My Name is Gabito/Me llamo Gabito

Bilingual - Gallegos, Yuliana. illus. by Raúl Colón. U.S.: Luna Rising (My Name Is). 2007. 28p. ISBN 978-0-87358-908-6. $15.95. K-Gr 3-In the tradition of her previous biographical accounts, My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia and My name is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela Brown dazzles readers in this telling of Gabriel García Márquez’s magical childhood. Mesmerizing color-pencil, full-page illustrations wrap around the text to create what seems to be a perfect balance of art and language. Based on García Márquez’s adult autobiography Vivir para contarla (Living to Tell the Tale; Knopf, 2003), this wonderful, engaging narrative transports readers to Gabito’s early childhood in northern Colombia.[