El pingüino Pedro [Hardcover]

Marcus Pfister (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up

Originally published in 1987, Pfister's Penguin Pete has won the hearts of children around the world. Now Spanish-speaking children can enjoy pint-sized Pete's humorous adventures as he explores his icy world and finally learns to swim with the older penguins. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Young Spanish-speaking Pfister fans will appreciate these smooth, bare-bones renditions in board-book format about Pedro, a young penguin. Especially pleasing are Pfister's full-page watercolors that show Pedro eager to grow up and swim with the older penguins. -- Booklist

Language Notes

Text: Spanish (translation)
Original Language: English, German

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: North-South / Night Sky Books; 1st Spanish language ed edition (May 1, 1996)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 1558585648
• ISBN-13: 978-1558585645
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,941,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marcus Pfister has written and illustrated many books for North-South, including the popular Penguin Pete and Hopper series. His books The Rainbow Fish, Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!, and Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale have become international best-sellers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars El Pingüino Pedro, June 23, 2000

By 

Cynthia Blizzard (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: El pingüino Pedro (Hardcover)

As a 1st-2nd grade bilingual teacher, I find the pictures in this book very captivating for young children. The translation to Spanish by José Moreno is excellent. However, some of the vocabulary words might be a little difficult for even some fluent Spanish speaking 2nd graders to read. I think this would be a good book to read to small children out loud or for 3rd graders to read on their own.

The fact that penguins live in the Antartic region and that other migrating birds travel in this story would fit in well with a geography lesson or theme.

There are also two ideas that young children could reflect upon from Pedro's experiences. They are 1) trying to learn new things even if you aren't successful at them, and 2) learning how to be a good loser.

5.0 out of 5 stars lovely book of illustrations, December 1, 2008

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Eric K - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pinguino Pedro (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

It is a charming little book with wonderful watercolor illustrations. Lovely to look at.