Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Alberto Blanco Dichos de bichos ILLUSTRATIONS Patricia Revah GR N/A Insects and Spiders / Humor / Nature 9781682925768 6" x 7½" / 40 pp $8.99 / PB Literature Poetry Flea, bumblebee, termite... small, marvelous, strange bugs, full of surprises. The author provides a playful, poetic introduction—with a scientific foundation—to these beings that are so close and yet so unfamiliar. The illustrator uses the technique of nierikas , typical yarn paintings from the Huichol culture, to accompany the text harmoniously, achieving an original aesthetic and literary design. Alberto Blanco El blues de los gatos ILLUSTRATIONS Patricia Revah GR N/A Animal Stories / Humor / Animal Facts 9781641011266 6" x 7½" / 40 pp $8.99 / PB Literature Poetry / Narrative Poems This story starts in a dark alley in Barcelona where the cats are up and about. They need to eat and go in search of a feast. There is no scarcity of work, but they like to rest. Their games, at times, are fights that the light can calm down, and when they travel by the light of the moon, their shadows make silhouettes. With the rhythm of the blues, these verses describe stray cats in a sentimental way. Alberto Blanco ABC (Bilingual Edition) ILLUSTRATIONS Patricia Revah GR N/A Alphabet / Words and Word Games 9781641011754 7" x 9" / 32 pp $13.99 / PB Literature Poetry From A to Z, this book is comprised of forty-four poems that make connections between the sounds of letters and the meaning of certain words; between those words and the everyday objects they represent; between the letters, the images, and the game of language in this poetic alphabet, accompanied by hand- embroidered illustrations that will introduce children to the world of poetry. ABC Bug Verses The Alley Cat Blues Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy Uno, dos, tres ¡Dime quién es! One, Two, Three. Who Can It Be! ILLUSTRATIONS Vivi Escrivá GR G Folk and Fairy Tales / Identity 9781631135521 8" x 10" / 32 pp $17.95 / PB Literature Poetry / Riddles Children play “One, two, three. Who can it be!” to guess characters’ names from popular folktales. Little Red Riding Hood; Baby Bear; Pérez, the Mouse (the Hispanic version of the tooth fairy); First Little Goat; the Big Bad Wolf; Mother Rabbit; and the Three Little Pigs provide the clues. AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS 249 POETRY, RIDDLES, RHYMES, AND SONGS AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER