Books for children -- Grandmother's Nursery Rhymes (Las Nans de Abuelita) written by Nelly Palacio Jaramillo and illustrated by Elivia Savadier

Childhood Education, Summer 1995 by Leonard, Florence

Jaramillo, Nelly Palacio

GRANDMOTHER'S NURSERY RHYMES (LAS NANS DE ABUELITA). Il. by Elivia Savadier. ISBN 0-8050-2555-3. New York: Holt, 1994. Unp. $14.95. When Jaramillo became a grandmother, she began to collect the rhymes, riddles and poems of her childhood. This bilingual book of charming rhymes will fascinate English-and Spanish-speaking children alike. Savadier's illustrations are both fanciful and childlike. This would make a wonderful addition to any classroom. Ages 4-8.--F.L.