Arroz Con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America [Library Binding]

Lulu Delacre (Author)

Book Description

A wonderful collection of beloved Latin American songs, games, and rhymes, with text in both Spanish and English, complemented by beautiful watercolor illustrations of Latin American land-and-city-scapes.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Trade (March 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590418874
• ISBN-13: 978-0590418874
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,478,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

LULU DELACRE has been writing and illustrating children's books for almost thirty years, striving to create quality literature. Her Latino heritage and her wide ranging life experiences inform her books.

Delacre's many beloved books include Horn Book Fanfare Book, "Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America" and "Salsa Stories", an IRA Outstanding International Book. "The Bossy Gallito", "Arrorro mi nino: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games" and "The Storyteller's Candle" are winners of the Pura Belpre Honor Medal for Illustration.

"Alicia Afterimage", the author's latest work is the Delacre's first book for young adults. It was written in memory of her daughter, who was killed in a car accident at the age of sixteen. After Alicia's death in 2004, Delacre interviewed twenty-two of her daughter's friends; the thoughts, emotions, and memories they shared became the basis for the book. "I believe that if this book helps bring some solace to others who must endure grief," she says, "it will have achieved its goal."

Delacre has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and France. She is a grantee of the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, and has been honored both as a Maryland Woman in the Arts and as a Write from Maryland Author.

A native of Puerto Rico, Delacre lives in Maryland.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic, March 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Arroz con leche: canciones y ritmos populares de América Latina Popular Songs and Rhymes From Latin America (English and Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

This unique bilingual nursury rhyme and music book, provides to the Hispanic mother what so many Mother Goose Rhyme books provide to the American mother: an excuse to cuddle with her child and share the dear folklore she grew up with. The fact that this is a collection in picture book format makes a great difference. It lends itself to share in one sitting. After several readings with a parent, the child will start to sing the songs by himself as soon as he sees the pictures. The illustrations depict real places troughout Latin America. In the 11 years I've used this book both outside and inside the classroom, with Latino children and non-Latino children as well, I've witnessed time and again the joy it brings to Hispanic parents and children. I've seen how Latinas spontaneously start singing the songs by flipping through the pages of the book and instantly feel compelled to share their forgotten folklore with their children. I've seen three generations of a family take out a guitar and play the songs in the middle of their kitchen. I've seen the pride of Latino children when they join hands with their classmates to play the game-song of arroz con leche and feel acceptance and respect in doing so. This is a book that brings out the best in people, and stands entirely on its own. It is a book that should be in every Spanish language or bilingual collection of a school. It is a classic.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars get real bilingual singers!, April 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Arroz con leche (Audio Cassette)

I grew up speaking both Spanish and English in NYC, and wanted to share some of the songs I grew up with, with my newborn daughter. I am going to throw this cassette out to ensure she does not pronounce Spanish like a she learned it in high school. A truly wonderful bilingual CD/tape is De Colores by Orozco. His book by the same title is also wonderful.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Arroz con leche (Audio Cassette)

The singers have very nice voices and I am sure the intention is good but in an age where there are so many bilingual people certainly some could have been located! The pronunciation in spanish is totally off and is further accentuated in the Elephant song which is spoken, another loss, this song has a really nice tune and it has been crossed out. To boot, one of the most significant songs is lacking - La Cucaracha. Sorry, but for educational purposes this cassette just does not cut it.