I Love to Read: The Bossy Gallito
Enhance your learning by doing activities that tie into the book, The Bossy Gallito!
Book Title: The Bossy Gallito retold by LucÃa M. GonzalezÂ
Check out the book from your local Dallas Public Library
Listen to a read-aloud video of the book on YouTube
This classic bilingual story from Cuba centers around a greedy little rooster (Gallito) who gobbles up some corn and gets mud on his beak. He asks several friends to help clean it off, but to no avail. At last, he politely asks the sun, who owes him a favor for crowing every morning, to solve the problem, who at last obliges Gallito. Beak cleaned, Gallito is sharp-looking for his Uncle Parrot’s wedding!
The text reads just as well in English as it does in Spanish, and the mixed-media illustrations are intriguing. Delacre uses birds native to the Caribbean as anthropomorphic characters; they observe traditional wedding customs, all of which are explained in the back of the book in both Spanish and English. This is a fine introduction to Cuban folklore.
After reading The Bossy Gallito, complete the activities in the playlist to extend your learning!
