Team Up

El Toro and Friends

Team Up
Raul the Third
Our Price:
NZ$ 22.99
Hardback
Not defined - 56pg
30 Nov 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780358394716
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"Fantastically fun! Kids will drink in every imaginative detail in El Toro' s wild world!" -Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid seriesFrom New York Times bestselling, Pura Belpre Award-winning author-illustrator Raul the Third, Team Up reveals how El Toro and his fellow wrestlers become master luchadores in an action-packed, graphic-novel-style El Toro & Friends paper-over-board reader from the World of !Vamos!El Toro and friends make a great team! But that wasn' t always the case. A long time ago, they went to Ricky Raton' s School of Lucha, learning everything from strength training to patience. When it comes time for one final test, El Toro and friends have to decide whether working alone is the best way to go or if teaming up might make things easier. . . and more fun!Pairing Spanish phrases and with plenty of humor, this early reader is essential for those who want an action-packed story and lots of laughs.
Fantastically fun! Kids will drink in every imaginative detail in El Toro' s wild world! -- Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series"[A] vibrant comic book-style world. . . Clear outlines, lively pastel colors and easy-to-read text--which identifies Spanish sentences in purple font--provide an atmosphere full of action. A dynamic story. " -- School Library Journal (starred review)"Perfect for fans of colorful comics. . . with every page active and full of life. " -- Booklist"A can' t-miss read-aloud. A visual feast that packs a punch. -- Kirkus Reviews"In typical !Vamos! style, a vibrant world bursts to life on every page, filled with movement and a detailed host of cartoon characters. . . Raul offers a lesson in visual literacy, utilizing speech bubbles and panels in addition to traditional narration. " -- Booklist (starred review) for Tag Team and Training Day"Simple sentences and recognizable--yet entirely fresh and original--plot structures set up young readers for accomplishment. Visual and linguistic whirls and twirls match the fast-paced tempo of lucha libre, serving up dazzling Chicano English. " -- Horn Book (starred review) for Tag Team and Training Day"Providing bilingual and bilingual-wannabe audiences with easy reader materials that reflect and promote conversational and reading flexibility. . . with phrases sometimes translated within the text, sometimes understandable through visual context clues, and often delightfully left for readers to puzzle out on their own. " -- Bulletin of the Center for Children' s Books (starred review) for Tag Team and Training Day
Raul the Third is the New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpre Award-winning author-illustrator of the World of !Vamos! series and the illustrator of Schneider Family Award Honoree Stuntboy, in the Meantime, written by Jason Reynolds. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his New York Times bestselling collaborator, Elaine Bay.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780358394716
Published: 30 Nov 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Versify
Publisher: Versify
Format: Hardback
Pages: 56

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