Apolo Series Giveaway

Our second giveaway includes two wonderful books published by Kane/Miller Book Publishers. Apolo and Contando con Apolo are awesome Spanish translations of books originally published in Germany and written/illustrated by Caroline Grégoire. Apolo covers simple concepts, such as front (de frente), middle (en el medio), back (por detrás), left (izquierda), and right (derecha), with adorable illustrations for reinforcement. Contando con Apolo not only introduces numbers but colors, too. Here’s an excerpt from Contando…

"Apolo tiene una cola preciosa,
que parece un poquito una salchicha
pequeña. La menea cuando está feliz."

In addition, the books do a great job of introducing math concepts to preschoolers. Both you and your child will fall in love with Apolo through Grégoire’s charming depiction of the canine and the hilarious story lines.

Kane/Miller was created around 25 years ago by brother/sister team, Madeline Kane and Sandy Miller. Inspired by the profound effect of great foreign films, Kane/Miller looks for books that accentuate the commonality between children of different cultures, while celebrating the differences at the same time.

When it comes to translations, Kane/Miller states:
"Translating children’s books is like translating poetry. You have very few words to convey very complicated thoughts and images. We never, ever, ever do literal translations. We receive rough translations, either from the original publisher or we do them in house, and then we write, edit and rewrite until we have the idea and the story and the characters, but in English [or Spanish], in an English [or Spanish] way of thinking and conveying."

Check out Kane/Miller’s wonderful web site here. Be sure to click on their Libros del Mundo link for a complete list of their Spanish translations.

TO ENTER:

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We’ll announce our winners this weekend.

¡Buena suerte, Amigos!