A review by eitch
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown, John Parra

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing

5.0

 

"Ana has read her book, her only book, so many times she knows it by heart. The book was a gift from her teacher for working so hard on her reading and writing."

Luis Soriano's story was told countless of times and by many children's authors, journalists, bloggers, book reviewers too if you wish... this one is my personal favourite retelling of this story perhaps because it has an additional fictional element to it, and perhaps because it centers Ana, a little girl who has benefitted from Luis and his donkey library. Ana has only one book, but inside her are milions of stories. Ana is a reader but also, Ana is a storyteller.
The little illustrations that accompany the story are also so well done I wanted to live in them. I felt so inspired, dreamy, and transported.
I also especially loved the inclusion of the original Spanish terms along with their English translations.

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