{"product_id":"baby-babas-eduardo-navarro-9781720776017","title":"Baby Babas: A Bilingual Storybook for Children of All Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eBaby Babas is the first title from the \u003ci\u003einternational\u003c\/i\u003e creative team at Babas Bilingual Books. It's a bilingual storybook of a \u003cb\u003eGerman Shepherd dog\u003c\/b\u003e and her Boy - the Babas Reading \u003cb\u003eTherapy Dog\u003c\/b\u003e Team - and takes the reader along on a reading-dog-with-a-job visit to an elementary school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBabas is an old lady now and falls asleep after her and her boy settle in. In her sleep she dreams about the day she first met her boy. He found her at Lake Atitlán in Guatemala and adventure ensued.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll titles from Babas Bilingual Books are a different kind of \u003cb\u003eEnglish\/Spanish dual language trade book\u003c\/b\u003e. The author is a bilingual language arts professional educator and literacy coach, and works in consultation with his mother - a veteran of three decades teaching reading and teaching reading teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe illustrations were created by Cuban national \u003cb\u003eEduardo Navarro\u003c\/b\u003e who lives and works in Havana. Eduardo is a respected, award winning painter and sculptor in Havana and Haiti, but has very limited access to the international market. This creative collaboration provides him with an income allowing for more of his time to be spent doing art and gaining exposure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text is \u003ci\u003enot a translation\u003c\/i\u003e. It is \u003cb\u003ea co-authored collaboration between a native English speaker and a native Spanish speaker\u003c\/b\u003e. Bianca Villasante also lives with her family in Havana, Cuba. This trade book avoids the pitfalls of other titles that, as good as they are in English, lose in translation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe beginning and end of the story are calibrated to the end of \u003cb\u003e2nd grade reading level\u003c\/b\u003e and focus on fluency and mastery of complex grammatical conventions. The middle of the book, when Babas dreams, is \u003ci\u003esimple enough to be decoded by a kindergartner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text is written in a special font specifically designed to be more easily read by \u003cb\u003edyslexic\u003c\/b\u003e children and the two languages are color coded using a method made famous by the Gomez and Gomez dual language educational model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaby Babas is a \u003cb\u003e42-page, English\/Spanish bilingual storybook and trade-book with full color illustrations and two hand drawn maps.\u003c\/b\u003e It aims to impart the ever more important lessons of compassion and companionship to the children of all ages who might read it. \u003ci\u003eStudies show that kids can be taught empathy and charity and those that learn these lesson at a young age live happier and emotionally healthier lives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTag along on a day in the lives of Babas and her boy as they use their relationship and skills to teach compassion and reading, \u003cb\u003ein English and Spanish\u003c\/b\u003e, to the next generation of dual language learners in Austin, Texas and beyond!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eduardo Navarro,Donna Stimmel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1720776016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781720776017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.11d","brand":"Eduardo Navarro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996022681855,"sku":"9781720776017","price":13.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baby-babas-eduardo-navarro-9781720776017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}