BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
An elementary aged girl, Lucia, shows you around her happy, family filled home. Lucia uses English to describe the Spanish phrases she uses to tell about the fun holiday events and day to day happenings within her home. As Lucia walks through different parts of her house on each page, she introduces family members from different places that she is excited to get to spend time with.
I enjoyed reading this book. As someone who is not fluent in Spanish, I enjoyed the way new Spanish words were introduced in a subtle and easy manner. The characters are light and the events are happy, represented well by the artwork in the book. I liked the mood of the book and think that children reading this book would be able to relate to at least portions of the ideas presented and be left with a positive feeling about either learning something new or seeing pieces of their family represented. The artwork in this book seems to imply that the family and friends presented are of mixed ethnicity, with the main family being from Puerto Rico and Spain.
Hannah Lee, Middle School Librarian
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