Its a really good book! Its about a girl whose grandma came to live with them but she only knows a little bit of English so she tries to teach her English, and her grandmas trying to teach her Spanish, and so they get a parrot to help both of them learn the different languages
Mango, Abuela, and Me
By Meg Medina
A 2016 Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book
A 2016 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book
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.
A 2016 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book
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.
Publisher: Candlewick
ISBN-13: 9780763695132
ISBN-10: 0763695130
Published on 10/3/2017
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 32
Book Reviews (4)
its' about, this girl that is trying to teach her Granma English. and shes' learnng Spainish they also get a parrot to teach them. its' a good book
its' about this girls ,trying to learn spainsh and her Granma English they get a parrot to teach her good book
this is good hispaninc heritage book you should defintly read it