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Lover Boy / Juanito el Carinoso : A Bilingual Counting Book by Lee Merrill Byrd (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLee & Low Books, Incorporated

ISBN-100938317385

ISBN-139780938317388

eBay Product ID (ePID)1587762

Product Key Features

Book TitleLover Boy / Juanito El Carinoso : a Bilingual Counting Book

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

Topicconcepts / Counting & Numbers, Short Stories

IllustratorYes, Delgado, Francisco

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorLee Merrill Byrd

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width8.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN98-011370

Reviews"A winning story of love of family and friends." -- Kirkus Reviews "A welcome addition to family, school, and community library bilingual book collections for children, Lover Boy / Juanito el Cariñoso is very highly recommended as a fun and entertaining guide to counting in English and Spanish." -- Midwest Book Review "Byrd and Delgado present a very artistic--and yet very fun-loving--little counting book...Highly recommended for bookstores and libraries." -- Críticas "The enthusiastic text is well adapted by the translator... Delgado's saturated-color artwork is equally exuberant as it portrays a representative Southwestern Latino family. In a market replete with clever concept books, this one will no doubt find its special niche."-- School Library Journal "What a delightful book!" -- Oneonta "The author of the book, Lee Merril Byrd, does an awesome job of helping little ones learn how to count in both English and Spanish...Francisco Delgado's illustrations are vibrant and the kisses come to life."-- SpanglishBaby.com "Uses kisses in the form of big hearts to count sequentially from one to ten in English and Spanish."-- Review of Texas Books, "A winning story of love of family and friends." - Kirkus Reviews "A welcome addition to family, school, and community library bilingual book collections for children, Lover Boy / Juanito el CariÃ±oso is very highly recommended as a fun and entertaining guide to counting in English and Spanish." - Midwest Book Review "Byrd and Delgado present a very artistic-and yet very fun-loving-little counting book...Highly recommended for bookstores and libraries." -- CrÃticas "The enthusiastic text is well adapted by the translatorâ€¦ Delgado's saturated-color artwork is equally exuberant as it portrays a representative Southwestern Latino family. In a market replete with clever concept books, this one will no doubt find its special niche."-- School Library Journal "What a delightful book!" -- Oneonta "The author of the book, Lee Merril Byrd, does an awesome job of helping little ones learn how to count in both English and Spanish...Francisco Delgado's illustrations are vibrant and the kisses come to life."- SpanglishBaby.com "Uses kisses in the form of big hearts to count sequentially from one to ten in English and Spanish."- Review of Texas Books, "A winning story of love of family and friends." -- Kirkus Reviews "A welcome addition to family, school, and community library bilingual book collections for children, Lover Boy / Juanito el Carioso is very highly recommended as a fun and entertaining guide to counting in English and Spanish." -- Midwest Book Review "Byrd and Delgado present a very artistic--and yet very fun-loving--little counting book...Highly recommended for bookstores and libraries." -- Crticas "The enthusiastic text is well adapted by the translator... Delgado's saturated-color artwork is equally exuberant as it portrays a representative Southwestern Latino family. In a market replete with clever concept books, this one will no doubt find its special niche."-- School Library Journal "What a delightful book!" -- Oneonta "The author of the book, Lee Merril Byrd, does an awesome job of helping little ones learn how to count in both English and Spanish...Francisco Delgado's illustrations are vibrant and the kisses come to life."-- SpanglishBaby.com "Uses kisses in the form of big hearts to count sequentially from one to ten in English and Spanish."-- Review of Texas Books, "A winning story of love of family and friends." -- Kirkus Reviews "A welcome addition to family, school, and community library bilingual book collections for children, Lover Boy / Juanito el Cariñoso is very highly recommended as a fun and entertaining guide to counting in English and Spanish." -- Midwest Book Review "Byrd and Delgado present a very artistic--and yet very fun-loving--little counting book…Highly recommended for bookstores and libraries." — Críticas "The enthusiastic text is well adapted by the translator... Delgado's saturated-color artwork is equally exuberant as it portrays a representative Southwestern Latino family. In a market replete with clever concept books, this one will no doubt find its special niche."— School Library Journal "What a delightful book!" — Oneonta "The author of the book, Lee Merril Byrd, does an awesome job of helping little ones learn how to count in both English and Spanish…Francisco Delgado's illustrations are vibrant and the kisses come to life."-- SpanglishBaby.com "Uses kisses in the form of big hearts to count sequentially from one to ten in English and Spanish."-- Review of Texas Books

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToSecond Grade

SynopsisParents, teachers, and grandparents are always asking Cinco Puntos for bilingual early readers for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children. They want fun books that give kids a delicious feel for the Spanish and English languages. And what could be more fun and delicious than counting kisses? Novelist and children's book author Lee Merrill Byrd was inspired to write this book one morning when she watched her own four-year-old grandchild Johnny. He was so happy and full of life that he was dishing out kisses for everybody and everything. He kissed his mother, he kissed his father, he kissed Stray Gray the Cat, and of course he kissed his grandmother! He was so happy he even kissed his bossy big sister. That morning he earned the nickname Lover Boy! Lee Merrill Byrd loves what happens when her grandchildren wander through their bilingual neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. Her first children's book, "Treasure on Gold Street", followed her granddaughter Hannah. Now it's little Johnny's turn. Algonquin will publish her first novel in Spring 2006., Parents, teachers, and grandparents are always asking Cinco Puntos for bilingual early readers for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children. They want fun books that give kids a delicious feel for the Spanish and English languages. And what could be more fun and delicious than counting kisses? Novelist and children's book author Lee Merrill Byrd was inspired to write this book one morning when she watched her own four-year-old grandchild Johnny. He was so happy and full of life that he was dishing out kisses for everybody and everything. He kissed his mother, he kissed his father, he kissed Stray Gray the Cat, and of course he kissed his grandmother He was so happy he even kissed his bossy big sister. That morning he earned the nickname Lover Boy Lee Merrill Byrd loves what happens when her grandchildren wander through their bilingual neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. Her first children's book, Treasure on Gold Street , followed her granddaughter Hannah. Now it's little Johnny's turn. Algonquin will publish her first novel in Spring 2006., Cuando Johnny, el nieto de Lee Byrd era pequeño, le gustaba dar besos y abrazos a todo conocido. Le daba besos a su madres, su padre y hasta el gato gris. Por supuesto que también le daba besos a su abuelita. Hasta le daba besos a su hermana mayor, Hannah. Por esto fue que le pusieron el nombre "Lover Boy" y de ahí salio la idea para este libro de contar., Parents, teachers, and grandparents are always asking Cinco Puntos for bilingual early readers for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children. They want fun books that give kids a delicious feel for the Spanish and English languages. And what could be more fun and delicious than counting kisses? Novelist and children's book author Lee Merrill Byrd was inspired to write this book one morning when she watched her own four-year-old grandchild Johnny. He was so happy and full of life that he was dishing out kisses for everybody and everything. He kissed his mother, he kissed his father, he kissed Stray Gray the Cat, and of course he kissed his grandmother! He was so happy he even kissed his bossy big sister. That morning he earned the nickname Lover Boy! Lee Merrill Byrd loves what happens when her grandchildren wander through their bilingual neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. Her first children's book, Treasure on Gold Street , followed her granddaughter Hannah. Now it's little Johnny's turn. Algonquin will publish her first novel in Spring 2006., Novelist and children's book author Byrd was inspired to write this bilingual book when she saw her own four-year-old grandchild Johnny. He was so happy and full of life that he was dishing out kisses for everybody and everything, eventually earning the nickname Lover Boy. Full color.

LC Classification NumberPZ73.H345 1998