A lot of the text is fairly generic, so it still feels like it's aimed at fairly young readers. I read the board book first, and this book expands on the single line per person of the board book with 3 rhyming couplets per person (which manage to rhyme in both English and Spanish, which is impressive). Thank you to the author for writing it.more I'm rating it highly because the positive message and language accessibility are important and we need more books like this. The structure also really restricted the amount of information that could be included. I'm sure the author made sure it was accurate in both languages, and I imagine the editors have a much better grasp of Spanish grammar than I do, but it left me with a small worry about whether the quality of information and readability in the Spanish version had been compromised in a form over function type of way.
To match the rhyme scheme, some of the mini-biographies had different information in each language, and in a couple the sentence structure felt off. What I don't love as much is the rhyming couplets and what that meant for the translations. At first I was a little put off by some of the women chosen, thinking that some weren't really that well known and there could have been better choices, but after a little thought I realized that was a rubbish opinion on my part - of course there are other Latinas who might have been chosen, but these are all laudable women and if I or someone else doesn't know them that just creates an opportunity to look them up and learn more.
I love that it is in English and Spanish. I love that it highlights Latina women in the United States at the highest levels of art, science, and law.
At first I was a little put off by some of the women chosen, thinking that some weren't really that well known and there could have been better choices, but after a little thought I realized that was a rubbish opinion on my part - of course there are other Latinas who There are a lot of things to like about this book. There are a lot of things to like about this book.
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