Loqueleo Catalog 2019

217 BILINGUAL BOOKS AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER 3-5 Julia Alvarez El mejor regalo del mundo: la leyenda de la Vieja Belén (Bilingual Edition) The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belén ILLUSTRATIONS Ruddy Núñez GR L Making a Difference / Legends, Myths, and Fables / Caribbean and Latin America 9781631138690 10" x 8" / 32 pp $13.95 / PB Informational Text & Literature Literary Nonfiction / Poetry / Narrative Poems 2009 AMÉRICAS AWARD HONORABLE MENTION Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez recreates the legend of the Dominican folk character La Vieja Belén in this delightful bilingual rhyming story, beautifully illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy Nuñez. Alvarez’s retelling keeps the magic of the traditional account while contributing a down-to- earth, timely moral: “Of all the gifts you can give, your time is the best.” 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 FOR LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE-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.