El Autobus De Maisy (Maisy Drives the Bus) / El Carnaval De Maisy ( Maisy Dresses Up) / ?Donde Esta El Panda De Maisy? (Where Is Maisy's Panda?) / ?Donde Vive Maisy? (Where Does...

Childhood Education, Summer 2002 by Schon, Isabel

Cousins, Lucy EL AUTOBUS DE MAISY. (Maisy Drives the Bus.) ISBN 84-95040-69-- 7. EL CARNAVAL DE MAISY. (Maisy Dresses Up.) ISBN84-95040-- 40-9. ?DONDE ESTA EL PANDA DE MAISY? (Where Is Maisy's Panda?) ISBN 84-95040-07-7. ?DONDE VIVE MAISY? (Where Does Maisy Live?) ISBN 84-95040-- 46-8. !FELIZ NAVIDAD, MAISY! (Merry Christmas, Maisy!) ISBN84-- 95040-61-1. JUEGA CON MAISY. (Where Are Maisy's Friends?) ISBN 84-95040-44-1. MAISY SE BANA. (MaisyTakesaBath.) ISBN84-95040-- 71-9. MAISY Y SUS AMIGOS. (Maisy's ABC.) ISBN 84-95040-02-6. LA PISCINA DE MAISY. (Maisy's Pool.) ISBN 84-95040-76-X. Ea. vol.: trans. by Xavier Borras Calvo. Barcelona: Ediciones Serres, 1999-2000. 22 pp. $10.95. The novelty may be wearing off; nevertheless, fans of Maisy, the cute mouse of previous lift-the-flap stories, will enjoy more of Cousins's board books with the same bold, watercolor illustrations and brief, simple Spanish texts. In these stories, Maisy picks up her friends at several bus stops, decides on a costume for a party, searches for her panda, shows off her house, gets ready for Christmas, plays hide-and-- seek with her friends, takes a bath amid many interruptions, introduces her friends, and goes for a swim. Ages 1-3.

Isabel Schon is Director, Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents, California State University San Marcos.