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Title
The bossy gallito -- El gallo de bodas : a traditional Cuban folktale / retold by Lucia M. Gonzalez ; illustrated by Lulu Delacre.
Imprint
New York : Scholastic Inc., 1999, c1994.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Note
English and Spanish.
Indexed In:
Accelerated Reader.
Bulletin(Center for Children's Books).
Horn Book.
Notable Children's Trade Books.
Summary
In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story.
Audience
3.4 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program
Accelerated Reader AR UG RL 3.4 .5 18415 EN
Awards
Pura Belpre Narrative Award/Honor, 1996
Pura Belpre Illustration Award, 1996
Subject
Folklore -- Cuba.
Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.
Bilingual books -- English-Spanish
Bilingual books.
Cuba.
Added Author
Delacre, Lulu, illustrator.
ISBN
043906757X : $12.09