Marta! Big & Small

With simple Spanish and a glossary at the end, this fun read-aloud picture book, Marta! Big and Small, teaches little ones to identify opposites and animals and learn new words.

Marta is una niña, an ordinary girl . . . with some extraordinary animal friends!

As Marta explores the jungle, she knows she's bigger than a bug, smaller than an elephant, and faster than a turtle. But then she meets the snake, who thinks Marta is sabrosa--tasty, very tasty! But Marta is ingeniosa, a very clever girl, and she outsmarts the snake with hilarious results.

A School Library Journal Top 10 Latinx Book 2016

Author: Jen Arena
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 08/23/2016
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 9.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781626722439
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2016 pg. 72
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2016
Booklist 07/01/2016 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 07/25/2016
School Library Journal 08/01/2016 pg. 69
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

Jen Arena is a former editorial director at Random House Books for Young Readers. She now writes books for children full-time, including 100 Snowmen, a wintry counting story, and Besos for Baby, a bilingual board book of kisses. Her books have been translated into French, Korean, Arabic, and, of course, Spanish.

Angela Dominguez was born in Mexico City, grew up in Texas, and lived in San Francisco. She's the author and illustrator of picture books such as Let's Go, Hugo!; Santiago Stays; Knit Together; and Maria Had a Little Llama, an American Library Association Pura Belpré Illustration Honor book. She now writes and creates in her studio in Brooklyn, New York.