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    Marta! Big & Small

    By Jen Arena and Angela Dominguez

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    With simple Spanish and a glossary at the end, this fun read-aloud picture book, Marta! Big and Small, teaches little ones to identify opposites and animals and learn new words.

    Marta is una niña, an ordinary girl . . . with some extraordinary animal friends!

    As Marta explores the jungle, she knows she's bigger than a bug, smaller than an elephant, and faster than a turtle. But then she meets the snake, who thinks Marta is sabrosa—tasty, very tasty! But Marta is ingeniosa, a very clever girl, and she outsmarts the snake with hilarious results.

    A School Library Journal Top 10 Latinx Book 2016

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 23, 2016
    ISBN9781626728998
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    Marta! Big & Small
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    Jen Arena

    Jen Arena is a former editorial director at Random House Books for Young Readers. She now writes books for children full time, including 100 Snowmen, a wintry counting story, and Besos for Baby, a bilingual board book of kisses. Her books have been translated into French, Korean, Arabic, and of course, Spanish.

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    • 4/5
      Marta! is a lively picture book focused on teaching basic comparisons as well as a few simple Spanish words. Our heroine is a vibrant, clever, and adventurous little girl. It's a short, simple story certain to excite little imaginations.
    • 4/5
      Adorable opposites, with simple spanish words throughout. really nice bilingual book for younger kids.
    • 5/5
      Marta is an ordinary girl but to a bug she's huge; then again, to an elephant she's very small. This quick and fun read follows the titular character as she compares herself to a variety of animals she meets in the jungle. Each time she compares herself to an animal, the descriptive word is first given in Spanish before being repeated twice in English. For example, "To a turtle, Marta is rápida . Fast, very fast." Repetition is always appealing to kids; they quickly catch on to the rhythm of the book and start filling in the "very [adjective]" as they listen to a read-aloud. In addition to just being fun, this also helps youngsters to expand their Spanish vocabulary.The illustrations are relatively light on extraneous details, but they are lively and full of emotion. At the end of the book is an glossary providing all the descriptive words and the animals in both English and Spanish.