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by Keith Polette This story is a magical re-telling of Jack and the Beanstalk, but it takes place in the desert Southwest, where Paco lives with his mother. They are very poor, and Paco must take the cow to town and sell it, because they have no money to buy food. On the way, he meets a man who offers him a bag of seeds for his cow. He trades, and dashes home to plant the magic chile seeds. Of course, the resulting chile plant shoots high into the sky, and Paco climbs it to find the treasure, which turns out to be golden chiles. His exciting and frightening confrontation with the giant will leave the kids wanting you to read it to them again. Told mostly in English with Spanish words sprinkled throughout the story, and a keyword vocabulary English / Spanish page at the end of the book, it is a wonderful introduction to Spanish and sure to jumpstart the learning process. The story illustrations were sketched in pencil and rendered digitally with terrific bright colors depicting the hot desert landscape. This book will be a favorite for family story time or bedtime, and will get the kids off to an early start in language learning. |
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Paco and the Giant Chile Plant / Paco y la planta de chile gigante