Alicia's Happy Day (Spanish/English)

By Meg Starr

Book Overview

Alicia receives greetings from her Hispanic neighborhood as she walks to her birthday party. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595721150
• ISBN13: 9781595721150
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Star Bright Books, Incorporated
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 11.0" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

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!