In this respect, the illustrations mirror the text and do not add or contradict Vamos’ words. López also drew the animals about the same size as the humans as a way to show that their involvement in the cooking process was vital to the dish’s success. The emphasis on warm colors can help younger children realize that the location of the story is somewhere very warm. López used primarily warm colors in his paintings, but he used some blues and greens for accent colors. Pura Belpré Award-winning artist Rafael López illustrated this text using acrylics on grained wood. Although there is not a huge social justice action associated with this text, because of the recipe at the end of the story, the text can serve as a door if students want to make the arroz con leche like the farm maiden and her friends.
I could also see a secondary Spanish teacher using the text and asking students to flip it-to write the text in Spanish and slowly incorporate English vocabulary words. Because the Spanish vocabulary words are incorporated into the English text, this book would be perfect in a bilingual classroom, or for English language learners to practice. The text also serves as a mirror for students who are familiar with the Spanish language or who live in a rural area and might use help from their “neighbors” as the farm maiden did. Vamos writes, she came up with the idea for The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred when she thought about asking a neighbor for milk and eggs, and then thought that if she lived on a farm, she could ask the animals for milk and eggs. This book serves as a window to children who do not know Spanish vocabulary or are not familiar with cooking while living on a farm as Samantha R. The Spanish vocabulary words remain on each of the following pages and are bolded to emphasize the change.īecause this book intends to incorporate Spanish vocabulary into the book, the plot is secondary to the vocabulary words. That way, children can understand that the words in Spanish replace the words in English from the previous page. The introduction of Spanish words comes after the introduction of the process in English. In this take on the nursery rhyme “The House that Jack Built,” a farm maiden gets help with making arroz con leche, or rice pudding, from farm animals and the farmer as the narrator goes through the process of making the dish, repeating all the parts of the process. In The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, children can follow along with the process of making a dish using vocabulary words in both Spanish and English.
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