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Borreguita and the Coyote: (Reading Rainbow Book)

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This is a great book! A liitle wooly and cunning lamb outwits a coyote - over and over and over. It's easy enough for children to understand and sophisticated enough for an adult to read over and over and over and just one more time mom, please. The illstrations will make you laugh out loud.

What fun I had reading this book out loud to my daycare kids and watching them giggle and howl each time the borreguita tricked the coyote.

This book is a classic to read aloud and share with all kids.

I so wanted my children to like this book. The artwork is attractive and I like to expose them to literature from other cultures, but they just did not take to it.

Although the story is fresh and has its amusing side, my son would just wonder away and no one (either the 3 y.o. nor the 5 y.o.) asked for it to be read again, even after multiple readings. (I don't assume that they will take to a book the first time.) Further, my daughter, who is the sensitive sort, was bothered by the fact that the coyote wanted to eat poor little borreguita.

We love "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" by Verna Aardema but that book has more of a rhythmic cadence that this book lacks and perhaps that is why it was not a hit in my house.

That said, you can see from the other reviews that other children loved it. And it is not that this is not a good book, but if your children are like mine you just might want to try it out at the library first.

This is a delightful Mexican Tale that my children and I continue to enjoy. The glossary in the front of the book adds to the delight of the story by helping the parent read with a wonderful Spanish accent. We have read this book more than any other book we have at home. I highly recommend it.

If you appreciate the art work illustrated on the book cover image it could be one of many reasons an adult and or child may find enjoyment. The art work, story, themes, humor and thoughts of hope are worthwhile, helpful and entertaining. One helpful consideration is it appears to be readily available at libraries as well as available at an affordable price. The author, illustrator, publisher, translator and bookmaker are all to be commended.

I like the sheep that kept tricking the coyote so that it would not be eaten. I read this story to and English Spanish reader and she loved it.

It's tough to tell who's the underdog in this colourful folk tale full of character and cleverness: the hungry coyote or the spunky lamb. We love them both!

This book was a family favorite whem my boys were toddlers but it is good for older cildren as well. I recently took this book, along with others for a read-in-day(adults come to read to the children)to a seventh grade class which was comprised of youngsters with a limited English understanding; they howled with laughter and loved it. The simple tale from Ayutla is great for all ages of children who still posses a twinkle in their eyes when the underdog comes out on top. The lamb demonstrates his cunning to trick the coyote and save his life. Besides the good story the book is full of fantastic artwork that will captivate a youngsters imagination despite the onslought of electronic media. Recommended for city, county and school libraries, and of course families who enjoy reading to their children.

My one year old insists on us reading this book to him at least 5 times a day. He stares at the pictures and loves when we read it playing each of the characters. We wish they would publish a board book version. We need to buy a new copy as he has ripped out of couple of pages carrying the book all over the house with him.

This book is very funny and is very imaginative. Very interesting to read folktales from my country Mexico that I even didn't read before. I also liked the illustrations and the fact that this book contains a Glossary with terms in Spanish so it can help teachers and parents pronounce the words correctly. I would love to read this book among 4 year old preschoolers and children in Kindergarten.