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Agua, agüita / por Jorge Tetl Argueta ; ilustraciones de Felipe Ugalde Alcántara ; traducción de Gabriela Baeza Ventura = Water, little water / by Jorge Tetl Argueta ; illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara ; translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura.
Record details
- ISBN: 1558858547
- ISBN: 9781558858541
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Publisher: Houston, Texas : Piñata Books, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "At achichipiga at." "Includes a Nahuat version"--Cover. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 33.16 |
| Language Note: | Parallel text in English and Spanish. |
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| Subject: | Water > Juvenile fiction. Spanish language materials > Bilingual. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | SPANISH JP Argue | 31681020079653 | SPANISHJP | Available | - |
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âMy name / is Water / but everyone / calls me Little Water.â In this beautiful, poetic ode to the life-giving force of water, award-winning childrenâs book author Jorge Argueta describesâin English, Spanish and Nahuatâthe life cycle of water from the perspective of one drop.
From its birth deep in Mother Earth, Little Water climbs to the surface, passing through roots and rocks, light and darkness. Finally, the tiny bead of water makes it to the top and rests, âa sigh of morning dew,â hanging on âthe tips of leaves / on spider webs / or on the petals / of flowers.â The droplet becomes a river, a lake, an ocean, ultimately climbing to the sky and turning into a cloud. Then, âdrop by drop / I return singing / to our Mother Earth. I am Little Water. / I am life.â
With stunningly beautiful illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara that depict the mountains, rocks, vegetation and animals of the natural world, this poem about the importance of water reflects Arguetaâs indigenous roots and his appreciation for nature. Containing the English and Spanish text on each page, the entire poem appears at the end in Nahuat, the language of Arguetaâs Pipil-Nahua ancestors. This book is an excellent choice to encourage children to write their own poems about the natural world and to begin conversations about the interconnected web of life. - Baker & Taylor
"Describes--in English, Spanish, and Nahuat--the life cycle of water from the perspective of one drop"-- - Baker & Taylor
Little Water rises from deep in the Earth, where he was born, and makes his way through the watery depths, to the surface, and on up into the sky, before returning to the Earth.
