Mango, Abuela y yo by Meg Medina - ISBN: 9780763680992
Paperback
Love bridges language with patience, parrots, and a shared story.

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    32 pages

  • Release Date

    25 August 2015

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Summary

When a little girl’s far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language in a tender story written by acclaimed author Meg Medina. Mia’s abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can’t read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English (“Dough. Masa”), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it’s still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories. Then Mia sees a parrot in the pet-shop window and has the perfectoidea for how to help them all communicate a little better. An endearing tale from an award-winning duo that speaks loud and clear about learning new things and the love that bonds family members.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780763680992
ISBN-10:0763680990
Author:Meg Medina, Angela Dominguez, Teresa Mlawer
Publisher:Candlewick Press,U.S.
Imprint:Candlewick Press,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:25 August 2015
Weight:190g
Dimensions:5mm x 230mm x 272mm
Audience Age:5-8
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Mango, Abuela y yo by Meg Medina - ISBN: 9780763680992
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About The Author

Meg Medina

Meg Medina

Meg Medina is a former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal winner and Kirkus Prize finalist Merci Suárez Changes Gears, as well as its sequels, Merci Suárez Can’t Dance and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool.

She is the author of the young adult novels:

  • Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award, short-listed for the Kirkus Prize, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
  • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, winner of a Pura Belpré Author Award.
  • The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year.

Her picture books include:

  • No More Señora Mimí, illustrated by Brittney Cicchese.
  • Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez.
  • Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was both a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book.
  • Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award.

The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Meg Medina lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Angela Dominguez

Angela Dominguez has created many picture books, including Maria Had a Little Llama, for which she received a Pura Belpre Honor for illustration. She also teaches art at the Academy of Art University. She lives in San Francisco.

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