The turquoise room =

Title :

The turquoise room = El cuarto turquesa / Monica Brown ; illustrations/ilustraciones, Adriana M. Garcia ; Spanish translation/traducción al español, Cinthya Miranda-McIntosh.

Title:

The turquoise room =

Varying Form of Title:

Cuarto turquesa

Author:

Brown, Monica, 1969-

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

ISBN:

9780892394357

Production / Publication Information:

New York : Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"A bilingual story based on the lives, dreams, and accomplishments of three generations of creative, imaginative, artistic girls as they grew up in the author's family. Un cuento bilingüe basada en la vida, los sueños y los logros de tres generaciones de niñas artísticas, creativas e imaginativas a medida que crecían en la familia de la autora"--

Target audience note:

Ages 5-9.

Language:

English

Added Author:

Garcia, Adriana M.

Miranda-McIntosh, Cinthya

Brown, Monica, 1969- Turquoise room.

Brown, Monica, 1969- Turquoise room. Spanish.

Genre:

Spanish language materials.

Subject Term:

Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.

Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.

Peruvian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Imagination -- Fiction.

Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.

Peruvian Americans -- Fiction.

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Material Type	Library	Call Number	Item Barcode	Location
Book	Searching... Amesbury Public Library	WORLD READING E BROWN / SPANISH	32114002748490	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Andover - Memorial Hall Library Children's Room	JE BRO	31330009249115	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Groveland - Langley-Adams Library	JE BRO	32121000941845	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Haverhill Public Library	SPANISH/J/PIC/BROWN	31479007591356	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library	JJ BRO (SPANISH / ENGLISH)	32124002111912	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... North Andover - Stevens Memorial Library	JP WORLD LANGUAGE SPANISH BRO	31478003786754	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Bestselling author Monica Brown takes us on a magical journey into the lives of generations of creative women in her family in this gorgeously illustrated bilingual picture book.

Monica Brown, exitosa autora, nos lleva a un viaje mágico en la vida de generaciones de mujeres creativas en su familia en este libro bilingüe bellamente ilustrado.

Esther paints a map and dreams of exploring the world.

Esther's daughter Isabel paints pictures and dreams of becoming an artist.

Isabel's daughter Monica paints with words and dreams of telling stories.

From the turquoise room in Peru, Esther, then Isabel, then Monica draws the strength to trust her imagination and fly into the world of dreams and possibilities. Over mountains and the sea, along rivers of paint, or among the swirl of words on a page, each girl, then woman, finds her creative path.

In this loving memoir, Monica Brown has created an homage to her grandmother and mother and a legacy for her daughters. Accompanied by luminous illustrations by Adriana M. Garcia, this warm, lyrical story invites you to close your eyes, open your mind, and imagine your life!

Esther pinta un mapa y sueña con explorar el mundo.

La hija de Esther, Isabel, pinta cuadros y sueña con ser artista.

La hija de Isabel, Monica, pinta con palabras y sueña con contar historias.

Desde el cuarto turquesa en Perú, Esther, luego Isabel, y después Monica sacan fuerza para confiar en su imaginación y volar al mundo de los sueños y las posibilidades. Sobre montañas y mares, junto a ríos de pinturas, o junto a olas de palabras en una página, cada niña, ahora mujer, encuentra su camino a la creatividad.

En esta adorable memoria, Monica Brown crea homenaje a su abuela, a su madre y al legado de sus hijas. Acompañada con luminosas ilustraciones por Adriana M. Garcia, invita esta encantadora, lírica historia a cerrar los ojos, a abrir su mente, y ¡imagina tu vida!

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 2--Four generations are inspired by the beauty of Peru, the endless possibilities of the world around them, and a very special turquoise room. Esther is a young girl who lives in Peru, where she spends her time drawing and dreaming of exploring the world. She paints a special map of South America, and when she grows up, she hangs this map in a turquoise room where she now cares for her daughter Isabel. Esther shares with Isabel stories of her travels. When Isabel grows up, she moves to the United States and her passion for painting flourishes. Soon, she shares her love for Peru and the secrets of traveling in her dreams with her own daughter, Monica. This love for Peru and its magic is passed on through words and stories to Monica's own daughters--Esther's great-granddaughters--and to readers. Shades of purple and turquoise create a mysterious and magical atmosphere within the pages that beckons to readers and invites them to dream. A love for Peru and for family is shared in each spread, and the text, presented in English and Spanish, lovingly and patiently shares the story of these four women and of the power of following dreams. VERDICT A love letter to Peru, dreams, and daughters everywhere, this intergenerational bilingual picture book is a good choice for most picture book collections.--Selenia Paz

Kirkus Review

"The dreams of girls turn into the lives of women." A little girl named Esther, who lives in the Peru of a century ago, paints a map of South America that features her favorite color, turquoise, which she uses for "the color of rivers and lakes and the blue morpho butterflies that lived in the rain forest." When she grows up and has a daughter of her own, Isabel, Esther paints the girl's room turquoise, inspiring her to dream of flying across the world. Isabel finds a home in the United States and becomes an artist. The urge to dream big is passed on again, this time to Monica, Isabel's daughter and the book's author, who grows up to write stories for children and to raise two daughters of her own. This autobiographical, multigenerational tale is proof that a loving parent can encourage a child not only to embrace art, but also to view the world as a place of limitless opportunities. The book is bilingual, with Spanish first, English second, though some Spanish words and phrases such as mantas (blankets) and linda (beautiful) are retained in the English text. With illustrations that place realistic images of characters' faces against deeply saturated greens and purples and the titular turquoise, the book feels like a whirlwind journey through 100 years of family history. In fact, it could stand to be a little longer; as beautiful as it is, it's over as quickly as an elusive dream. (This book was reviewed digitally.) A rich portrayal of the passage of a family's artistic talents across generations. (author's note, map, photo) (Picture book. 4-7) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Prolific children's book writer Brown brings a personal, intergenerational story to readers in this moving picture book about family, culture, art, and imagination. Using bilingual text (Spanish and English) complemented Garcia's dreamy purple-and-turquoise illustrations, Brown blends fact and fantasy as she recounts the legacies of her grandmother Esther and mother, Isabel. As a child, Esther dreamed about exploring the world beyond her native country of Peru and found her escape in drawing and painting. Later, Esther painted her daughter's room a beautiful turquoise and whispered fantastic stories of adventure to her baby, Isabel. Isabel inherited her mother's talents and far-reaching ambitions, eventually moving to the U.S. and becoming an artist. And when Isabel had her daughter Monica, she also wove incredible tales "of butterflies and flight, of color and art, and of her grandmother Esther" and encouraged Monica to "fly away and explore." In this very book, Brown keeps alive her family's tradition of carrying and sharing one's history, culture, and customs with younger generations. The beautifully translated Spanish further enhances the story's message.