Viborita de Cascabel: Baby Rattlesnake, Spanish-Language Edition (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Lynn Moroney (Adapter), Mira Reisberg (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

A Native American tale of family love and forgiveness. Baby Rattlesnake wants a rattle like his older siblings have. His crying keeps the rattlesnake elders up all night so his parents give him a new rattle. Sure enough, he misuses his new rattle. When he tries to scare the chief’s daughter, she steps on his rattle and crushes it. Sad and defeated, he returns to his forgiving family who give him "big rattlesnake hugs."

Editorial Reviews

Review

Even very small children will understand—and profit from—this deceptively simple story’s valuable lesson. -- Publisher's Weekly

Humorous and warm, this story is perfect for reading aloud to primary-grade children. -- The Reading Teacher

This is the kind of book to delight both children and older folks...over and over again. -- The Bloomsbury Review

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Children's Book Press; Spanish Text edition (June 9, 1997)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0892391405
• ISBN-13: 978-0892391400
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,242,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crying baby keep you awake at night?, April 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Viborita de Cascabel: Baby Rattlesnake, Spanish-Language Edition (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Baby rattlesnake wants a rattle and waon't stop crying until he gets it. Unfortunately he isn't mature enough to use his rattle responsibly. Disaster ensues. Both parents and children will love this book. The illustrations are beautiful and all families will relate to the story. Its a great read aloud book and is available in both Spanish and English.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful book-and respectful too, February 14, 2002

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Linda M. Tuttle (Berkeley, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Rattlesnake/Viborita de Cascabel: Spanish/English Paperback Set (Paperback)

This book has been a favorite of mine as a teacher for many years. Children are fascinated by the story, and love it when Baby Rattlesnake cries!

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Picture Book; Wonderful Message, July 14, 2011

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Carol Peterson "Author/Educator" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Rattlesnake/Viborita de cascabel (Paperback)

Even human babies have rattles. But when a baby rattlesnake doesn't have one--that's something to cry about. Baby Rattlesnake is a wonderful lesson story adapted by Lynn Moroney and based on a Native American tale. Mira Reisberg's vibrant illustrations give the book the perfect ethnic feel to make the Southwestern setting come vividly alive.