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What Can You Do With A Rebozo? / �Qu� Puedes Hacer Con Un Rebozo? (2009)

by Carmen Tafolla(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1582462712 (ISBN13: 9781582462714)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Tricycle Press

review 1: Amazon ReviewPara los ninos, Tafolla and Cordova weave together a delightful swirl of color, rhythm, and rhyme, delightful as a rebozo. Carmen Tafolla is a widely anthologized Mexican-American poet, with poems and stories for children and adults appearing in more than two hundred anthologies. A recipient of the Art of Peace Award, she has been recognized by the Texas Book Festival, Wellington International Poetry Festival, and the National Association of Chicano Studies. She enjoys inventing uses for her rebozos in San Antonio, Texas, where she lives with her husband, children, mother, and many pets in a hundred-year-old house. Amy Cordova is an artist and art educator who has spent many years exploring culture, community, and sense of place. She lives in northern New Mexi... moreco, where she and her partner, Dan Enger, own a gallery brimming with their bold and colorful works. She also lives with two magical Chihuahuas, Unica and Onesimo, who fill her days with happy inspiration.
review 2: The illustrations for this are immensely cheerful, bright, and engaging. I also love that the focus of the story is on taking an ordinary shawl and finding many imaginative and practical uses for it, everything from keeping warm to making a slide for stuffed animals. I had actually not heard of a rebozo before this, and the books is a good introduction to this particular cultural artifact. The note at the end, which explains rebozos a bit further and gives their background as being particularly Mexican, also adds to the text. The questions to explore with children in the endnotes are a bit brief, but I like that they are supposed to use their imaginations to come up with more uses. I also liked the way the family is portrayed here, with all of them together for holidays, working and playing together. This is a charming book. less

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