| Specifications | 10" X 10"; 32 pages; Full Color Illustrations |
| Illustrator(s) | Valeria Docampo |
| List Price | | US$ 17.99 |  | |  |
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About
the Book
Join master storyteller Eric A. Kimmel as he
spins his next tale. Medio Pollito was remarkable from the day he was hatched
– he had one leg, one eye, one wing, half a comb, and half a beak.
Everywhere he went, he would
hop-step, hop-step,
hop-step
. So, of course, he was called Medio Pollito, which
means half chick. When Medio Pollito decided to travel to the big city, the
barnyard animals didn’t think he could make it.
"He’s only a half chick!
He won’t even get halfway!" gobbled the turkey.
Medio Pollito’s mother believed he could do it one step at a time, so off
he went. During his journey, Medio Pollito discovered that even though he was a
half chick, he had a whole heart, his most remarkable feature of all. Valeria
Docampo’s vibrant illustrations rendered in acrylic and pencil add to the
charm of this Spanish tale about friendship and the origin of weathervanes. An
Author’s note about the tale’s origins is
included.
Eric
A. Kimmel
lives in Portland,
Oregon.
Valeria
Docampo
lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
