Como Nacio El Arco Iris (How the Rainbow Was Born) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Alma Flor Ada (Author), A. Flora (Author), Vivi Escriva (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Series: How the Rainbow Was Born

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

--This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 4-- Appearing at a time when the whole world was just black, white, and different shades of gray, three colors--red, blue, and yellow--decide to make a contribution to the planet. The blue begins first and paints the rivers, the sky, and some birds. Red follows by painting strawberries and apples and another kind of bird. Yellow, believing the other two colors are lost without him, gives color to the sun and the sunflowers. Then they combine to create more colors. The story is simply told and illustrated with brilliant watercolors. The text is short and printed in bold type.

Copyright 1991 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback
• Publisher: Santillana USA Pub Co Inc; Spanish edition (June 1991)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 1560142200
• ISBN-13: 978-1560142201
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,218,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alma Flor Ada, Pro­fes­sor Emerita at the Uni­ver­sity of San Fran­cisco, has devoted her life to advo­cacy for peace by pro­mot­ing a ped­a­gogy ori­ented to per­sonal real­iza­tion and social jus­tice. A for­mer Rad­cliffe Scholar at Har­vard Uni­ver­sity and Ful­bright Research Scholar she is an inter­na­tion­ally re-known speaker and the author of numer­ous children's books of poetry, nar­ra­tive, folk­lore and non fic­tion. Her books have received pres­ti­gious awards; among many: Christo­pher Medal (The Gold Coin), Pura Bel­pré Medal (Under the Royal Palms), Once Upon a World (Gath­er­ing the Sun), Par­ents' Choice Honor (Dear Peter Rab­bit), NCSS and CBC Notable Book (My Name is María Isabel). She is also the author of a book of mem­oirs, Vivir en dos idiomas, two nov­els for adults, En clave de sol and A pesar del amor, and sev­eral pro­fes­sional books for edu­ca­tors, includ­ing A Mag­i­cal Encounter: Latino Children's Lit­er­a­ture in the Class­room, as well as a wealth of edu­ca­tional mate­ri­als. Her work, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with F. Isabel Cam­poy in pro­mot­ing author­ship in stu­dents, teach­ers, and par­ents is the con­tent of their book Authors in the Class­room: A Trans­for­ma­tive Edu­ca­tion Process. Alma Flor Ada has been awarded the Amer­i­can Edu­ca­tion Research Asso­ci­a­tion [AERA] His­panic Issues Award for Research in Ele­men­tary, Sec­ondary and Post­sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion and the Cal­i­for­nia Asso­ci­a­tion for Bilin­gual Edu­ca­tion [CABE] Life Long Award.