La arana muy ocupada (Spanish Edition) [Hardcover]

Eric Carle (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 1 and up

What better way to celebrate Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider’s 20th year in publication than to issue a Spanish-language version? This colorful, touch-and-feel story of an industrious spider is an Eric Carle classic, and now Spanish-speaking children can add it to their bookshelf of childhood’s most cherished books. It’s also a great tool for teaching beginning Spanish to children.

A perfect companion to The Very Hungry Caterpillar (La Oruga Muy Hambrienta), this lovable, hard-working spider will spin her way into your heart, no matter what language you speak.

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About the Author

Eric Carle lives in Massachusetts. --This text refers to the Board book edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Philomel; 1 edition (April 26, 2004)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0399242414
• ISBN-13: 978-0399242410
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 11.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Libros en español > Infantil y juvenil > Animales

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Araña linda - traducción horrible, February 17, 2008

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Richard Morales "seguren" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La arana muy ocupada (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

This is a beautiful book but the translated version has been published with mistakes in almost every single page.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book. Needs to revise translation, October 5, 2011

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This review is from: La arana muy ocupada (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

My son loves this book and we've being reading it every night for several weeks now. I really like the fact he can touch the spider's web(telaraña)as it grows, and of course the beautiful colors and illustrations.
I didn't give it five stars because of the translation. Being such a well known name in children's literature (and the text is really NOT complicated at all!!!) I would've expected more care. There aren't mistakes in every page. The two mistakes are in the last pages: Gallina(Hen) instead of Gallo (Rooster) and When the Owl asks: Quien -Lo- ha hecho esta telaraña tan bonita..."Lo" does not mean anything in that context. It might be a localism for some, but it's not correct spanish...

4.0 out of 5 stars Kids love it!, July 23, 2010

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Laurie Brown (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La arana muy ocupada (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

During our unit on animals I read this Spanish translation of Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider" to my students who range from 3 to 6 years old. The Spanish version does have grammatical and spelling errors, but I correct the inaccuracies while I am reading to my students. They enjoy looking at the pictures, making the sounds of the animals, watching the web get bigger and bigger, and feeling the web on each page. I was surprised that the translation had quite a few errors (gallina instead of gallo, for example), but it's still easy to enjoy this wonderful book.