Amy E. Imbody - Snug as a Bug / Arropadito y a gusto: Biblical Values

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Queridos padres: Aqu comienza el amor de sus hijos por la lectura! Cada nio aprende a leer a su propio ritmo.

Usted puede ayudar a su pequeo lector seleccionando libros que estn de acuerdo a sus habilidades e intereses. Tambin puede guiar el desarrollo espiritual de su hijo leyndole historias con valores bblicos, como la serie Yo s leer! publicada por Zonderkidz. Desde los libros que usted lee con sus nios hasta aquellos que ellos o ellas leen solos, hay libros Yo s leer! para cada etapa del desarrollo de la lectura:

	LECTURA COMPARTIDA Utiliza un lenguaje bsico, la repeticin de palabras y curiosas ilustraciones ideales para compartir con su lector emergente.
	LECTURA PARA PRINCIPIANTES Este nivel presenta oraciones cortas, palabras conocidas y conceptos sencillos para nios entusiasmados por leer por s mismos.
	LECTURA CONSTRUCTIVA Describe historias de gran inters para los nios, se utilizan oraciones ms largas y juegos de lenguaje para el desarrollo de los lectores.

Desde 1957 los libros Yo s leer! han estado introduciendo a los nios al gozo de la lectura. Presentan autores e ilustradores que han sido galardonados como tambin un reparto de personajes muy queridos. Los libros Yo s leer! establecen la norma para los lectores principiantes. Visite www.icanread.com para obtener informacin sobre el enriquecimiento de la experiencia de la lectura de su hijo.Visite www.zonderkidz.com para actualizarse acerca de los ttulos de las publicaciones ms recientes de la serie Yo s leer! de Zonderkidz. For you created the deepest parts of my being.

You put me together inside my mothers body. Psalm 139:13
T creaste mis entraas; me formaste
en el vientre de mi madre. Salmos 139:13 ZONDERVANSnug as a Bug/Arropadito y a gusto Copyright 2001, 2008 by Amy E. Imbody Illustrations copyright 2001 by Mike Gordon All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. ePub Edition September 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-86826-2 Requests for information should be addressed to: Zonderkidz, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Imbody, Amy. ePub Edition September 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-86826-2 Requests for information should be addressed to: Zonderkidz, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Imbody, Amy.

Snug as a bug / story by Amy Imbody ; illustrated by Mike Gordon = Arropadito y a gusto / historia por Amy Imbody ; ilustraciones por Mike Gordon. p. cm.(I can read!) (Yo s leer!) Summary: A mother offers her child many places to sleep, but the child wants to stay in bed, sleeping as God intended. ISBN 978-0-310-71871-0 (softcover) [1. BedsFiction. 2.

AnimalsSleep behaviorFiction. 3. AnimalsHabits and behaviorFiction. 4. BedtimeFiction. 5.

Christian lifeFiction. 6. Spanish language materialsBiligual.] I. Gordon, Mike, ill. II. III. III.

Title: Arropadito y a gusto. PZ73.16 2009 [E]dc22 2008045724

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL READERS VERSION . Copyright 1995, 1996, 1998 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All Rights Reserved. All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan. Art Direction: Jody LangleyCover Design: Sarah MolegraafTraduccin al Espaol y edicin: Editorial Vida Contents Would you like to sleep, asked Mom,
Te gustara dormir? pregunt mama,
like a snug little snail curled up in a garden pail?
como un pequeo caracol enrrollado en una cubeta del jardn? No thanks, Mom, because I can tell
No, mam, gracias, porque s que all
I wouldnt sleep there
very well.
no dormira muy bien. Then would you like to sleep in a cave?
Entonces, te gustara dormir en una cueva?
Thats where the bears sleep! Are you feeling brave?
All es donde duermen los osos! Te sientes con valor? No thanks, Mom. I am feeling brave
No, mam, gracias.
Me siento con valor.
But I dont want to sleep inside a bears cave.
Pero no quiero dormir
en una cueva de osos. Well, now, let me think, said Mom.

You could sleep like a shark.
Bueno, ahora djame pensar, dijo mam. Podras dormir como un tiburn.
I know that you are not afraid of the dark.
Yo s que no le tienes
miedo a la oscuridad.