Synopses & Reviews
Margaret Wise Brown's classic children's bedtime story Goodnight Moon, with timeless illustrations by Clement Hurd, has lulled generations of children to sleep. Now, for the first time, this beloved children's book is available as a bilingual Spanish-English board book.
Synopsis
This bilingual edition of the beloved classic Goodnight Moon is a perfect gentle introduction to new words in English and Spanish.
Any toddler, and particularly those in bilingual pre-K programs, will enjoy Goodnight Moon/Buenas noches, Luna.
Margaret Wise Brown's classic children's bedtime story Goodnight Moon, with timeless illustrations by Clement Hurd, has lulled generations of children to sleep. Now, for the first time, this beloved children's book is available as a bilingual Spanish-English board book.
El cuento cl sico--Buenas noches, Luna--por Margaret Wise Brown, con ilustraciones perdurables de Clement Hurd, ha ayudado que generaciones de ni os consigan el sue o. Ahora, por primera vez, este apreciado libro est disponible en edici n biling e: espa ol-ingl s.
Margaret Wise Brown favorites in Spanish include / Margaret Wise Brown favoritos en espa ol incluyen
Buen d a, buenas noches / Good Day, Good NightBuenas noches, Luna / Goodnight MoonEl conejito andar n / The Runaway BunnyEl gran granero rojo / Big Red BarnMi mundo / My World
Synopsis
Everyone's favorite bedtime book now in a bilingual edition.
El libro favorite para dormer ahora en edición bilingüe.
About the Author
Few writers have been as attuned to the concerns and emotions of childhood as Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952). A graduate of Hollins College and the progressive Bank Street College of Education, she combined her literary aspirations with the study of child development. Her unique ability to see the world through a child's eyes is unequaled. Her many classic books continue to delight thousands of young listeners and readers year after year.
Muy pocos escritores de literatura infantil han logrado captar las emociones e inquietudes de la niñez como Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952). Sus numerosos y ya clásicos libros y grabaciones continúan deleitando a lectores y oyentes de todas las edades.
Clement Hurd (1908-1988) is best known for illustrating Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, the classic picture books by Margaret Wise Brown. He studied painting in Paris with Fernand Léger and others in the early 1930s. After his return to the United States in 1935, he began to work in children's books. He illustrated more than one hundred books, many of them with his wife, Edith Thacher Hurd, including the Johnny Lion books, The Day the Sun Danced, and The Merry Chase. A native of New York City, he lived most of his life in Vermont and California.
Clement Hurd (1908-1988) se graduó de Yale University. Estudió pintura en París en los años 1930 con Fernand Léger, entre otros. Allí fue donde desarrolló su estilo característico, compuesto de colores de fuerte contraste. Hurd estuvo casado con la escritora Edith Thacher Hurd, con quien también creó muchos libros que se convirtieron en favoritos de los niños.