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Fuego, Fueguito/Fire, Little One
by Jorge Tetl Argueta
Illustrator: Felipe Ugalde Alcántara
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Piñata Books/Arte Público
ISBN: 978-1-55885-887-9
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Diversity, Read-Aloud, Central America, Bilingual
A poetic evocation of the nature of fire. Bilingual in Spanish and English, with a Nauhat version (the language used in El Salvador). Richly imagined paintings. Bilingual.