Bilingual ABC book using images from Venezuela and Latin-American
folklore featuring beloved Venezuelan personality Tío Simón!
In this beautiful book, Tío Simón--beloved Venezuelan folk musician and
children's TV personality--will teach you words of every letter in both
English and Spanish! Children will be able to learn with Tío Simón about
his home, Venezuela, as well as Latin American food, places and nature
with a beautiful full-color illustration on every page that will spark
joy in families of every kind.
Simón Díaz, a.k.a. Tío Simón, has been a cultural fixture for Venezuelan
and Latin culture worldwide from the 1960s. His children's TV show,
Contesta por Tío Simón, aired for a decade, and its messages and
popularity earned him the unofficial title of "the Mr. Rogers of
Venezuela."His music has been covered more than 200 times in a dozen
languages, and Diaz is a known influence on artists such as Julio
Iglesias, Plácido Domingo, the famous Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar
and The Gipsy Kings. He was awarded a lifetime achievement Grammy from
the Latin Grammys in 2008.
Features a foreword about his life and legacy by Tío Simón's (Simón
Díaz) daughter Bettsimar Díaz.