heisereads's review
5.0
Love this amusing early reader! This is the kind of representation we need in younger kidlit! Will be especially great to hand to those who love Elephant & Piggie, but with a much more interesting Mexican wrestling cultural lens. And students who speak Spanish will love seeing recognizable words & phrases used throughout.
teacher2library's review
3.0
I would have liked this installment better if El Torro taken iniative and started cleaning himself, instead if waiting for his female teammate to come tell him what to do.
stenaros's review
3.0
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El Toro and La Oink Oink get (as my father would say: you don't have to, you get to!) to clean up the Caliseo after their big match. This is all thanks to Mal Burro and Peeky Pequeño who have skipped out on their obligations. This book was mostly written in English, with Spanish written in purple. Sometimes the English or Spanish was repeated, sometimes phrases were used alone.
I was mostly annoyed that El Toro and La Oink Oink cleaned the Caliseo.
El Toro and La Oink Oink get (as my father would say: you don't have to, you get to!) to clean up the Caliseo after their big match. This is all thanks to Mal Burro and Peeky Pequeño who have skipped out on their obligations. This book was mostly written in English, with Spanish written in purple. Sometimes the English or Spanish was repeated, sometimes phrases were used alone.
I was mostly annoyed that El Toro and La Oink Oink cleaned the Caliseo.
rlaferney's review
3.0
I really love Raúl the Third and his illustrations. This story was a bit hit or miss, as El Toro doesn't really take initiative and needs a woman to help him clean. However, this book could also be interpreted as a story of the power of team work to get a task done.
erine's review
4.0
I'm not sure I've ever read a kids' book that has cleaning toilets as a key plot point, but here's one example that works really well. At first La Oink Oink and El Toro are wrestling partners, but then they work together to clean up their stadium space. When El Toro is too overwhelmed by the task to even get started, La Oink Oink helps him to think through what they need to do. Then they tackle trash, sticky floors, the toilets, and the escaped training chickens.
Not quite bilingual, but Spanish words are liberally sprinkled throughout the text. La Oink Oink and El Toro demonstrate superb teamwork.
Not quite bilingual, but Spanish words are liberally sprinkled throughout the text. La Oink Oink and El Toro demonstrate superb teamwork.
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