Un Tren Llamado EsperanzaUn Tren Llamado Esperanza
A Train Called Hope
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Book, 2021
Current format, Book, 2021, Bilingual edition, Available ."En este conmovedor libro de imágenes bilingüe, un niño recuerda su primer regalo, "un pequeño tren que cruza / la montaña de mi almohada / sobre un valle en mi cama". ¡Incluso hay una chica que se parece a su hermana saludando alegremente desde la ventana! Años más tarde, después de que sus padres se hayan ido muy lejos en busca de trabajo y un futuro mejor, el niño viaja en un tren real para reunirse con su familia. Este está cargado de cientos de niños que viajan solos, como él. Hay extraños espantosos, otros en el camino que quieren saltar y, lo más aterrador de todo, un niño que casi se cae del techo porque no puede permanecer despierto por más tiempo. Cuando el tren finalmente llega a su destino, todos se bajan y el niño le ruega "a la luna que brille, / que ilumine la frontera" para poder cruzar y encontrar a su madre. Esta conmovedora y poética historia del galardonado autor salvadoreño Mario Bencastro aborda el difícil viaje al norte que muchos niños centroamericanos hacen con la esperanza de encontrar a sus padres y una vida mejor." --
"In this poignant bilingual picture book, a boy remembers his first present, "a little train crossing / the mountain of my pillow / over a valley on my bed." There's even a girl who looks like his sister waving happily from the window! Years later, after his parents have gone far away in search of work and a better future, the boy rides in a real train to join his family. This one is loaded with hundreds of children traveling alone, just like him. There are frightening strangers, others along the way who want to jump on and, scariest of all, a boy who almost falls off the roof because he can't stay awake any longer. When the train finally arrives at its destination, everyone jumps off and the boy begs "the moon to shine, / to light up the border" so he can cross and find his mother. This moving, poetic story by award-winning Salvadoran author Mario Bencastro touches on the difficult journey north many Central American children make in hopes of finding their parents and a better life."--
"In this poignant bilingual picture book, a boy remembers his first present, "a little train crossing / the mountain of my pillow / over a valley on my bed." There's even a girl who looks like his sister waving happily from the window! Years later, after his parents have gone far away in search of work and a better future, the boy rides in a real train to join his family. This one is loaded with hundreds of children traveling alone, just like him. There are frightening strangers, others along the way who want to jump on and, scariest of all, a boy who almost falls off the roof because he can't stay awake any longer. When the train finally arrives at its destination, everyone jumps off and the boy begs "the moon to shine, / to light up the border" so he can cross and find his mother. This moving, poetic story by award-winning Salvadoran author Mario Bencastro touches on the difficult journey north many Central American children make in hopes of finding their parents and a better life."--
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- Houston, Texas : Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press, [2021]
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