Hello Ocean: Hola Mar (Bilingual English/Spanish Edition)

by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Author) Mark Astrella (Illustrator)

Relive a day at the beach with this lovely book of memories. You can almost feel the salt spray on your face and smell the musky scent of ocean in the cool morning air. Remember how the sand squishes between your toes as the tide rushes to shore and taste the tang of the ocean on your lips. Spirited language evokes a sense of closeness and nostalgia for an old friend. The inspiration of the ocean will make learning the five senses in English and Spanish as easy as a day at the beach. 

Revive un día de playa con este precioso libro de recuerdos. Casi puedes sentir el rocío de sal en tu cara y oler el aroma almizclado del océano en el aire fresco de la mañana. Recuerda cómo la arena se aplasta entre los dedos de tus pies cuando la marea se precipita hacia la orilla y saborea el sabor del océano en tus labios. El lenguaje enérgico evoca una sensación de cercanía y nostalgia por un viejo amigo. La inspiración del océano hará que aprender los cinco sentidos en inglés y español sea tan fácil como un día en la playa.


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Publishers Weekly

Relayed in Spanish as well as English, this rhyming picture book pays tribute to the pleasures of a day at the beach. "Astrella's acrylics on airbrushed paper take on an almost photographic quality," wrote PW. Ages 3-8. (July) Copyright 2003 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.

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Munoz Ryan creates a rhyming text in both Spanish and English that captures the awe of a young girl discovering the ocean. The photographic realism of the illustrations provides a feast for the eyes, while at the same time the story's protagonist is using each of her senses to take in her experience.
—School Library Journal
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the recipient of the Newbery Honor Medal and the Kirkus Prize for her New York Times bestselling novel, Echo, as well as the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature for her body of work. She is the 2018 U.S. nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award and 2024 Children's Literature Legacy Award Recipient. Her celebrated novels, Mañanaland, Echo, Esperanza Rising, The Dreamer, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi Léon, and Paint the Wind, have received countless accolades, among them two Pura Belpré Awards, a NAPPA Gold Award, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and two Américas Awards. Her acclaimed picture books include Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and When Marian Sang, both illustrated by Brian Selznick, and Tony Baloney, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, as well as a beginning reader series featuring Tony Baloney. Ryan lives near San Diego, California, with her family.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781570913723
Lexile Measure
600
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Publication date
July 20, 2003
Series
Charlesbridge Spanish Edition
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV009050 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Senses & Sensation
Library of Congress categories
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Stories in rhyme
Ocean
Senses and sensation

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