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Lobo & Rabbit Stew
El lobo y el caldo de conejo

Marcia Schwartz

Raven Tree Press, Bilingual edition
October 16, 2010 / ISBN: 978-1936299003
Children Ages 4-8 /Fiction - English/Spanish
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Reviewed by Beverly J. Rowe

Lobo is a wolf who is convinced that he must eat rabbit stew while the moon is full or he will go cuckoo. I think he may be cuckoo already, but he has discovered a little bunny that is home alone. Mama Rabbit had to go pick lettuce, but she warned baby bunny that he must not let anyone in while she is gone.

Lobo is determined to have rabbit stew, and he tries a variety of temptations to get bunny out of his burrow, but the wise little rabbit outwits Lobo every time. Lobo is adorable, even if he is the bad guy in this story.

The setting is in the southwest, and the complicated illustrations show the southwest desert in all its glory. Amy Huntington transfers her sketch to an illustration board and then finishes it off with a mixed media technique, using oils and colored pencils for detail. The kids will love searching out all the details, and each time they look, they will find something new.
This book is bilingual: English/Spanish. The text is mostly English but has Spanish sprinkled throughout. The Spanish words are in a context where the reader can usually figure out the meaning without looking it up. This story is perfect for introducing children to a new language. It is also available in an English-only version.

Reviewer's Note:
Reviewed 2012
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