Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors (A Latino Book of Concepts)
Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors (A Latino Book of Concepts) book cover

Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors (A Latino Book of Concepts)

Paperback – Picture Book, August 2, 2016

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Price
$7.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
40
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1452156453
Dimensions
9.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight
7 ounces

Description

About the Author Roseanne Greenfield Thong is a journalist and English teacher. She is the author of Round Is a Tortilla , Round Is a Mooncake , Red Is a Dragon , One Is a Drummer , and Wish . She lives in California.John Parra is an award-winning illustrator, artist, educator, and designer. He lives in Jamaica, New York.

Features & Highlights

  • In this lively picture book that Booklist described as "a cheerful color-concept book that presents a slice of Latino culture through food and fun," children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet corn cake. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the colors found in every child's day!

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Nicely illustrated book and content is cute

Nicely illustrated book and content is cute. Gook cultural enrichment book for any age, (even High School Spanish classes)....my only criticism is it has a page about the day of the dead. Because of that I'm reluctant to use it with young learners. This is not the first Hispanic book which brings up the day of the dead...Mexico ABC did too, and I know it is part of their culture but I found that could be scary for young learners.
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Fun Book

Fun book for the Spanish classroom!
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great book for kindergarten and first grade

I used this book, along with realia, during Hispanic Heritage month activities for the kindergarten and first grade classrooms in my building. (I am an ESOL teacher.) The kids loved it!
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Beautifully Done!

This book lives up to its Pura Belpre award. Beautiful melding of Spanish and English, food culture, vibrant colors, and vocabulary that awakens the senses make this book one of my new favorites!
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Wonderful

Wonderful book!
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Love

Awesome book!
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Beautiful Illustrations

The book has beautiful illustrations with beautiful poems on each page. It talks about different colours (in both English and Spanish) in the context of Mexican culture.
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Awesome culture book for my cousin

It’s so perfect most amazing cute Mexican books iv ever saw great for learning
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Great learning opportunity for children

Love this book! It's a great way to teach my daughter some Spanish and bring some Mexican culture into our home.

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