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Sopa de frijoles un poema para cocinar = Bean soup : a cooking poem / words by Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Rafael Yockteng

A recipe, in poem form, for young and old to prepare a pot of tummy-filling bean soup.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Argueta, Jorge
Other Authors:	Yockteng, Rafael (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	Spanish English
Published:	Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books/Libros Tigrillo, c2009.
Subjects:	Beans > Juvenile poetry. Cooking > Juvenile poetry. Spanish language books > Bilingual > Juvenile fiction. Bilingual books > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A recipe, in poem form, for young and old to prepare a pot of tummy-filling bean soup. Sumario en español: Una receta, en forma de poema, para jóvenes y viejos para preparar una olla de barriga-llenado sopa de frijol.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	9780888998811 (hardcover) : 0888998813 (hardcover) :
Author Notes:	Jorge Argueta is an award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young children. He has won the International Latino Book Award, the Américas Book Award, the NAPPA Gold Award and the Independent Publisher Book Award for Multicultural Fiction for Juveniles. His books have also been named to the Américas Award Commended List, the USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List, Kirkus Reviews Best Children?s Books and the Cooperative Children?s Book Center Choices. A native Salvadoran and Pipil Nahua Indian, Jorge spent much of his life in rural El Salvador. He now lives in San Francisco, California. Rafael Yockteng has illustrated many highly acclaimed children?s books, including Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta (USBBY Outstanding International Books), and Jimmy the Greatest! (which received six starred reviews) and Two White Rabbits (which received three starred reviews) by Jairo Buitrago. Together, Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng have won the ?A la Orilla del Viento? contest (Fondo de Cultura Económica de México), and their books have been included in IBBY?s Honor List, ?Los mejores libros del año? (Venezuela?s Banco del Libro), Kirkus Best Books, the Horn Book Fanfare and the White Ravens Catalogue. Rafael lives in Colombia.