Tuck Para Siempre: Spanish Paperback Edition of Tuck Everlasting = Tuck Everlasting Spanish Languag Edition Contributor(s): Babbitt, Natalie (Author), Fradera, Narcis (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374480117 ISBN-13: 9780374480110 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: September 1993 Annotation: Spanish translation of the story of the Tuck family, who faces an agonizing situation when they learn that a ten-year-old girl and an evil stranger share their secret to eternal life. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 720 |
Series: Mirasol/ Libros Juveniles |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.25 lbs) 152 pages |
Themes: - Catalog Heading - Spanish/Bilingual - Curriculum Strand - Spanish/Bilingual |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Problemente el mejor trabajo de nuestro mejor novelista para ni os. --Harper's Un libro en Espa ol Libro Notable de la ALA Spanish translation of the story of the Tuck family, doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring. The Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a starnger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune. "Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor. The author manipulates her plot deftly, dealing with six main characters brought together because of a spring whose waters can bestow everlasting life. . . Underlying the drama is the dilemma of the age-old desire for perpetual youth." --The Horn Book |
Contributor Bio(s): Babbitt, Natalie: - Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (1932-2016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting and many other brilliantly original books for young people. As the mother of three small children, she began her career in 1966 by illustrating The Forty-Ninth Magician, written by her husband, Samuel Babbitt. She soon tried her own hand at writing, publishing two picture books in verse. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, was published in 1969 and established her reputation for creating magical tales with profound meaning. Kneeknock Rise earned Babbitt a Newbery Honor in 1971, and she went on to write--and often illustrate--many more picture books, story collections, and novels. She also illustrated the five volumes in the Small Poems series by Valerie Worth. In 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture, and in 2016 a musical version premiered on Broadway. Born and raised in Ohio, Natalie Babbitt lived her adult life in the Northeast. |