A while ago I wrote this blog posting about the book: Parrot Tico Tango:
http://miretteandmommy.blogspot.com/2012/03/book-of-day-parrot-tico-tango.html.
This book has been a continuous favorite of ours and is just a gorgeous book in every way. One day
I was browsing in a small consignment shop on our island that a friend recently started. On the table, there was a big pile of the Parrot Tico Tango books.
"That's one of our favorite books," I commented.
"Did you know she lives on the island?" Emma replied.
"WHAT!"
Today Mirette and I were lucky enough to listen to Anna White read her two stories and sing to a group of about 6 kids. It was so sweet and she made it fun with her Spanish words and guitar playing. I am thrilled that she lives here and seems such a warm and wonderful person!
We also got in a little chat about picture books. She said that it's very difficult to publish rhyming books--publishers don't want them these days. I think it's probably because so many rhyming books are god-awful and trite. But how sad to pass up a book like this with rich, complex, intersting rhymes.
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