Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural / Sofi Y El Magico Mural Musical

When Sofi walks through her barrio to the local store, she always passes a huge mural with images from Puerto Rico: musicians, dancers, tropical flowers and her least favorite a vejigante, a character from carnival that wears a scary mask. One day on her way home from the bodega, she stops in front of the mural. Is one of the dancers inviting her to be his partner? "Okay, let's dance," Sofi giggles, and suddenly she's in Old San Juan, surrounded by dancers and musicians playing bongos, tambourines and g iros. She begins to dance and sing with her new friends, but her pleasure turns to fear when the vejigante wearing a black jumper with yellow fringe and a red, three-horned mask spins her around and around What does he want from her? How can she get away? This story about an imaginative girl and a magical mural is an engaging exploration of Puerto Rico's cultural traditions as well as an ode to public art and the community it depicts.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Pinata Books
Published: 05/31/2015
ISBN: 9781558858039
Pages: 1
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.60w x 0.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2015
School Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 132

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 182186 / Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5