Completamente diferente (Colección Rascacielos) by Yanitzia Canetti


Completamente diferente (Colección Rascacielos)
Title : Completamente diferente (Colección Rascacielos)
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ISBN : 8424180682
ISBN-10 : 9788424180683
Language : Spanish; Castilian
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 32
Publication : First published January 1, 2001

"En vez de pensar en las cosas que tenemos diferentes y andar cada uno por su lado, triste y sin amigos... ¿por qué no pensamos en las cosas que tenemos en común?". Un día, Bambolina, la hipopótamo más vieja de África, enorme y azul, quiso tener amigos, pues siempre había estado sola. Viajó a un lugar lleno de animales, pero nunca pensó que fuese tan difícil. Una simpática hipopótamo azul es la protagonista de este álbum ilustrado, que se centra en importantes temas, como la tolerancia y la discriminación. Las ilustraciones harán las delicias de los pequeños, que se divertirán identificados a los muchos animales que se ven retratados a lo largo de las páginas, llenas de color.

Completamente diferente (Colección Rascacielos) Reviews

  • Camilla Roper

    I liked this book so well I ended up writing an English translation. It is so apropos for today. A blue hippo goes on an odyssey seeking friends, but seems to always be lacking something to be a member of every group she approaches. Instead of looking for what they have in common, each group turns her away because of some perceived fault. And each time, although hopeful and trying to keep heart, she loses a little more self-respect, until she finally feels she has nothing left to offer. When she falls into despair, a little fish seeks her friendship. She has no self esteem left at this point, and meets each friendly entreaty with why she isn't worthy. The fish offers one last hope: think about what we have in common, and see if we can't start from there. The disheartened hippo rallies, and accepts the fish's friendship. A great story for today's kids to help cancel out the negativity of the polarity they see in the media, where each group can only see its side of things, and immediately casts aside anything different. This is truly a story espousing diversity, and, more importantly, a call to all of us to look for things we have in common with those around us, to build relationships on them. Beautifully illustrated.