An English-speaking girl, a Spanish-speaking man, and a Polish-speaking woman might not be able to converse, but when a sparrow trapped in their subway car needs help, their common concern bridges the language barriers between them.
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Kindergarten-Grade 2-A title that has been published simultaneously in English and Spanish. On a New York subway, a girl sees a sparrow enter when the doors open. Concerned for the bird's safety, the child attempts to catch it. She soon gets help from the other passengers. The majority of the text is in Spanish; however, one man speaks English and a woman speaks Polish. There is no pronunciation guide for the four Polish sentences, but readers get the general idea of what is being said. Full-color illustrations in double-page spreads accompany the text. This would be good for sharing with story time groups.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Colorful watercolor paintings illustrate this multicultural story. When a sparrow flies into a subway car, a young Oriental girl tries to rescue it. She enlists the aid of a teenage boy, a Spanish-speaking woman, and a Polish-speaking man. The illustrations are filled with wonderful details...The brief text, which includes phrases in Spanish and Polish, advances the plot while allowing the illustrations to convey the action...A special book." --School Library Journal
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This review is from: Gorrión del metro: Spanish paperback edition of Subway Sparrow (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
I first read Gorrion del Metro to my daughter in the English-language version. I recently purchased the Spanish-language version because she's in a dual-language program at her school and I'm always looking for great reading materials in Spanish. This is a simple story - a sparrow gets lost on a New York City subway train - and it tells how people from different backgrounds and languages find common ground, even without common vocabulary, to come together to catch the bird and then release it to freedom. The drawings themselves are captivating and astonishing, with fascinatingly different perspectives of the bird in the subway train. It really gets the reader thinking about how diverse people can communicate. I love it!
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