Cotorras sobre Puerto Rico

(Parrots Over Puerto Rico)
By Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore
Paperback: $14.95

Un libro ilustrado de no ficción sobre la historia de Puerto Rico y la cotorra puertorriqueña, que se recuperó del borde de la extinción.

Front cover for Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth; Cindy Trumbore and Susan L. Roth
This book is also available in English
Parrots Over Puerto Rico
By Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore

Description

Durante siglos, las bellas y escandalosas cotorras puertorriqueñas y los pobladores de la isla de Puerto Rico buscaron alimentos, sobrevivieron a los huracanes, cuidaron su descendencia y protegieron sus casas. Pero las cosas comenzaron a cambiar y, con el tiempo, los árboles donde anidaban las cotorras fueron destruidos. En 1967, solo quedaban veinticuatro cotorras en estado silvestre. Los humanos casi habían causado su extinción. ¿Serían capaces de salvarlas?

Al igual que hicieron en su premiado libro El mangle, Roth y Trumbore cuentan dos historias apasionantes. Ven a descubrir las fascinantes historias entrelazadas de Puerto Rico y de las singulares cotorras que viven en las copas de los árboles de la isla.

About the Creators

Susan L. Roth
Susan L. Roth

Susan L. Roth's vibrant mixed-media collage illustrations have appeared in numerous outstanding picture books, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal; Prairie Dog Song; The Mangrove Tree; and most recently Every Month Is a New Year and Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words. Roth and her husband live in New York. Visit her online at susanlroth.com.

Cindy Trumbore

Cindy Trumbore has been involved with young people's literature for most of her career. A former editor in children's book publishing, she now writes children's books, edits books for classrooms, and teaches writing. She has collaborated with her friend Susan L. Roth on several award-winning titles, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, which won the Robert F. Sibert Medal for Nonfiction; The Mangrove Tree; Prairie Dog Song, and most recently Butterfly for a King. She lives with her husband in Delaware. You can visit her online at cindykane.net.

Awards

  • Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish 2023

    Bank Street College of Education

  • International Latino Book Award Winner 2023

    Empowering Latino Futures

  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • Best Children's Books of the Year

    Bank Street College of Education

  • Junior Library Guild Selection

    Junior Library Guild

  • Américas Award

    Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs

  • Best Books of the Year

    School Library Journal

  • Teachers' Choices

    International Literacy Association (ILA)

  • Editors' Choice

    Booklist

  • Children's Books of the Year

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

  • Best Books of the Year

    Publishers Weekly

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

  • Green Earth Book Award

    The Nature Generation

  • Riverby Award for Young Readers

    John Burroughs Association

  • Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Honor

    National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

  • AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Reviews

  • * "Every paper-and-fabric collage is frame-worthy, from depictions of waterfalls and rain forest to sailing ships, hazards and, of course, parrots. From the commanding cover illustration to the playful image on the back, simply spectacular."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • * "Few nonfiction picture books attempt this level of ambition, and even fewer succeed. . . . Roth's stunning artwork—fluttery, textural collages of fabric and paper with a three-dimensional quality—compliment the high-interest narrative and are arranged vertically across dual pages to make the most of the tall trees and the related human actions taking place below. A triumphant reminder of the inescapable connection between people's actions and the animals in the wild."

    - Booklist
  • * "Like this team's The Mangrove Tree (Lee & Low, 2011), this title offers an engaging and hopeful look at environmental restoration."

    - School Library Journal
  • * "A thoughtful and thorough examination of the ways human action can both help and harm animal populations."

    - Publishers Weekly
  • * "This gorgeously illustrated history of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot, along with the settlement and development of Puerto Rico, underscores the environmental consequences of human populations on indigenous animal species."

    - The Horn Book

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781643796208
  • Publication Date Nov 15, 2022
  • Trim Size 10.25 × 9 in
  • Weight 0.5 lbs
  • Page Count 48
  • Interests

  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JNF / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation& Protection
  • BISAC Category 2 JNF / Animals / Birds
  • BISAC Category 3 JNF / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
  • Themes Animal / Biodiversity / Plant Adaptations, Animals, Environment / Nature, Exploring Ecosystems, Human Impact On Environment / Environmental Sustainability, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Nature / Science, Nonfiction, Overcoming Obstacles, Responsibility, Spanish
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 6 - 11
  • Grade Range Grades 1 - 6
  • Guided Reading T
  • Spanish Guided Reading T
  • ATOS Book Level 5.7
  • DRA 44
  • Interest Level Grades 1 - 6
  • Lexile Level 890
  • Reading Level Grades 4 - 5
  • SRC 7.5
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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