¡Vamos! Let's Go Read

Description: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival that the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first"--

Brief description:

Raúl the Third is the New York Times bestselling, three-time Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator of ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market, ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat, ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge, and the rest of the World of ¡Vamos! He illustrated Schneider Family Book Award honoree Stuntboy, in the Meantime, by Jason Reynolds, and the Lowriders series, by Cathy Camper. Raúl was born in Texas and grew up going back and forth between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, México. He now lives in Medford, Massachusetts, with his New York Times bestselling collaborator, Elaine Bay, and their son, Raúl the Fourth.

Review Quotes:

"Raúl the Third's signature illustration style--set off by exquisite color work from Bay--brings to life an exciting story that encourages young people to read. The ¡Vamos! books have become modern classics. Every addition to this world is cause for celebration." - Booklist

"You can read it a hundred times and see something new and extraordinary every time." - Dav Pilkey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dog Man series, on ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market

"[The series] excels in its inclusion of cultural references in its illustrations . . . Totally fun." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge

"The artwork's dynamic vibe sends energy through spreads of the marketplace and its community . . . Utterly distinctive." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) on ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat

"The busy illustrations are full of context clues . . . Vibrant with activity and movement." - Horn Book (starred review) on ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat

"Bilingual terms embedded in dialogue, signage, and stray scraps of text invite all readers to have a grand time latching onto what they know and figuring out what they don't." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) on ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market

"The entire book feel[s] like a party for literacy and libraries. A gift that can be opened over and over again. A wonderful reminder of why libraries matter." - School Library Journal (starred review)