Yoko (Leer es vivir)

Reseña del editor


¡Hoy, sin duda, va a ser un día maravilloso! Y es que su mamá ha preparado a Yoko su sushi favorito para la hora del almuerzo. Sin embargo, cuando llega tan deseado momento, todos sus compañeros se burlan de su comida. Para evitar que esto pase, la avispada profesora se da cuenta de que ha llegado el momento de celebrar ¡el día de la cocina internacional!. Un libro sobre la integración y el respeto hacia otras nacionalidades y sus costumbres culinarias que ayudará desde temprana edad a conocer diferentes culturas. Divertida y tierna historia que hará las delicias de los más pequeños, que se verán identificados con los personajes de esta magnífica autora/ilustradora. Ganadora de numerosos premios, Rosemary Wells lleva más de 30 años escribiendo e ilustrando para el público infantil. Una vez más, con increíble maestría y estupendas ilustraciones llenas de vivacidad y color, toca la sensibilidad de los niños con la historia de Yoko, una llamada a la convivencia.


Críticas


CLIJ Noviembre 2003:"historia sobre el derecho de todos a ser distintos y sobre el enriquecimiento que supone la diversidad cultural"... Una obra para leer en clase, para compartir y reflexionar"

Web ALIN " Amigas/os del Libro Infantil y Juvenil:Apetitosa y deliciosa historia que versa sobre la amistad envuelta en sugerentes placeres culinarios.

Información de Alicante 03-03-2004:divertida historia que aborda el tema de la integración y el respeto hacia otras nacionalidades y sus costumbres culinarias y que ayudará a que los pequeños conozcan diferentes culturas desde temprana edad


Biografía del autor


Born: January 29, 1943 - New York, New York - United States of America. Current Home: Scarborough-on-Hudson, New York - United States of America. As far back as I can remember, I did nothing but draw. I discovered very early that making a picture of anything meant people saying, “Look at that!” How else could I get that kind of attention? After high school, I went to the Museum School in Boston. At nineteen, I left school, married Tom Wells, and began a career as a book designer. Two years later, when my husband applied to the Columbia School of Architecture, we moved to New York City. I found a job as a designer at Macmillan, where I published my first book, Sing a Song, O! My home life has inspired many of my books. Our West Highland white terrier, Angus, had the shape and expressions to become Benjamin, Tulip, Timothy, and all the other animals I have made up for my stories. He also appears as himself in a couple of books. My two daughters have been constant inspirations, especially for my Max books. Simple incidents from childhood are universal. The dynamics between older and younger siblings are common to all families. I am also an accomplished eavesdropper in restaurants, trains, and gatherings of any kind. Writing for children is as difficult as writing serious verse. Writing for children is as mysterious as writing fine music. It is as personal as singing. Once the story is there, the drawings just appear. I feel the emotion I want to show; then I let it run down my arm from my face, and it goes out the pencil. My drawings look as if they are done quickly. They are not. First they are sketched in light pencil, then nearly rubbed out, then drawn again in heavier pencil. What appears to be a thick ink line is really a series of layers of tiny ink lines. When I finish these lines, the drawing is ready for color. I have been writing and illustrating for almost 30 years. It has been a pure delight. There are hard parts, but no bad or boring parts ― that is more than can be said for any other line of work that I know.