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Looking for Bongo

"When a boy's abuela accuses him of being careless with his beloved Bongo, he devises a trap and catches the toy thief red-handed"--Provided by publisher.

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Main Author: Velasquez, Eric (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
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Toys > Juvenile fiction.
Lost articles > Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Stuffed animals (Toys) > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:"When a boy's abuela accuses him of being careless with his beloved Bongo, he devises a trap and catches the toy thief red-handed"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:9780823435654
0823435652
Author Notes:Eric Velasquez' awards include the John Steptoe / Coretta Scott King Award for new talent, a Pura Belpré Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a Carter G. Woodson Award. The son of Afro-Puerto Rican parents who encouraged music and storytelling, Eric grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York. He teaches illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and lives in New York.

For Holiday House, he both wrote and illustrated Looking for Bongo , and he illustrated Ol' Clip-Clop: A Ghost Story by Patricia C. McKissack (Anne Izard Storyteller's Choice Award Winner, Georgia Children's Book Award, Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year--Outstanding Merit) and New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer (Jane Addams Peace Association Children's Book Award, Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award).

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