Synopses & Reviews
In this encore to her celebrated Margaret and Margarita, Margarita y Margaret, acclaimed author-artist Lynn Reiser offers a spirited Spanish and English text that wraps itself around one common theme: finding and making a friend. This bilingual book, in which each language is an integral part of the story, features two boys one who speaks English, the other Spanish in search of two lost rubber balls. But what Richard and Ricardo ultimately find is that boys and dogs and ballplayers speak the sam language . . . even when they don t. So whether readers say hello or hola, they re sure to say ¡ olÉ ! and hooray!, because friendship feels the same no matter what your origins or your native tongue. Includes endpapers featuring each and every kind of ball from the story (labeled in both English and Spanish) as well as innovative photographic collage illustrations to reinforce vocabulary skills.
Synopsis
One park,
two dogs,
two boys,
two lost balls ...
and dozens of
ballplayers.
Is this your ball?
No!
¿Es ésta tu pelota?
¡No!
Then ...
let's go find the owner of this ball!
¡Vamos a buscar al dueño de esta pelota!
Turn these pages and you will discover that boys and dogs and ballplayers speak the same language (even when they don't).
And by the time you finish this book, you will, too.
Synopsis
This encore to Reiser's celebrated "Margaret and Margarita, Margarita y Margaret" offers a spirited Spanish and English text that wraps itself around one common theme: finding and making a friend. Two boys--one who speaks English; the other Spanish--are in search of two lost balls. Features innovative full-color photographic collage illustrations to reinforce vocabulary skills.
Synopsis
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About the Author
Lynn Reiser is the author of many popular books for children. She is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University and practices psychiatry in New Haven, Connecticut. She lives in a house in a garden in a forest in a town on the planet Earth.
In Her Own Words...
"I am a psychiatrist. Much of my time is spent practicing and teaching at Yale Medical School. In recent years I have also found pleasure in making books for children.
"My books start out as images and sketches and evolve as I draw them. Out of the art comes a dialogue, and from this the story emerges. Putting a picture book together is like playing a game-there are rules and surprises. The book must have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and fit into a set number of pages and a particular size.
"I draw wherever and whenever I have time-waiting in a train station, sitting by a stream, even on an airplane. Sometimes I begin sketches for a book years before I have a complete story or text. I draw the whole book in whatever order the images come, then I cut and paste the drawings until they fit. I listen for the rhythm of the words and of the pictures-once I sense it, it becomes another guide and constraint. The finished book is always a surprise.
"I always knew I liked to draw. I did not know that I liked to write until after I began to do it. One of the first books I submitted to Susan Hirschman at Greenwillow Books was the wordless dummy for Bedtime Cat. I asserted that the words were obvious. Susan said, "Then write them down." Through this process of "writing them down" I became a writer. Now I collect interesting words and phrases as well as sketches, and play with words as I play with images.
"I like to learn as much as I can about nature, the world, and people. Studying biology and medicine and psychology satisfies my curiosity about these subjects, and practicing psychiatry and teaching fulfill my wish to work with people and to help them. At first glance this sort of work may seem very different from the process of making picture books. But I feel that it is similar in that much of what I do as a physician is help others to express themselves, to discover their own stories, and to fit them together to make more sense of their lives. Words and dream images appear in my work every day. Metaphors and stories are part of communicating with students and patients.
"I have learned to trust that whatever comes to mind and hand is likely to be relevant and useful, no matter how silly it may seem at first.
"Making books is hard work, but it is a joy."