Arrorró, mi niño

Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games
By Lulu Delacre
Paperback: $11.95

Bilingual English/Spanish. A book of Latino lullabies and games, inspired by the author’s own childhood in Puerto Rico.

Description

Arrorró, mi niño — Hush-a-bye, my child

It’s time to go to bed, and what better way to lull your child to sleep than with a tender song or gentle game? In this beautiful collection of classic Latino lullabies and games, mothers and children happily embrace and treasure their traditions while sharing the universal joy of the special bond between parent and child.

Arrorró, mi niño, Lulu Delacre’s loving tribute to Latinos from all walks of American life, is sure to become a favorite with everyone who has a precious little child to love, cuddle, and sing to. Both the Spanish and English versions can easily be sung with the melodies at the back of the book.

About the Creators

Lulu Delacre

Lulu Delacre is a bilingual author and New York Times Bestselling illustrator of children's books. Winner of several Pura Belpré Award Honors and an Orbis Pictus Honor, Delacre was a juror for the 2003 National Book Awards. A native of Puerto Rico, Delacre lives with her husband in Silver Spring, Maryland. For more information, visit luludelacre.com.

Awards

  • Best Children's Books of the Year

    Bank Street College of Education

  • Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor

    American Library Association (ALA)

Reviews

  • "This is a perfect book for parent and child to share one-on-one."

    - Book Links
  • "The bright, beautiful oil-wash illustrations for these 15 lullabies, nursery rhymes, and finger-play games reflect the diversity of the Latino experience. . . [T]he rhythm and poetry travel with music and fun."

    - Booklist
  • "In a gift to mothers everywhere, Delacre includes all of the best known lullabies from the Latino culture — a veritable Latina Mother Goose"

    - The Horn Book
  • "The short rhythmic compositions are accompanied by large watercolor illustrations showing Hispanic mothers and children. Warm colors and nurturing situations work well with the rhythms of the lullabies to produce a reassuring whole."

    - School Library Journal
  • "Warm illustrations with earth-toned backgrounds and more brightly dressed characters provide settings for this collection of 15 Spanish-language nursery rhymes.... A tender collection, most welcome for the home and perhaps also appropriate for some daycare or lapsit settings."

    - Kirkus Reviews

Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781584301592
  • Price $17.95
  • Publication Date Mar 01, 2004
  • Trim Size 9 × 9.75 × 0.75 in
  • Weight 0.9375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Paperback

  • ISBN 9781600604416
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Mar 01, 2004
  • Trim Size 9 × 8.25 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Cd

  • ISBN 9781600601231
  • Price $12.95
  • Publication Date Mar 01, 2004
  • Trim Size 5 × 6 × 0.5 in
  • Weight 0.125 lbs
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Nursery Rhymes
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Bedtime & Dreams
  • Themes Beginning Concepts, Bilingual, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Empathy / Compassion, Families, Fiction, Games / Toys, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Mothers, Poetry, Realistic Fiction
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 9
  • Grade Range Grades K - 4
  • Guided Reading L
  • DRA 24
  • Lexile Code NP
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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