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by Susan L. Roth (Author), Cindy Trumbore (Author), Susan L. Roth (Illustrator)
Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish, Bank Street College of Education
Robert F. Sibert Medal for Nonfiction, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
Lasting Connection Title, Book Links
Junior Library Guild Selection
Américas Book Award, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
Best Books of the Year, School Library Journal
Teacher's Choices, International Literacy Association (ILA)
Editor's Choice, Booklist
Children's Books of the Year, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Best Books of the Year, Publishers Weekly
Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Diverse and Impressive Children's Books of 2013, International Literacy Association (ILA)
Green Earth Book Award, Children's Nonfiction, The Nature Generation
John Burroughs Young Readers Award, John Burroughs Association/American Museum of Natural History
Nonfiction Honor List, VOYA
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction, Honor Book, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Original Art Show, Society of Illustrators
SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist, AAAS/Subaru
Top Ten Science and Health Books for Youth, Booklist
Top Ten Sustainability Books for Youth, Booklist
Traveling Art Show, Society of Illustrators
Un libro ilustrado de no ficción sobre la historia de Puerto Rico y la cotorra puertorriqueña, que se recuperó del borde de la extinción.
Durante siglos, las bellas y escandalosas cotorras puertorriqueñas y los pobladores de la isla de Puerto Rico buscaron alimentos, sobrevivieron a los huracanes, cuidaron su descendencia y protegieron sus casas. Pero las cosas comenzaron a cambiar y, con el tiempo, los árboles donde anidaban las cotorras fueron destruidos. En 1967, solo quedaban veinticuatro cotorras en estado silvestre. Los humanos casi habían causado su extinción. Serían capaces de salvarlas?
Al igual que hicieron en su premiado libro El mangle, Roth y Trumbore cuentan dos historias apasionantes. Ven a descubrir las fascinantes historias entrelazadas de Puerto Rico y de las singulares cotorras que viven en las copas de los árboles de la isla.
Author Biography
Susan L. Roth's vibrant, unique, mixed-media collage illustrations have appeared in numerous outstanding picture books, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal; Prairie Dog Song; The Mangrove Tree; Every Month Is a New Year, Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words, and most recently Butterfly for a King. Roth and her husband live in New York. Visit her online at susanlroth.com.
Cindy Trumbore has been involved with young people's literature for most of her career. A former editor in children's book publishing, she now writes children's books, edits books for classrooms, and teaches writing. She has collaborated with her friend Susan L. Roth on several award-winning titles, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, which won the Robert F. Sibert Medal for Nonfiction; The Mangrove Tree; Prairie Dog Song, and most recently Butterfly for a King. She lives with her husband in Delaware. You can visit her online at cindykane.net.
