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Moví la mano = I moved my hand / [written by] Jorge Luján ; [illustrated by] Mandana Sadat ; translated by Elisa Amado.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish, English Original language: Spanish Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2014Edition: Bilingual English and Spanish editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1554984858 (bound)
  • 9781554984855 (bound)
Other title:
  • I moved my hand
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Cuando una niña mueve su mano, ella cambia el mundo como ella lo descubre. A medida que mueve su mundo conocido, descubre que su propio poder y crea todo de nuevo. El poema, escrito por el poeta argentino Jorge Luján, viene de una cultura saturada con la magia, en la que incluso los más pequeños pueden hacer que el mundo a través del acercamiento y moverlo.Summary: When a little girl moves her hand, she changes the world as she discovers it. As she moves her known world, she discovers her own power and creates everything anew. The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge Luján, comes from a culture saturated with magic, in which even the very young can make the world by reaching out and moving it. Mandana Sadat's imaginative illustrations deepen and enrich the text. Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand is a very special contribution to the world of children's books for the very young (and the not so young).
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook LUJAN JORGE Available 33111007900448
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A simple but empowering poem about creating a world, told from a young child's perspective.

When a little girl moves her hand, she changes the world as she discovers it. As she moves her known world she discovers her own power and creates everything anew.

The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge Luján, comes from a culture saturated with magic in which even the very young can make the world by reaching out and moving it. Mandana Sadat's imaginative illustrations deepen and enrich the text. Movi la mano / I Moved My Hand is a special contribution to the world of children's books for the very young (and the not so young).

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Cuando una niña mueve su mano, ella cambia el mundo como ella lo descubre. A medida que mueve su mundo conocido, descubre que su propio poder y crea todo de nuevo. El poema, escrito por el poeta argentino Jorge Luján, viene de una cultura saturada con la magia, en la que incluso los más pequeños pueden hacer que el mundo a través del acercamiento y moverlo.

When a little girl moves her hand, she changes the world as she discovers it. As she moves her known world, she discovers her own power and creates everything anew. The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge Luján, comes from a culture saturated with magic, in which even the very young can make the world by reaching out and moving it. Mandana Sadat's imaginative illustrations deepen and enrich the text. Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand is a very special contribution to the world of children's books for the very young (and the not so young).

Text in Spanish and English.

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