Super Cilantro Girl / La Supernina del Cilantro by Juan Felipe Herrera; Illustrated by Honorio Robleda Tapia
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   0892391871 ISBN-13:   9780892391875 Publisher:   Lee & Low; Children's Book Press Category:   Spanish Books, Dual Language Pub. Date:   June 2003 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   6 and UP
Awards
1998  Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Eight-year-old Esmeralda is transformed into a superhero and flies off to rescue her mother, who visited Mexico without her green-card and is not being permitted to return to the United States. In this bilingual English/Spanish story written by the award-winning author of 'Calling the Doves,' a girl comes to the rescue of her brother when he is detained at the U.S.-Mexico border. Los ni?os necesitan encontrarle respuesta a todos los temas de la vida. Algunas realidades son tremendamente dif?ciles. Habr? que buscar la manera de explicarlas. El Arte ayuda a entender los conflictos. Un buen libro puede dejar satisfecho a tu hijo. Si se trata de familias que han emigrado, muchas preguntas aparecen. Relatos como este, te ayudar?n. Esmeralda se vio obligada a desarrollar s?per poderes; su madre ha quedado detenida en la frontera de Tijuana. Los cambios que sufrir? la ni?a se ver?n impresionantes. De repente todo su cuerpo crece, y se transforma en verde. Este toque m?gico le permitir? volar, haci?ndose invencible, y pudiendo saltar todas las brutales barreras que han construido los hombres para separar a los pueblos. Ella vivir? su propia aventura, hasta concretar el rescate. What happens when a small girl suddenly starts turning green, as green as a cilantro leaf, and grows to be fifty feet tall? She becomes Super Cilantro Girl, and can overcome all obstacles, that’s what! Esmeralda Sinfronteras is the winning super-hero in this effervescent tale about a child who flies huge distances and scales tall walls in order to rescue her mom. Award-winning writer Juan Felipe Herrera taps into the wellsprings of his imagination to address and transform the concerns many first-generation children have about national borders and immigrant status. Honorio Robledo Tapia has created brilliant images and landscapes that will delight all children.