Authors and illustrators of Picture Pie, Thumb Prints, and many other craft-oriented picture books tell the story and give directives for making a Piñata in this bilingual (English/Spanish) text. For all age groups
English level: beginner level (about 50 new words) with lots of nouns for objects placed inside Piñatas.
Themes: Paper crafts, celebrations.
Teaching Strategies: Language Experience Approach because students can experience making a Piñata and then talk and write about it.
Realia because objects can be used to teach the meaning of words.
Visualizing because each of the object pictures is labeled in the text.
Compare and Contrast because it is bilingual and so students can examine Spanish and English differences and similarities. Also they can compare and contrast the two types of text, first the narrative story and then the end page directives on the procedure for making a Piñata.
English Focus: Names of objects. Directives.
The book has a page with all the objects placed in the Piñata which can be used to test students on these words.
