The
neatest thing happened with Ari today. She chose a book from the
library here. I let her know it was in Spanish but promised I would
do my best to translate. She was sure she wanted it. While Calhoun
napped, we looked at it. It turned out to be a poem by (Nicaraguan) Ruben Dario,
illustrated in a really fun way by Carmela Mayor. The illustrations
were mixed media- cut paper mixed with sketches and watercolor and
Ari loved it. I loved the poem. I had to look up a couple words on
most pages but most of them were such fun words; ivory, sovereign,
fairy, dragonfly. Ari was so patient.
There was something magical about the poem slowly unfolding to us together.
I also briefly tried to explain how presidents are not solely responsible for a country, why some countries are poor, who the Sandinistas were/are and other light and uncontroversial topics.
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