BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Doña Esmeralda is a small woman who is voraciously hungry. She eats the food that children refuse and she drinks diet soda. If a child doesn't like something, Doña Esmeralda can hear them, and comes to slurp it up with her straw - even liver and onions, even brussels sprouts, even giniling! But one day, children begin eating all their food, and Doña Esmeralda is desperate!
What a fun modern folk tale! I loved all the different words De La Cruz used for eating (gobbling, chewing, wolfing, gorging, etc.) and the lists of foods - expertly illustrated by Gallanosa. Includes a nice author's note, with her inspiration for the story as well as her mom's delicious recipe for lumpia. AJ thought the story was funny and she loved the silly pictures.
Lisa Librarian and AJ (age 7)
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