King Arthur Movie Tristan

title: Paco and the Giant Chile Plant/Paco y la planta de chile gigante

author: by Keith Polette

genre: childrens ages 4 to 8

pages: 32

published: 2008

first line: "Paco!" called his mother.

rated: 4 out of 5





I received this book as an ARC from LibraryThing. I'm glad I was able to get a copy.



'Paco and the Giant Chile Plant' is a fun read. My daughter did enjoy it. It's written in English, but Spanish words are peppered throughout the story. Kind of how the popular cartoon, Dora The Explorer speaks, adding Spanish words throughout, this way children can learn.





This is a 'Jack and the Beanstalk' kind of story, but with a twist. Instead of 'Jack' it's 'Paco'.



It starts by Paco going to town to sell his familys cow. He finds an old man who buys the cow and in return gives paco some chile seeds.
When Paco goes back home, he plants the seeds and waits. A giant chile plant starts to grow.

'The ground grumbled. La tierra rolled and shivered and shook. La Tierra cracked open. A chile plant shot into the sky.'

Of course Paco climbs up on the chile plant and reaches high above the sky. There is a house above the clouds, where a giant lives.




The illustrations are very cute as well.










And at the end of the story, there is a vocabulary page listing the Spanish words used in the book and translating them into English.





This was a cute read. A nice children's book.