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Book: "Ruben's Rainbow / El Arco Iris De Ruben"

What would it be like if the world had no color? Ruben knows, because he used to live without color. Who's Ruben, you ask? He's the young boy in the book, "Ruben's Rainbow," who lived in a black-and-white world. After being "plopped" into a new and colorful world, Ruben found a way to bring all the colors of the rainbow back home with him.

This book is special -- it is written in English and Spanish. The sentences are short and easily translated, so parents and children can read in both languages. Accompanying the book is an Audio CD, that recites the story out loud, first in English alone, then in Spanish alone, and then in both English and Spanish. For the dual version, I wish that one sentence at a time was translated instead of the whole page. Also, I would have preferred some silence after the translation, so the parent or child could repeat the words themselves before the next sentence began. Despite my own preferences, the Audio CD is a wonderful complement to the book, since it allows parents and children to actually hear how the words should be pronounced in both languages.

My ParenTime recommends "Ruben's Rainbow," by Carlos Harrison and Grizelle Paz - the story is sweet; the illustrations are colorful and simple; and it introduces another language to children. And with the Audio CD, children can have the luxury of hearing the story in English, Spanish or both :-).

My ParenTime March 2002

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