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?Marimba!: Animales From A to Z

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I was disappointed with this book. I expected it to each a Spanish alphabet as the focus is on Spanish vocabulary, or so I thought... The author doesn't include ll as an alphabet letter, which it is in Spanish and worse, includes llama under the letter 'l'. This makes it very misleading as llama is pronounced either with a y or a j sound, but not 'l' as we say it in English.

I would have preferred this book had it been a straightforward fun story in English.

This book is absolutely wonderful. The pictures and words are delightful and according to my daughter you can't beat a book that includes a llama. I also love the pronounciation guide at the end as it is interesting to compare the Enlgish and Spanish pronounciations. I highly reccommend this book to all.

With "¡Marimba!" El Paso author Pat Mora says she wanted to create an alphabet book that incorporates both English and Spanish. She found twenty-six cognates, or words that are similar in both languages, and arrived at this colorful story of something special that happens at the zoo when a frisky monkey begins to play his marimba. At the back of the book is a translation and pronunciation guide. Listed for grades K through 3, but my 6-year-old grandson enjoyed it as well.