Author : Francisco X. Mora
Release : 2009-10-05
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Book Rating : 082/5 ( reviews)

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Listen to the Desert/Oye Al Desierto - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Listen to the Desert/Oye Al Desierto write by Francisco X. Mora. This book was released on 2009-10-05. Listen to the Desert/Oye Al Desierto available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A bilingual account of some of the animals and sounds commonly found in the Southwestern desert. Each double-page spread depicts a vast expanse of light blue sky with four lines of text-two in English and two in Spanish-on the verso, and a different creature or scene on the recto. . . . The translations are appropriate and provide an excellent opportunity to compare the sounds in the two languages. . . . The illustrations evoke Native American art in shapes and colors, and the bottoms of the pages are adorned with geometric designs. This book is a good choice for reading aloud; young audiences will enjoy the predictable, repetitive text, and its bilingual format enhances its appeal in a variety of multicultural settings."-School Library Journal "A very simple text, with each line repeated twice in English plus twice in Spanish, becomes a rhythmic, lyrical bilingual chant suggesting the onomatopoeic powers of both tongues. . . . A brightly decorative geometric motif runs