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The Little Golden Key


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No. of pages 28

Published: 2016

Great for age 5-12 years

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One Saturday morning, the Mouse brothers set off in search of adventure. They were very happy: the big one, the middle-sized one, and the little one. Next to the path, they saw something glittering, like a little piece of the sun. It was a little golden key. But what did it open? Sometimes we look far and wide and miss the most important thing; what's so near, and within each and every one of us. Lexile Level 680L Guided Reading Level J

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children in preschool+.

This book has been graded for interest at 3 years.

There are 28 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Cuento de Luz SL .

Susanna Isern is an award-winning children's books author whose work has been translated into more than nine languages. She is the author of The Winter Train, Bear Wants to Fly, What Are You Scared of Little Mouse? (Silver Medal at the 2015 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards) and The Magic Ball of Wool (Silver Medal at the 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards) among many other children's books. Daniel Montero Galan was born in 1981 in Madrid, and has illustrated over a dozen books. Jon Brokenbrow is an award winning translator with more than 60 children's books translated from Spanish - English. Winner of 2015 IPPY Award for Children's Picture Books with translation of Cyparissus by Marta Sanmamed, and winner of 2013/2014 International Latino Book Awards for Best Translator. El galardonado autor Roberto Aliaga naci en Espa a donde se gradu como bi logo. Ha publicado m s de 30 libros, muchos de los cuales han sido traducidos a diferentes idiomas. En 2009 fue incluido en la lista de White Raven .

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

International Latino Book Award
This book was recognised by the International Latino Book Award.

In this sweet-natured story, when three unnamed mouse brothers discover a key in the woods, they take turns guessing what it might open. The "littlest" mouse, who first spotted the key, thinking it was a "little piece of sun that's fallen onto the ground," imagines that it unlocks a chest of pirate treasure. After some digging, the mice find a buried chest--pretty impressive!--but the key doesn't open it. The "middle-sized" mouse guesses it must open a castle, while the "biggest" one thinks it's the key to happiness. Aliaga (Dorothy: A Different Kind of Friend) uses direct sentences and repeating phrases to give the story a gentle cadence that's well suited to readalouds. Padron's marbled and canvas textures create an almost-three-dimensional world for the mice to explore, one with chunks of cheese tucked into tree branches and keyholes in everything from rocks to giant apples. A tidy ending reveals where the key belongs (hint: Mom looks relieved to see it) and proves all three brothers' guesses to be right, in a way (...) Publisher's Weekly, May 2016