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Hardcover Mama Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury/Un Tesoro de Rimas Infantiles Book

ISBN: 0786819537

ISBN13: 9780786819539

Mama Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury

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Book Overview

Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy, acclaimed authors and scholars of Latino literature, have spent years culling popular and beloved lullabies, jump-rope songs, riddles, proverbs, and more from all over the Spanish-speaking world. The result is the most comprehensive bilingual folklore collection available in this country. Full of charm and humor, rich with the diversity of Latino cultures, this one-of-a-kind treasury is the perfect introduction to Latino folklore for English speakers, and a trove of familiar favorites for Spanish speakers.

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Rated 5 stars
great buy

I bought this for my daughter who will be studying Spanish in college next year. She loved it. It is a beautiful book at a great price.

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Rated 5 stars
Cultural Treasury

In my center we work with many immigrants, especially Spanish speaking immgrants. All of our bilingual staff of parent educators love this book. We are responsible to help these families get their children ready for kindergarten entrance and one of the requirements now is the child has to be able to recite nursery rhymes. Of course the children have no idea what Humpty Dumpty or London Bridge is talking about. So this puts...

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Rated 4 stars
Adorable Little Book

I thought I'd check this out from my local library before purchasing it. There are different sections involving games, finger plays, sayings, nursery rhymes, etc....What you usually get in a book of this type. The illustrations are what make this book interesting. Many bilingual books have really cheap and uninteresting pictures in them. I have several Spanish bilingual children's books and the same stuff is pretty much...

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Rated 4 stars
A fun collection...

Acclaimed authors Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy have combined their talents to present a collection of sayings, nursery rhymes, games, and more. MAMA GOOSE: A Latino Nursery Treasury expounds on heritage and how various cultures have contributed to what is now considered Latino tradition or folklore. My favorite portions of the book were the jump rope songs, proverbs, and birthday songs. Remembering my childhood, I...

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