My Town: Mi Pueblo (Bilingual English/Spanish)

by Nicholas Solis (Author) Luisa Uribe (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

In this bilingual picture book, cousins from opposite sides of the border visit each other's towns and delight in their similarities and differences.

Two cousins live in two towns, separated by a river. But there is also a bigger divide the US-Mexico border which means they live in different countries. On the girl's side, English is the main language, and on the boy's it's Spanish. The cousins love their towns, and they love visiting each other's, where they notice some things are the same and some are wonderfully different, adding up to a vibrant world full of even more possibilities.


En este libro ilustrado bilingüe, primos de lados opuestos de la frontera visitan los pueblos del otro y se deleitan con sus similitudes y diferencias.

Dos primos viven en dos pueblos, separados por un río. Pero también hay una división más grande en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, lo que significa que viven en diferentes países. Por el lado de la niña, el inglés es el idioma principal, y por el lado del niño, el español. Los primos aman sus pueblos y les encanta visitar los de los demás, donde notan que algunas cosas son iguales y otras maravillosamente diferentes, lo que se suma a un mundo vibrante lleno de aún más posibilidades.

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Kirkus Reviews

Sweet, good-natured musings on border life.

Review quotes

"Two cousins live in a pair of towns divided by the U.S.-Mexico border in this bilingual ode to cross-border kinship. . . . On each double-page spread, her adventures happen on the verso, while his unfold on the recto, cleverly echoing the same border that separates their towns. Similarly, the girl narrates her visit to her cousin's Mexican hometown in English, and the boy shares his escapades with his prima on the U.S. side in Spanish. Solis' amiable English and Spanish texts serve as one-to-one translations of each other, featuring similar content in differing contexts. . . . Each hometown's idiosyncrasies mainly arise through the vibrant, cozy artwork, where each pueblo features bustling, distinct neighborhoods. . . . Sweet, good-natured musings on border life." —Kirkus Reviews
Nicholas Solis
Nicholas Solis (nicholassolis.com) is also an elementary school teacher who has traveled the world and taught students in Tanzania, India, and Morocco. In 2018, he was the recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Grant from We Need Diverse Books, and in 2020 he was nominated for the 2020 Austin SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award. His debut author/illustrated book, THE STARING CONTEST (Peter Pauper Press), released September 2020, and THE COLOR COLLECTOR (Sleeping Bear Press) in Spring 2021.He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, baby boy, and their dog.

Luisa Uribe (luisauribe.com) is the illustrator of many award-winning books, including Your Name Is a Song (by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow) and Areli Is a Dreamer (by Areli Morales). She has an MA in art and design from the University of Loughborough and lives in Bogotá, Colombia.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593109915
Lexile Measure
490
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Publication date
August 20, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV030100 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Mexico
JUV074000 - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
City and town life
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Cousins

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