El mejor regalo del mundo: La leyenda de la Vieja Belen / The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belen (Bilingual Edition)

by Julia Alvarez

Overview

Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez recreates the legend of the Dominican folk character La Vieja Belen in this delighful bilingual rhyming story, beautifully illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy Nunez. Alvarez's retelling keeps the magic of the traditional account while contributing a down-to-earth, timely moral: "Of all the gifts you can give, your time is the best."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631138690
Publisher:	Santillana USA Publishing Company USA
Publication date:	11/18/2016
Edition description:	Spanish-language Edition
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	673,315
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library's program "The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez." In the Time of the Butterflies, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling.

Hometown:

Middlebury, Vermont

Date of Birth:

March 27, 1950

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., Middlebury College, 1971; M.F.A., Syracuse University, 1975