La calle es libre [Paperback]

Kurusa Monika Doppert (Author), Kurusa (Author), Monika Doppert (Illustrator)

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From Publishers Weekly

This urban story of caring and self-reliance takes place in a barrio in Caracas where wilderness, open space, and wild animals are threatened by the unstoppable advancement of urban expansion. This is a true story of a community that united to build a park for their children to play.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Ediciones Ekare (January 1981)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 9802570508
• ISBN-13: 978-9802570508
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,841,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A dramatic, politically aware story, March 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: La calle es libre (Paperback)

This book is unusually rich in story and in illustrations. Though picture book in format, it is for older children. In brief, it focuses on a shanty-town developing outside of a large South American city. The children have no place to play, except for the street ("La calle es libre" of the title...), and the street is not safe. They start a campaign to get a park, but need the intervention of the mothers of the community and of a journalist to get the local government's attention. Promises are then made, and a site designated, but no work happens. Again, the children kick off the process, and this time the entire community gets involved in making the park. This is a rich and believably complex story of people making a difference, further enhanced by wonderfully detailed illustrations, which alternate full-color and black-and-white from spread to spread.