Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Jorge Argueta La fiesta de las tortillas (Bilingual Edition) The Fiesta of the Tortillas ILLUSTRATIONS María Jesús Álvarez GR Q Family / Food / Indigenous People 9781631138713 9½" x 11" / 32 pp $15.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Myths AMERICAS AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR The author remembers the day on which the Spirit of the Corn visited the restaurant that his family owned in El Salvador. The narration is full of suspense and is impregnated with the delicious scents that surrounded the kitchen and that remain intact in the memory and the heart of the author from his childhood. Jorge Argueta La gallinita en la ciudad (Bilingual Edition) The Little Hen in the City ILLUSTRATIONS Mima Castro GR O Animals / Feelings and Emotions / Family 9781631138706 9½" x 11" / 32 pp $15.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Realistic Fiction AMERICAS AWARD FOR LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE-WINNING AUTHOR A small, tired, and ill speckled hen flies in front of Natalia’s window on a rainy morning and arouses her nostalgia for her grandfather, who stayed in El Salvador. She is then determined to save the hen and moves heaven and earth to achieve it. Eduardo Carrera El sueño de una alubia A Bean’s Dream ILLUSTRATIONS Amanda Mijangos GR K Plants / Life Cycles / Words and Word Games 9786070128103 8" x 10½" / 48 pp $11.95 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Narrative Poems / Science “Covered snugly by dirt, the bean seed sleeps, waiting for the drop of rain to make his dream reality: to be dazzling, with leaves and flowers.” In this book, readers explore the life cycle of plants in a different way: through poetry and beautiful watercolor illustrations that invite imagination. Jen Bryant La palabra exacta. Roget y su Tesauro The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus ILLUSTRATIONS Melissa Sweet GR P Books and Reading / How Things Work/Are Made / Curiosities and Wonders 9786070129889 8" x 11" / 48 pp $16.95 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / Language Arts 2015 CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK; 2015 SIBERT MEDAL WINNER; 2015 ORBIS PICTUS HONOR BOOK An inviting, visually engrossing portrayal of Peter Mark Roget and the creation of the thesaurus. For shy young Peter, books were the best companions—and soon he began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and used it to organize his ideas and find exactly the right word to express just what he thought. 173 PICTURE BOOKS AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER