This was the 2010 Illustrator Award winner of the Pure Belpre Medal. Basically this book is written to celebrate children’s day and book day. It is a book that tells you where books can take you and how we should all celebrate together on this day in April. Plus, it’s written in English on one page and Spanish on the other. Combine that with the colorful illustrations and wonderful writing of Pat Mora and you have a good choice for kids. The biggest strength of the book is the bilingual aspect. It allows more people to understand the book, since not everyone has English as their first language. Plus, since Spanish is the second most predominate language in the United States it makes the most sense. I think as librarians and teachers that we should promote Children’s Day/ Book Day or El día de los niños/El día de los libros by reading this book.
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