The Land of Lost Things : El Pais de Las Cosas Perdidas (Bilingual English/Spanish Edition)

by Dina Bursztyn (Author) Dina Bursztyn (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

"I was going to draw, but my blue pencil was missing. It was lost! Where do all the lost things go?" A young boy's search for his misplaced pencil leads him to wonder where all the lost things go. When he looks inside his pencil box he sees a slim ray of light, and his imagination sends him through the opening and into an unknown world in search of his pencil. Soon he finds himself in the Land of Lost Things! He enters through the Forest of Lost Blue Pencils, where the sun is setting. But it isn't the sun; it's a golden button he lost a long time ago. He finds lots of other things he has lost as he wanders, following the path to the Mountain of Lost Mittens, through the Garden of Lost Umbrellas and to the Island of Lost Stuffed Animals. Argentine artist and arts educator Dina Bursztyn's inventive story is enlivened by her whimsical, colorful gouache, collage and pen-and-ink illustrations in this charming, magical book that explores the power of the imagination.

"Iba a dibujar, pero faltaba mi lápiz azul. ¡Se perdió! ¿A dónde van todas las cosas perdidas?" La búsqueda de un niño por su lápiz extraviado lo lleva a preguntarse dónde van todas las cosas perdidas. Cuando mira dentro de su caja de lápices, ve un delgado rayo de luz y su imaginación lo envía a través de la abertura hacia un mundo desconocido en busca de su lápiz. ¡Pronto se encuentra en la Tierra de las Cosas Perdidas! Entra por el Bosque de los Lápices Azules Perdidos, donde se pone el sol. Pero no es el sol; Es un botón dorado que perdió hace mucho tiempo. Encuentra muchas otras cosas que ha perdido mientras deambula, siguiendo el camino hacia la Montaña de las Manoplas Perdidas, a través del Jardín de las Sombrillas Perdidas y hasta la Isla de los Animales de Peluche Perdidos. La inventiva historia de la artista y educadora artística argentina Dina Bursztyn está animada por su caprichosa y colorida gouache, collage e ilustraciones en pluma y tinta en este encantador y mágico libro que explora el poder de la imaginación.

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Kirkus

A mildly interesting way to introduce artistic expression to a preschool audience.

Publishers Weekly

"Where do all the lost things go?" wonders a boy who has lost his blue pencil. Inside his pencil box, the boy finds an inky world of lost objects that can be explored and manipulated: "I tried to pull one pencil and a drop fell. It grew until the whole page turned blue." Cutting a hole in the page and falling through, he finds a myriad of other items (a frog, dice, a flip-flop) rendered in cut-paper collage, and wanders through the "Mountain of Lost Mittens" and the "Garden of Lost Umbrellas." Despite the book's abrupt ending, Bursztyn's whimsical illustrations offer a jubilant answer to a perennial question. Ages 48. (May) Copyright 2011 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.

School Library Journal

K-Gr 4--A boy sits down to draw, only to notice that his blue pencil is missing. He wonders about its fate. Looking inside his empty pencil box, he sees a thin ray of light and goes through a crack and enters the Land of Lost Things. He travels through the Forest of Lost Blue Pencils and sees objects that have been gone for some time--a golden button, a green comb, etc.--until he is lost himself. He passes the Mountain of Lost Mittens, the Garden of Lost Umbrellas, and a Herd of Lost Socks. The story is circular and when the boy looks through the hole in a sock, he makes his way back, looking at the interior of his pencil box. He never finds his blue pencil, but he starts drawing with a brown one and wonders where it will take him. Bursztyn sustains her clever and imaginative text with playful and dreamlike illustrations. This beautiful bilingual book stands out for its artistic design and the balance between the author's verbal and visual message. Both the English and Spanish texts make for enjoyable read-alouds.--Freda Mosquera, Broward County Library, FL

Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Review quotes

"Bursztyn sustains her clever and imaginative text with playful and dreamlike illustrations. This beautiful bilingual book stands out for its artistic design and the balance between the author's verbal and visual message. Both the English and Spanish texts make for enjoyable read-alouds." — Freda Mosquera "Library Journal"
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781558856905
Lexile Measure
540
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Pinata Books
Publication date
May 01, 2011
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
Library of Congress categories
Lost and found possessions
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Pencils
Lost and found articles

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