Una Caja - (Somos8) by María José Ballesteros (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Brothers River and Jan receive a box for their father. Miss Pink Nose tells them that it is magical and that they cannot open it. What should they do? Should they open it?"--Publisher's description.

Book Synopsis

Brothers River and Jan receive a box for their father. Miss Pink Nose tells them that it is magical and that they cannot open it. What should they do? Should they open it?

Los hermanos Bu y Fo reciben una caja para su padre. La señora Nariz Rosa les dice que es mágica y que no la pueden abrir. No saben qué hacer... ¿Abrirla? ¿No abrirla y seguir imaginando lo que hay dentro?

Miss Pink Nose, the mail carrier, delivers a box to brothers River and Jan. It is for their father and she tells them not to open it. The two boys wait and wait and wait... They touch it, weigh it and smell it, and as their curiosity grows, the brothers imagine, all morning, and until their dad comes home, just what weird and wonderful things might be in that magical box!

La cartera, la señora Nariz Rosa, entrega una caja a los hermanos Fu y Bo. Pero su papá no está y ellos tienen mucha curiosidad. Toda la mañana y hasta que su padre llega del trabajo, los hermanos imaginan, piensan y sueñan un sinfín de posibilidades sobre lo que puede contener la caja.

Review Quotes

Bank Street College of Education: The Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish 2024 Edition.

A lovely, whimsical story about the joy of imagination. - GoodReads/NetGalley-Reviewer

This is a book that has an intangible quality to it that encourages the use of imagination. - Puget Sound Council for Reviewing Children's and Young Adult Literature