Author, Illustrator Visit Primary School Spanish Students
The Spanish track students in Grades 4K through 5 enjoyed a visit from a writer, an illustrator and two others who came to talk about their work. Nadeen Green is the author of "Let There Be Dragons" and Rodrigo Tobar de la Fuente, from Chile, is the illustrator. Rodrigo’s wife, Vanenka Mosqueira Aguilar, read the story in Spanish to the children. The fourth visitor in the group was Patricia L. Sullivan, who works for the International Fund for Economic Development. Some of the money from sales of the book goes to an organization in Peru that helps to clean the rivers around the towns.
After the presentation, fifth graders wrote notes to the presenters while the 5K students drew their own pictures of the dragon. ***The 5K dragon drawings can be seen in the online Globetrotter*******.
Javier Sánchez (5S) wrote:
Sr. Rodrigo Tobar,
Gracias por compartir con nosotros tu libro y tus talentos artísticos. Eres un artista tan bueno que al final todos querían un dibujo tuyo y, como solo tuviste tiempo para un dibujo, tuvimos que sacar fotocopias. A todos nos gusto tus dibujos especialmente el que dibujo que hiciste en el tablero. Los dibujos en el libro también eran bonitos pero era mas impresionante verte dibujarlo en papel.
Ivanna Martínez-Gonzales (5S) wrote:
Naideen Green,
Gracias por el libro que nos leíste. Nos gusto mucho lo mismo que los dibujos hechos por Rodrigo Tobar.
The author and the illustrator donated a signed copy of the book to AIS, which is now available in the library.