Puedo ser una cantante
Alex Appleby
- Reading
- Read the English and Spanish wording together, pause at the pictures, and use the glossary or words-to-know section to compare a few terms rather than rushing through every feature.
- Themes
- Imagining a musical future: The book presents singing before an audience and invites readers to imagine becoming a singer when they grow up. Its wording encourages the possibility of pursuing singing and broadens the message to future ambitions generally.
- Bilingual early literacy: The book is presented in standard Latin American Spanish and English and includes basic vocabulary and literacy features. The language pairing appears designed to support vocabulary learning while introducing the subject of singing.
- Worth knowing
- Notice how the book presents becoming a singer: discuss whether its encouraging message leaves room for different ambitions, abilities and ways of enjoying music.