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Dear Abuelo Trade Book (Paperback)

Written By Grecia Huesca Dominguez
Illustrated by Teresa Martinez
Critically Reviewed
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  1. PaperBack
    Price $6.95
  2. Hardcover
    Price $15.95
Written By Grecia Huesca Dominguez
Illustrated by Teresa Martinez
Critically Reviewed
Award Winner
Through letters to her grandfather in Mexico, Juana details her move to New York, her first days of school, and her new friendship with a classmate who speaks both Spanish and English.
Through letters to her grandfather in Mexico, Juana details her move to New York, her first days of school, and her new friendship with a classmate who speaks both Spanish and English. Read Less Description
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Dear Abuelo Trade Book (Paperback)

Written By Grecia Huesca Dominguez
Illustrated by Teresa Martinez
Written By Grecia Huesca Dominguez
Illustrated by Teresa Martinez
Critically Reviewed
Critically Reviewed
Award Winner
Award Winner
Through letters to her grandfather in Mexico, Juana details her move to New York, her first days of school, and her new friendship with a classmate who speaks both Spanish and English.
Through letters to her grandfather in Mexico, Juana details her move to New York, her first days of school, and her new friendship with a classmate who speaks both Spanish and English. Read Less Description
Through letters to her grandfather in Mexico, Juana details her move to New York, her first days of school, and her new friendship with a classmate who speaks both Spanish and English.
  1. PaperBack
    Price $6.95
  2. Hardcover
    Price $15.95
SKU WW-NL5539
ISBN 9781478868897
Series Reycraft Books
Number Level 24
SKU WW-NL5539
ISBN 9781478868897
Series Reycraft Books
Number Level 24
Lexile level AD520L
Letter Level L
Genre Realistic Fiction
Language English
Theme Culture, Families and Friends, School
BISAC Subject Headings Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / New Experience
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / New Experience
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
Price $6.95
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Awards

Finalist
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award

Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2019

Author & Illustrator

Grecia Huesca Dominguez

Grecia Huesca Dominguez moved from Veracruz, Mexico, to New York when she was ten years old.  She started writing poetry while pursuing her B.A. in English and Creative Writing at CUNY Lehman College. She initially used poetry as a coping mechanism and soon began to use it as a way to chronicle her life as a single mother and undocumented immigrant, and her Latinx identity. Her poem, “Marilín,” was published in 2015. Since then, she has published more poems and written three books.

Teresa Martinez

Teresa Martinez grew up in Mexico loving to draw and decided to study graphic design. She spent many afternoons reading books on art in the university’s library. She also took many painting courses and even went to Italy for a short course at the Leonardo da Vinci School (Florence). Eventually she started working as a children’s book illustrator and has been doing that ever since. Now Teresa lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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Reviews

Moving to a different city is difficult, but moving to a new country is even harder, especially when you do not know the language. Juana is an elementary school–aged girl who relocates from Mexico to New York City where she experiences snow, the huge park near her apartment, and her new school. Even though the children around her appear happy, she is concerned about her English language skills and her name, which her teacher cannot pronounce properly. Dominguez offers a picture book based on her own experience when she moved to New York at age 10. This fictional narrative chronicles Juana’s adjustment to her new life using epistolary form, which connects both the main character to her grandfather in Mexico, and readers to Juana. The soft illustrations provide a fresh and inviting ambiance with smiling children and adult characters who interact, and pictorial elements that support the text. This book could be used in a storytime activity supporting social studies units on diversity and immigration. VERDICT A thoughtful and age-appropriate look at a timely and much-debated subject.

—School Library Journal Reviewer

Through letters to her grandfather in Mexico, Juana details her move to New York, her first days of school, and her new friendship with a classmate who speaks both Spanish and English.
Details:
SKU WW-NL5539
ISBN 9781478868897
Series Reycraft Books
Number Level 24
Lexile level AD520L
Letter Level L
Genre Realistic Fiction
Language English
Theme Culture, Families an Culture, Families and Friends, School
Juvenile Fiction / S Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / New Experience
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
Full Description

Through letters to her grandfather in Mexico, Juana details her move to New York, her first days of school, and her new friendship with a classmate who speaks both Spanish and English.

Author & Illustrator

Grecia Huesca Dominguez

Grecia Huesca Dominguez moved from Veracruz, Mexico, to New York when she was ten years old.  She started writing poetry while pursuing her B.A. in English and Creative Writing at CUNY Lehman College. She initially used poetry as a coping mechanism and soon began to use it as a way to chronicle her life as a single mother and undocumented immigrant, and her Latinx identity. Her poem, “Marilín,” was published in 2015. Since then, she has published more poems and written three books.

Teresa Martinez

Teresa Martinez grew up in Mexico loving to draw and decided to study graphic design. She spent many afternoons reading books on art in the university’s library. She also took many painting courses and even went to Italy for a short course at the Leonardo da Vinci School (Florence). Eventually she started working as a children’s book illustrator and has been doing that ever since. Now Teresa lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Awards

Finalist
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award

Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2019

Reviews

Moving to a different city is difficult, but moving to a new country is even harder, especially when you do not know the language. Juana is an elementary school–aged girl who relocates from Mexico to New York City where she experiences snow, the huge park near her apartment, and her new school. Even though the children around her appear happy, she is concerned about her English language skills and her name, which her teacher cannot pronounce properly. Dominguez offers a picture book based on her own experience when she moved to New York at age 10. This fictional narrative chronicles Juana’s adjustment to her new life using epistolary form, which connects both the main character to her grandfather in Mexico, and readers to Juana. The soft illustrations provide a fresh and inviting ambiance with smiling children and adult characters who interact, and pictorial elements that support the text. This book could be used in a storytime activity supporting social studies units on diversity and immigration. VERDICT A thoughtful and age-appropriate look at a timely and much-debated subject.

—School Library Journal Reviewer

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