The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Dorros, Alex , Dorros, Arthur

Número Uno

32 pp. | Abrams | April, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8109-5764-0 $16.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Susan Guevara. The battle between brains and brawn is entertainingly pitched here between the architect Socrates Rivera and the builder Hercules Hernandez when their village needs a new bridge. The Spanish dialogue is simple and punctuates the story-hour-ready text with verve. Guevara's tropically accented pastoral oil paintings provide contrast to the often slapstick goings-on but also do their share of the storytelling.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2007