Mi escalera

By Sally Derby Miller, Adjoa J. Burrowes
Paperback: $12.95

In Spanish. An African American girl shares the private world of playtime on her front steps over each of the four seasons in this picture book.

Front cover for Mi escalera - Bebop by Sally Derby Miller and Adjoa J. Burrowes
This book is also available in Spanish
Mi escalera – Bebop
By Sally Derby Miller, Adjoa J. Burrowes
Front cover for My Steps by Sally Derby Miller and Adjoa J. Burrowes
This book is also available in English
My Steps
By Sally Derby Miller, Adjoa J. Burrowes
Front cover for My Steps - Bebop by Sally Derby Miller and Adjoa J. Burrowes
This book is also available in English
My Steps – Bebop
By Sally Derby Miller, Adjoa J. Burrowes

Description

As the young narrator of this delightful story points out, the front steps can be one of the best places for city kids to play. Each season brings new experiences, from the long, hot-through-your-shoes days of summer to the discovery of leaf prints in autumn. Best of all, whenever you come back from away, setting foot on the front steps means you’re finally home.

Translated from My Steps, Mi escalera is an intimate portrait of children at play and a lovely tribute to all the seasons of a child’s world.

About the Creators

Sally Derby Miller

Sally Derby is the author of numerous books for children, including the popular No Mush Today and My Steps, published by Lee & Low. Her books are notable for their heartfelt family stories told from a spot-on childlike point of view. The mother of six grown children, she lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband.

Adjoa J. Burrowes
Adjoa J. Burrowes

Adjoa J. Burrowes has illustrated many books for children, including two published by Lee & Low: My Steps, a Child magazine Best Book of the Year, and Grandma's Purple Flowers, which she also wrote, an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" selection. In addition, Burrowes has written and illustrated several books for Lee & Low's Bebop Books educational imprint. Burrowes received a Fine Arts degree from Howard University and currently lives with her children in Herndon, Virginia. To find out more about Adjoa Burrowes, visit her website: www.adjoaburrowes.com.

Awards

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Reviews

  • "[Derby's] strong narration focuses on the tiny events that make up a day of make-believe. Where each scene has the pleasing simplicity of Peter's world in Ezra Jack Keat's The Snowy Day."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "The concreteness of the language and the occasional snatches of conversation bring the first-person text to life. Collages of dyed-and-painted papers add a feeling of spontaneity as well as a distinctive style. . . children who don't have a flight of cracked concrete steps may end up wishing for a stoop of their own."

    - Booklist
  • "A gentle story about a child's imaginative play. . . Bright cut-paper collages with watercolors. . . have a fresh, childlike quality. An additional slice-of-urban-life picture book."

    - School Library Journal
  • "[Derby] has created her most delightful children's book yet. My Steps proves once again that happiness is where you find it."

    - Cincinnati Inquirer

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781880000755
  • Publication Date Jun 18, 2005
  • Trim Size 7.5 × 9 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 711
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781880000748
  • Publication Date Jun 18, 2005
  • Trim Size N/A
  • Weight 0.4375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 711
  • Interests

  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Concepts / Counting & Numbers
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Concepts / Seasons
  • Themes African / African American / Black, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Cultural Diversity, Environment / Nature, Families, Fiction, Games / Toys, Home, Neighbors, Pride, Realistic Fiction, Sharing & Giving, Weather / Seasons / Clothing
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 7
  • Grade Range Grades K - 2
  • Guided Reading J
  • ATOS Book Level 3.3
  • DRA 18
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 750
  • Reading Level Grades 1 - 2
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
  • This Book is Included in These Collections:

    • 6
      African American Spanish Collection Grades PreK-2
      Collection of 6 books: $77.70

      231 in stock

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