Count on Culebra : go from 1 to 10 in Spanish

Format:

Book

Title:

Count on Culebra : go from 1 to 10 in Spanish

Other title(s):

Go from one to ten in Spanish

Author:

Paul, Ann Whitford author

ISBN:

9780823421244

9780823423101

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Holiday House, [2008]

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged.) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Summary:

When Iguana stubs her toe and cannot make her popular candies known as cactus butter dulces, Culebra the rattlesnake finds a cure that introduces the Spanish words for the numbers from one to ten.

Subject(s):

Bilingual books -- Juvenile fiction.

Iguanas -- Juvenile fiction.

Rattlesnakes -- Juvenile fiction.

Snakes -- Juvenile fiction.

Desert animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Counting -- Juvenile fiction.

Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.

Iguanas -- Fiction.

Rattlesnakes -- Fiction.

Snakes -- Fiction.

Desert animals -- Fiction.

Counting.

Spanish language -- Fiction.

Genre:

Bilingual books.

Juvenile literature.

Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.

Materiales en español -- Bilingüe.

Added Author:

Long, Ethan

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
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A companion to the popular Manana, Iguana that teches how to count in spanish. When Iguana stubs her toe, Doctor Culebra comes to the rescue. But his suggestions sound a little loco to everyne else. How will tying un rolling pin and dos kettles to Iguana's tail make her better? And more importantly, will Iguana feel well enough to make her cactus butter dulces? The extremely popular "Manana, Iguana" has sold and reprinted quickly, and Ann Whitford Paul and Ethan Long's previous titles have received much praise.

Author Notes

Ann Whitofrd Paul graduated from the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University School of Social Work. She worked as a social worker until she started her family. She soon became inspired to write picture books after years of bedtime reading to her four children. She's published 19 different award-winning books. Now she gets story ideas from her three grandchildren. For ten years she taught picture book writing through UCLA Extension. She still enjoys teaching how to write picture books. Her title, If Animals Kissed Good Night, made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (4)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 3-This follow-up to Manana Iguana (2004) and Fiesta Fiasco (2007, both Holiday House) features the same four friends. When Iguana stubs her toe on a stone, she is unable to make a pan of her famous cactus-butter dulces (candies). Everyone has suggestions, but it is Culebra (snake) who finds the cure. He tells Tortuga (turtle) and Conejo (rabbit) to tie a rope to Iguana's tale and attach "un rolling pin," "dos kettles," "tres skillets," and so on, all the way up to "diez spoons." As the lizard walks around, the resulting clatter soon causes her to forget about her injury, and the friends work together to make the sweets. This slapstick tale seamlessly incorporates Spanish counting words as well as animal names. At the end, the animals are shown enjoying the treats, for which a no-cook recipe is appended, along with a glossary and pronunciations. The bright, cheerful cartoons, done in vibrant Southwestern hues, are set against white backgrounds. The characters' faces are expressive and their actions humorously exaggerated. Which will young listeners remember more, the "uno, dos, tres" or the "PLINK, PLANK, PLANG, BLATTER, BLITTER, BLING" of the kitchen utensils? Whichever it is, they will have fun with this book, and perhaps those Spanish names will stick.-Marian Drabkin, formerly at Richmond Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

A reptile rushes to the rescue to ensure that candy gets made in this companion to Mauana, Iguana and Fiesta Fiasco. Iguana stubs her toe and is in too much pain to make her dulces, or "yummy cactus butter candies," so Culebra (snake) orders Conejo (rabbit) and Tortuga (tortoise) to attach different-numbered sets of culinary objects onto un rope tied to Iguana's tail. " `Seis pie tins AND siete cups are necessary.' `Necessary for what?' asked Tortuga. Culebra raised himself high. `Necessary for dulces.' " Soon Iguana is parading around with cookware and cutlery dragging behind. The situational humor of her weighty predicament will appeal to kids, and Paul and Long play it to the hilt by devoting several spreads to the noisy spectacle of kettles, skillets, pots, pans, knives, forks and spoons trailing behind a hapless Iguana ("clink clank clang klatter klitter..."). However, an anticlimactic resolution ends the story on a flat note, and the use of the Spanish numbers never feels organic. A glossary of the Spanish words and a recipe for cactus butter dulces are included at the end (should cactus butter be unavailable, substitute melted butter plus peanut butter). Ages 4-8. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

Iguana stubbed her toe and is in too much pain to bake dulces. Culebra, with help from friends--and various kitchen utensils (e.g., un rolling pin, cuatro pots)--tries to cure Iguana. The nonsensical text is mainly in English; only about a third of the book deals with counting in Spanish. Bright, overly exaggerated gouache and colored-pencil paintings illustrate the misadventure. Glos. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

When Iguana stubs her toe and whines to friends Tortuga and Conejo, they cannot help her. Their friend Doctor Culebra, however, prescribes a bizarre treatment that involves tying un rolling pin, dos kettles, tres skillets, and assorted other kitchen utensils, including nueve knives and diez spoons, to Iguana's tail. The cockamamie accumulation of cookware creates such a clamor, Iguana forgets her toe. Cured, she is able to make cactus butter dulces for her friends. The well-paced story exudes a charming silliness and invites participation. Bright cartoon-style illustrations, rendered in gouache and colored pencil, nicely depict the foolishness and are large and clear enough for group sharing. A guide to the pronunciation of Spanish words is appended, as is a recipe for Iguana's special dulces. The introduction of Spanish words and counting concepts along with the appealing art and offbeat story make this a treat for classrooms and storytimes.--Perkins, Linda Copyright 2008 Booklist