A young bilingual immigrant meanders through her city park, translating for her beloved dog, in a heartwarming picture book debut.
Borrowing from her lived experience, Venezuelan-American author-illustrator Andrea Cáceres offers a gentle, charmingly illustrated ode to love that extends a hand--or a paw--to readers who may feel displaced or are learning a new language themselves..
And while TREAT doesn\'t mean anything to Nena, she can certainly sniff out a POSTRE! At the park, Nena may not know what the other dog owners are saying, but she and Aurora will always understand each other just fine.
She doesn\'t know WAIT, but she does know ESPERA.
She doesn\'t know SIT, but she does know SIÉNTATE.
Sweet Nena loves to give besos, and she knows only Spanish.
But her spaniel, Nena, did not.
When Aurora came to the United States, she learned to speak English.
Pero ella sí que puede oler un postre! Con dulzura y encanto, la autora e ilustradora Andrea Cáceres cuenta una tierna e incomparable historia sobre una niña, su mascota y un amor que transciende cualquier idioma.
Un treat no significa nada para ella.
Ella tampoco entiende wait pero sí espera.
Ella les dice: Nena no entiende la palabra sit pero sí entiende siéntate.
Por eso, cuando pasea a Nena, Aurora les explica a sus nuevos amigos que su mascota Solo Habla español.
Cuando Aurora llegó a los Estados Unidos, aprendió a hablar inglés, pero Nena, su spaniel, no.
A young bilingual immigrant meanders through her city park, translating for her beloved dog, in a heartwarming picture book debut
