal for young readers who are just about ready to enjoy chapter books. The flawless Spanish text alongside the English will also appeal to Spanish-language students of all ages seeking to hone their skills and fluency.
Monica Brown is an amazingly smart and sensitive writer for children. I heard her speak at a conference, and she puts a lot of care and thought into her books, which are bilingual. She hopes to introduce children to interesting Latino/a people, and I have bought several of these books for my soon-to-be bilingual grandchild. Highly recommended!
Was disappointed in the content, length, translation and the way it is presented in electronic form, the photos are not vivid and the English and Spanish are not visible simultaneously as they would be on a two page format.... it was my mistake to purchase it.
So great! Great story about young Garcia Marquez with nonfiction biography information at the end. Works so well for my magical realism lesson for my Elementary students! The illustrations are great as well.
My wife and I are professors of Latin American literature, and we love this and the other bilingual children's books by Monica Brown. They offer compelling and accurate depictions of prominent Latin American figures from authors (García Márquez, Gabriela Mistral), to musicians (Celia Cruz), to athletes (Pelé). This particular title is perfect for young readers. I can't think of a better way to encourage our children to take an interest in reading the works of one of the greatest authors of our time when they are old enough to do so. The pictures are fabulous, and the capture beautifully the world that García Márquez delivers in his novels and stories. The text in Spanish is a faithful and accurate translation of the English version, which is, unfortunately, not always the case with "bilingual" books.
I love all of Monica Brown's children's book. This is wonderful to not only help me keep up my spanish but also fun for the kids to listen to. Well worth the read.
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