Alicia's Happy Day / El Dia Mas Feliz de Alicia

By Meg Starr

Book Overview

It is Alicia's birthday and as she walks through her Latino neighborhood all her neighbors and friends help to make the day very special.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595721169
• ISBN13: 9781595721167
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Star Bright Books
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

The gushing joyful sentiment is quite contagious in this delightful read-aloud story.

Alicia's Happy Day/El Dia Mas Feliz De Alicia is a softcover, bilingual English/Spanish picturebook featuring enthusiastic color illustrations, a dash of Latino culture, and a spirit of all-around mirth. A young girl is have one of the happiest days of her life, and wishes to share that happiness. The reason for her joy is revealed on the last page - it's her birthday! "May you have a day that's twirly-swirly. / May you hear salsa and start to dance. / May the flags all fly for you. / Taxicabs all stop for you." The gushing joyful sentiment is quite contagious in this delightful read-aloud story.

Birthday Fun!

We use this book in the classroom to celebrate our kids' birthdays. The illustrations are fun, and it's nice to have a book with a cultural twist, alot of my students relate to it, and the others get to ask questions about the others cultures and the words they used. A lot of FUN!