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august 5, 2009
read this! Wee one came up to me in the library yesterday with a picture book she'd picked out, yelling "read this! read this! read this!" Usually I'm happy to satisfy her, but this time there was a problem.
I don't know Spanish! She was very insistent though and as the book was merely a picture book, I hoped I could guess or make up something to go along with the images.
I think, Hey, that's got to say princess, so I say "Princess".
Alright! Another easy one. "Daddy."
"Witch." Oh, I got this. I'm even learning a few words here.
"Mama." Child's play. Of course, it's a kid's book!
Whooops, no idea. Make something up. "Then mommy and daddy talk to baby Raul." Why are they suddenly talking to him? And what was with all the other people before? "And then..."
"Uh, baby Raul goes potty." What??!! This is the last page. Why the hell is he suddenly on the potty?! There were like ten words total that I couldn't figure out and you're telling me they were about the potty?! Turns out, as I'm sure all you Spanish-speakers could have guessed all along, Todo El Mundo Va! means something like "everybody goes" and this book, much like the classic Everyone Poops I almost felt super lame about the fact that I, never in a million years, would have been able to guess that that's what this book was about. Almost. Until I looked up the book on Amazon. There it was Todo El Mundo Va! (Spanish Edition) Hmmmm... since wee one liked this book so much, perhaps I should take Amazon's suggestion and also get her Markings: Aerial Views of Sacred Landscapes posted by alison at 2:03 pm | in
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LOL! I love that you are introducing Wee One to another language. Looks like Wee One has been doing some running herself too. She has a wee scraped knee! Posted by: Sandee at August 5, 2009 2:57 PMGreat story! I laughed out loud when I read it! It's so cute that she picked out this book, and your were a great sport to give it a... ahem... go! Posted by: Kelly at August 5, 2009 3:56 PMthat is adorable. did your daughter find the book fun? Posted by: Sophy at August 5, 2009 5:51 PMIt sounded like a regular day at the library until I got to the bit about the "resource for South American History and Culture." I wonder what Amazon would make of the Japanese book "The Gas We Pass: the story of farts"? Posted by: Suzanne (Yarnhog) at August 5, 2009 7:12 PMAHAHAHAHA! Oops, sorry to laugh so loud. But that was HILARIOUS! (Amazon apparently knows less than you OR me.) Posted by: Cathy-Cate at August 5, 2009 9:18 PMThe best part is that if you scroll up you see that Mommy, Daddy, and even Princess all have reading material... Hilarious... I'm a long time lurker - been looky looing since the boys were li'l babes... love the dynamic of the girl! Knit on! :) Posted by: Rachele at August 5, 2009 9:21 PMI think the best part of the Amazon description is where the book is recommended for 9-12 year olds. Posted by: LicoriceYarn at August 5, 2009 9:40 PMQue Buen! Such a bright little girl will pick up a second (or is it a third language?) in no time. As Senor used to quiz his Spanish estudiates, "Que es Espanol?" The answer, "Espanol es muy facil!" Posted by: Melissa Ryan at August 5, 2009 10:17 PMFunny! What a cute little potty book! When my daughter was in first grade, she checked out a book from her school library and the entire chapter book was in Spanish. I read the first few pages to be a good sport, but since it was a chapter book and had very few pictures we had no idea what was going on. I was surprised the school had let my daughter check out a Spanish book. So we took it back and got one in English. Posted by: Wendy at August 6, 2009 12:06 AMHaha! That was a great book. Thanks for reading it to us! I love how you can see wee one's feet in all the photos... she's making sure you take the picture *just* right. Posted by: catherine at August 6, 2009 9:37 AMWhen I worked at Sasuga Everyone Poops was insanely popular. Taro Gomi is just a great artist! Posted by: Seanna Lea at August 6, 2009 2:59 PMI like how everyone except the witch is bringing reading material! Posted by: Kim at August 6, 2009 5:06 PMAs soon as I read the title, I started giggling, because I had a feeling I knew what the end would be!! Posted by: Rachel at August 6, 2009 6:43 PMI love the fact that when we teach others, we often learn something ourselves. This was a beautiful story you shared. ; ) Posted by: Jennifer at August 9, 2009 1:24 PMLOL. I have everyone poops. My son still loves it. We also have The Gas we pass, the story of Farts. Ha! Maybe we could at to Sou8th American Hispanic culture with a picture book about Llama "beans."... Posted by: PainterWoman at August 23, 2009 6:09 PMHa! Maybe we could at to Sou8th American Hispanic culture with a picture book about Llama "beans."... Posted by: PainterWoman at August 23, 2009 6:09 PM |
, is a cute little potty training picture book. Mommy and daddy were explaining to baby Raul that everybody, even princesses and witches, have to run off to the potty sometimes. So Raul figures he could too. 
with a picture and even a little pricing bundle with another Spanish-language potty book and a Spanish Dora book. BUT then this description follows: "Makes a great addition to bilingual and Spanish classrooms, as well as a resource for South American culture and history." Now, I may have missed the potty connotations as I was reading it, but I'm pretty sure I would have noticed if it had been about, as they say, "
. I can't wait to see what Raul will do in that one!