Mother Goose In Spanish

by Alastair Reid (Translator), Anthony Kerrigan (Translator), Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, translator, essayist, and scholar of Latin American literature. He joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1959 and translated works by Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges. Although he was known for translations, his own poems gained notice during his lifetime. He had lived in Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Morocco, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and in the United States.

Among his many books for children are A Balloon for a Blunderbuss, I Keep Changing, and Millionaires (all illustrated by Bob Gill), and Supposing (illustrated by Abe Birnbaum). In 2008 he published two career-spanning collections of work, Inside Out: Selected Poetry and Translations and Outside In: Selected Prose.

Reviews

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't know why they couldn't have included the English versions either alongside or at the back. This seems like it's not a book written exclusively for Spanish speakers, but rather for English speakers who also speak Spanish.