{"id":3124746,"date":"2021-12-01T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/watercress\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T05:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:02:15","slug":"watercress","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/watercress\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Por Andrea Wang, ilustrado por Jason Chin. Neal Porter Books, 2021. 32 p\u00e1ginas. 18,99 $\/tapa dura; 11,99 $\/eBook. Friends Journal recomienda para edades de 6 a 10 a\u00f1os.    <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/watercress-andrea-wang\/14906330?ean=9780823446247&amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comprar en QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuando era ni\u00f1a, mi madre comparti\u00f3 el secreto de d\u00f3nde encontrar los esp\u00e1rragos silvestres que crec\u00edan en una zanja de riego a las afueras del pueblo. Para m\u00ed, esto era un tesoro porque los esp\u00e1rragos eran demasiado caros para que pudi\u00e9ramos conseguirlos de otra manera. Adem\u00e1s, como le gustaba declarar a mi madre, eran m\u00e1s frescos y deliciosos. Para la ni\u00f1a de <em>Watercress<\/em>, la experiencia de la b\u00fasqueda de alimento silvestre viene con la verg\u00fcenza que a menudo surge de ser diferente. Una ni\u00f1a chino-americana en la zona rural de Ohio, predominantemente blanca, lo \u00faltimo que quiere es que la vean rebuscando comida en una zanja fangosa. Las dos ni\u00f1as de la historia recogen malas hierbas con ra\u00edces empapadas y goteantes cubiertas de caracoles mientras un compa\u00f1ero de clase pasa en coche por la carretera. Wang se inclina por la incomodidad, no protegiendo al lector de la verg\u00fcenza y la humillaci\u00f3n de buscar algo para comer. En casa, con el berro enjuagado, salteado en aceite de ajo brillante y \u201csalpicado de semillas de s\u00e9samo\u00bb, la ni\u00f1a se niega incluso a probarlo.       <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aqu\u00ed es donde este brillante libro pasa de ser un simple recuerdo sucio a algo profundo. La madre va a otra habitaci\u00f3n y trae una foto familiar que muestra a su hermano peque\u00f1o \u201cdelgado como un tallo de berro\u00bb. Este era el t\u00edo de la ni\u00f1a, el hermano que su madre nunca menciona. En voz baja, la madre dice: \u201cDurante la gran hambruna, comimos todo lo que pudimos encontrar&#8230;\u00bb La p\u00e1gina se da la vuelta. En la siguiente imagen, no hay ning\u00fan hermano peque\u00f1o, y la madre y el padre parecen haber envejecido 20 a\u00f1os en un d\u00eda. \u201c&#8230; pero a\u00fan as\u00ed no fue suficiente\u00bb, se lee en el texto.      <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En ese momento, la ni\u00f1a revela una profunda verg\u00fcenza: \u201cMe averg\u00fcenzo de avergonzarme de mi familia\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta epifan\u00eda va mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo que la mayor\u00eda de los libros ilustrados se atreven a llegar. Alcanza m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la experiencia de alteridad de muchos inmigrantes a un sentimiento universal: avergonzarse de la propia familia. Casi todo el mundo puede entender esto, y a partir de esa resonancia emocional, los lectores de todas las edades pueden abrir la ventana de la empat\u00eda: esta ni\u00f1a no es tan diferente de m\u00ed.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El plato de berro, cuando por fin lo prueba, \u201cme devuelve el mordisco con su sabor picante y a pimienta. Es delicado y ligeramente amargo, como los recuerdos de casa de mam\u00e1\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La paleta de acuarelas de Jason Chin enfatiza el ocre amarillo, un color de los a\u00f1os 70, y el azul cer\u00faleo, un color que se remonta a China. Utiliz\u00f3 pinceles de acuarela occidentales y chinos para dar al paisaje precisi\u00f3n y una cualidad on\u00edrica. Como ejemplifica el envejecimiento repentino de los abuelos de la ni\u00f1a cuando perdieron a su hijo, el h\u00e1bil dibujo de Chin profundiza el rango emocional del escaso texto, trayendo a casa el patetismo y la esperanza de esta extraordinaria historia.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La editorial cataloga este libro como para edades de cuatro a ocho a\u00f1os, pero creo que incitar\u00eda a un debate animado y perspicaz entre los ni\u00f1os mayores que son capaces de reaccionar con empat\u00eda y comprensi\u00f3n compasiva. Podr\u00eda combinarse bien con el libro de Linda Sue Park <strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>Prairie lotus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"woo-sc-box  normal   \"><em>Nota del editor: Una versi\u00f3n anterior de esta rese\u00f1a enumeraba las edades recomendadas por la editorial (4\u20138) en los detalles del libro. Se ha actualizado para mostrar m\u00e1s claramente nuestra propia recomendaci\u00f3n de edad, seg\u00fan lo determinado por el revisor y el editor de rese\u00f1as de libros para j\u00f3venes de Friends. <\/em><\/div><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alison James es miembro del Meeting de South Starksboro (Vermont).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3086731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[10491,10323],"fpb_issue_category":[10686],"class_list":["post-3124746","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libros-de-diciembre-de-2021-estanteria-de-jovenes-amigos","category-resenas-de-libros-cuaqueros","fpb_issue_category-lenguaje-de-la-fe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watercress - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Una historia de inmigrantes va mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo que la mayor\u00eda de los libros ilustrados se atreven a llegar.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/watercress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RESE\u00d1A: berro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Una historia de inmigrantes va mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo que la mayor\u00eda de los libros ilustrados se atreven a llegar.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/watercress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T09:02:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Watercress_FBcrop.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"RESE\u00d1A: berro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/book\\\/watercress\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/book\\\/watercress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Watercress - 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