I Am La Chiva!: the Colorful Bus of the Andes
Hardcover – Picture Book, July 9, 2024
Penguin Young Readers Group · Hardcover · July 9, 2024
For fans of The Little Blue Truck, Red Truck and The Little Engine That Could, a rhyming ode to a colorful South American bus and the collective spirit of its people, from a debut author and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Magical Yet This joyful and rhyming picture book follows the iconic bus, or chiva, as it navigates the rugged Andes mountains, celebrating the rich culture and landscape of Colombia that was so beautifully showcased in Disney’s Encanto.
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- Who it’s for
- A rhyming ride through Colombia’s Andes brings landscape and culture into a joyful picture-book journey.
- Themes
- Colombian culture and landscape, Collective spirit
- Genres
- Cars & Trucks, Stories in Verse, Caribbean & Latin American Stories
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Start with this bookAbout this book
For fans of The Little Blue Truck, Red Truck and The Little Engine That Could, a rhyming ode to a colorful South American bus and the collective spirit of its people, from a debut author and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Magical Yet This joyful and rhyming picture book follows the iconic bus, or chiva, as it navigates the rugged Andes mountains, celebrating the rich culture and landscape of Colombia that was so beautifully showcased in Disney’s Encanto.
Rhythm on the Road
A rhyming ride through Colombia’s Andes brings landscape and culture into a joyful picture-book journey.
Come here for
- A colorful South American bus with an unmistakable sense of place
- Rhyming storytelling and the collective spirit of its people
Expect
- A picture-book journey through rugged Andean mountains
- A joyful celebration of Colombia’s culture and landscape
Where it sits
| Cars & Trucks | 61% |
|---|---|
| Stories in Verse | 48% |
| Caribbean & Latin American Stories | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Caribbean & Latin American Stories
- Transportation Adventures
- Stories in Verse
- Authors
- Karol Hernández
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- July 9, 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Colombian culture and landscape · Collective spirit
- Reading lane
- Caribbean & Latin American Stories