A Spoon for Every Bite / Cada Bocado con Nueva Cuchara

By Hayes, Joe & Leer, Rebecca

Publishers Summary:
"An entertaining marriage of pictures and words."-Kirkus Reviews In 1996, master storyteller Joe Hayes and illustrator Rebecca Leer created A Spoon for Every Bite. It became an instant classic. In this lovely New Mexico folktale, a rich man tries to prove his wealth to his poor neighbors by using a new spoon for every bite. In the process, he's served a pretty dish of come-uppance. A Spoon for Every Bite is available for the first time in the bilingual format for which Hayes is famous. Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers-a nationally recognized teller of tales from the Hispanic, Native American and Anglo cultures. His bilingual Spanish-English tellings have earned him a distinctive place among America's storytellers.

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ISBN
978-0-93831-793-7
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2005

Gr 1-4 A rich man is asked to be the godparent to the son of a couple. When he agrees, the couple invites him over for dinner--but only after they have saved their money to buy a third spoon in order to entertain their guest. The man is amused that these people are so poor that they didn't even have three spoons, but his amusement turns to envy when his hosts tell him that they have a f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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