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Genre/Form: | Children's stories |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roberto Aliaga; Dani Padrón |
ISBN: | 9788416078783 8416078785 |
OCLC Number: | 1062314930 |
Notes: | Translated from the Spanish. |
Awards: | Winner of International Latino Book Awards 2016 (United States) |
Description: | 1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm |
Responsibility: | Roberto Aliaga ; illustrated by Dani Padrón. |
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Publisher Synopsis
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 Read more...

