Lesléa Newman

Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia Y El Huracán

A Story of Puerto Rico / Un Cuento de Puerto Rico
Illustrator: Erazo Baez, Elizabeth / Übersetzer: Lazaro, Georgina

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Produktbeschreibung

Bestselling author Lesléa Newman offers a tender and timely story of a Puerto Rican child facing a hurricane and her concern for the beloved coquíes of her home island. La autora de bestsellers Lesléa Newman ofrece un tierno y oportuno cuento de una niña puertorriqueña que enfrenta un huracán y su preocupación por los amados coquíes de su isla natal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee & Low Books
• Seitenzahl: 40
• Altersempfehlung: 6 bis 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2022
• Englisch, Spanisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 226mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780892394555
• ISBN-10: 0892394552
• Artikelnr.: 62923263

Autorenporträt

Lesléa Newman is the author of eighty books for readers of all ages. She has received numerous awards for her work, including two Stonewall Book Award Honors, two National Jewish Book Awards, the Massachusetts Book Award, and a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. From 2008--2010, she served as the poet laureate of Northampton, MA. Visit her online at lesleakids.com. Elizabeth Erazo Baez is a Puerto Rican visual artist who is inspired by the greenery of Puerto Rico and the beauty of its landscapes. As a result, her paintings focus on tropical scenes and portraits of the Caribbean. She also works as an elementary school art teacher. Baez lives with her family in Miami, Florida. You can find her online at baezfineart.com. Georgina Lázaro adapted the English text of Alicia and the Hurricane into Spanish. She is a Puerto Rican poet who has written poems that introduce children to Frederico García Lorca, Pablo Neruda, Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote, and other mainstays of Hispanic/Latinx culture and tradition. She also writes and translates children's books. Lázaro lives with her family in Ponce, Puerto Rico.