¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
An Eisner Award Nominee! A Pura Belpré Award Honor Book!
Explore the marketplace of a buzzing Mexican-American border town in ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market, a paper-over-board picture book from New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator Raúl the Third.
Bilingual in a new way, this colorful adventure teaches readers simple words in Spanish as they experience the bustling life of a border town. Follow Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe as they deliver supplies to a variety of vendors, selling everything from sweets to sombreros, portraits to piñatas, carved masks to comic books!
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"Hats off to Raúl the Third for this BRILLIANT and BEAUTIFUL new picture book. You can read it a hundred times and see something new and extraordinary every time." -- Dav Pilkey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dog Man series
"Witty, stylish panel artwork crackles with funky comic energy.... Most pleasing is the market's atmosphere of warmth and affection." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The comics-style illustrations of anthropomorphic creatures, objects, and places are full of detail and very enjoyable to explore.... This simple morning walk turns into a scavenger hunt of Spanish words and Mexican cultural elements." -- Horn Book (starred review)
"The grab bag of bilingual terms embedded in dialogue, signage, and stray scraps of text invite all readers to have a grand time latching onto what they know and figuring out what they don't." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
"This picture book entertains and informs readers through fresh and engaging art, advancing Spanish vocabulary and cultural references. A winner."
-- School Library Journal (starred review)
"The Book of the Year is now out!" -- Tom Angleberger, New York Times bestselling author of the Origami Yoda series
"Excellent for English and Spanish language learners alike.... This lively, inviting picture book offers readers a playful glimpse into a desert world surrounded by mountains and cactuses." -- Booklist
"A culturally intricate slice of a lupine courier's life."
-- Kirkus Reviews
