Osito is now bilingual, in English and French! Jouer avec Osito!
Playing with Osito | Jugando con Baby Bear is the best bilingual children’s picture book, English and Spanish!
Winner of the 2018 NM/AZ Book Coop Award, bilingual Children’s BookDream it
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Winner of the 2018 NM/AZ Book Coop Award, bilingual Children’s BookDream it 〰️
Playing with Osito | Jouer avec Osito
Author: Lisa Maria Burgess
Artist: Susan L. Roth
Osito wants to play, but his fur is growing slowly and he's got the shivers. His new friend thinks covering this baby bear with honey and a coat of wild flowers is a good idea. Osito does get warm, but then the bees arrive, and he has to make a run for it!
This charming story by Lisa María Burgess is set in the mountains that traverse the US and Mexico, and takes inspiration from her childhood in the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua. In making the vibrant collages, Susan L. Roth created Osito and much of the landscape with tree bark paper, which has been made in Mexico since precolonial times. This story for young readers is bilingual in English and French. The bilingual English and Spanish edition won the New Mexico Arizona Book Coop Award for best Bilingual Children's Picture Book in 2018.
Osito veut jouer, mais sa fourrure pousse lentement et il a des frissons. Sa nouvelle amie pense que couvrir ce bébé ours avec du miel et une couche de fleurs sauvages est une bonne idée. Osito se réchauffe, en effet, mais les abeilles arrivent, et il doit fuir!
Cette charmante histoire par Lisa María Burgess se déroule dans les montagnes qui traversent les États-Unis et le Mexique et s'inspire de son enfance dans la Sierra Madre de Chihuahua. En faisant des collages vibrants, Susan L. Roth créé Osito ainsi qu'une grande partie du paysage avec du papier d'écorce arbre, utilisé au Mexique depuis l'époque précoloniale. Cette histoire est bilingue pour de jeunes lecteurs, en anglais et en français.
Language(s): English and French
ISBN number:
HC ISBN: 9781939604-309 (40 pages; 8.5x8.5 in.)
PB ISBN: 9781939604-316 (40 pages; 8.5x8.5 in.)
Publication Date: 2023
Interest Level: Ages 4 to 8 / Grades P to 3
Key Words: Bear, Honey, Imagination and Play, Friendship, Humor, New Mexico, Mexico, Bilingual English and French.
"Captivating and humorous.... This baby bear has character. Children will cheer Osito as he tries to get warm and giggle at the girl's amusing and clever attempts to help him. ... Susan L. Roth's spirited and brightly colored collage illustrations are exquisite and really make this story sing." Multicultural Children's Book Day
"Educators: This book works well with lessons about problem solving, persistence, bears, the Southwest, New Mexico, Mexico, imagination, bilingualism, multilingualism, the environment, storytelling, paper art, and more." says Mommy Maestra!
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Osito twirled and grass flew in the air.
Reviews and Notes from Readers:
Multicultural Children's Book Day -- Review by Children's Books Heal
Mommy Maestra -- Review
Events:
2018, November 16th: NM/AZ Book Coop Award, bilingual Children’s Book category
2018, April 14th: Reading at Word Up in Harlem.
2018, February 24th: World Fest at BASIS Independent Brooklyn for Reading by Lisa Maria Burgess and collage demonstration by Susan L. Roth