Cerca / Close
(Board book, Bilingual edition)
Publishing Details
Cerca / Close
By (Author) Juan Felipe Herrera
Illustrated by Blanca Gmez
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
1st September 2019
Bilingual edition
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
Early years / early learning concepts
FIC
Physical Properties
Board book
14
Width 178mm, Height 178mm, Spine 8mm
204g
Description
Some things are close cerca. Others are far lejos. With sweet simplicity, this charming dual-language board book and its companion volume, Lejos/Far, engage young children.
Mi cuarto est cerca de la cocina. My bedroom is close to the kitchen.
As she walks from her kitchen through a daisy-filled yard to the house next door, a little girl notices things that are close to each other just as the little boy she goes to visit is close to her.
Reviews
A bilingual Spanish/English spatial-awareness concept book...Quiet, simple, and sweet.
Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio
Juan Felipe Herrera is a poet, artist, and activist. He was the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. He is the creator of Jabberwalking and the author of Imagine, illustrated by Lauren Castillo. He lives in Fresno, California.
Blanca Gmez started drawing illustrations for her mom when she was a child. Now she illustrates for people from near and far, all over the world. She lives in Madrid, Spain.
