BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Picu is the youngest sister, so when jobs are assigned, she is sent on a two hour walk to pick up a soup bone. She arrives and picks up the bone, but returning home Picu is distracted by a shady tree and a flock of butterflies and loses sight of the path. By the time she finds her way home, it's much later that it should be and she knows she's in bad trouble.
I liked that this was a depiction of an indigenous family, and I think children will relate to Picu getting distracted, and hoping to win a prize. Translated from Argentine Spanish, but written as though it were spoken in Quechua made the writing style different, the story felt choppy and disconnected. I was glad for the translators note and the glossary.
The characters are an Argentinean Quechua community
Lisa Librarian
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