Book Description
for Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer and Mira Reisberg
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Ambrosia gives her Uncle Ignacio, a/k/a Uncle Nacho, a new hat. No matter what he does with the old one, he keeps getting it back. The Nicaraguan tale concerns making changes and getting rid of bad habits. This English/Spanish bilingual edition illustrated with brightly colored, bordered acrylic paintings is an adaptation of the version used by the Puppet Workshop of Nicaraguan National Television. (Ages 5-9)
CCBC Choices 1989. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1989. Used with permission.