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Adios Oscar Audiobook
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(4.17) - 49 listener ratings
Publisher Description
Emmy-nominated author and New York Times best-selling illustrator Peter Elwell crafts a bright and cheerful book about choosing your own path in life. Oscar the caterpillar lives in a flower pot in Cleveland. One day, a monarch butterfly floats by, headed for Mexico. Oscar learns that he will one day have wings too-but when that day comes, Oscar gets quite a surprise. ". its ebullient, optimistic tone [gives] the book strong appeal for children [and] some basic Spanish vocabulary is an added bonus."-School Library Journal
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"this is a cute book with spanish words about a caterpillar who dreams about being a butterfly and flying to Mexico. But he becomes a moth and thinks his dreams of Mexico are not longer possiable. then a friend encourages his to think like a butterfly."
— Natalie (4 out of 5 stars)
Adios Oscar Listener Reviews
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" Cute little story, used for a pre-school storytime. "
— Christen, 9/20/2013 -
" This is a wonderful book - great pictures, wonderful story, and funny lines. This is definitely one to read and reread and keep! "
— The, 4/29/2013 -
" Our copy is entirely in Spanish, so I can't say much about the story, but the illustrations are so darn adorable. Love the caterpillars with red noses and ladybugs in high heels. "
— Becky, 4/21/2013 -
" This moth lives in Cleveland making this officially and Ohio book in my mind. Good story of a butterflies, Moths and bookworms. Some spainish mixed in. Ages 4+ "
— Molly, 1/17/2012 -
" Loved it ... I want to purchase my own copy so I can use this one at school with the kids. "
— Kati, 6/30/2010
About Alma Cuervo
Alma Cuervo is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress and singer who has also performed in film and television. She holds an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama, from which she graduated in 1976 alongside Meryl Streep. She starred in the role of Madame Morrible in the first national tour of Wicked.