Author:  Carmichael, Clay
Title:  El osito usado
Illustrator:  Carmichael, Clay
Publisher:  Ediciones Norte-Sur     Publication date:  c1998;  Translation c2000
Pages:   47 pages
Paper price:  $5.95      ISBN:  0-7358-1306-X
Type: Fiction        Grade level(s):   1st - 3rd
Translation notes:
Original title:  Used-up bear
Translator:    Moro, Elena

Reviewer:  Mark Hall, San Francisco Public Library
Translation rating:      satisfactory
The Spanish is fine  -- standard Latin American Spanish without regionalisms.
Comments:
Little Bear is worried that Clara will soon discard him for a new favorite toy, because he’s been her favorite so long that he’s a bit worn.  To make matters worse, the other toys taunt him and reinforce his fears.  Just when he thinks he’s been abandoned, he gets a wonderful surprise.  Accompanied by simple colored line drawings that, while not always as expressive as they could be, nevertheless have charm.

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