Me encantan los Saturdays y los domingos (0) (Spanish and English Edition) - Softcover

Alma Flor Ada

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1631139630 ISBN 13: 9781631139635

Publisher: Santillana USA, 2016

Synopsis

Through this affectionate and revealing portrait of a bilingual girl's weekend visits to her two sets of grandparents, Ada and Savadier prove that straddling two worlds can be a blessing rather than a hardship. Publishers Weekly

About this title

About the Author:

Alma Flor Ada, an authority on multicultural and bilingual education, is the recipient of the 2012 Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and in 2014 she was honored by the Mexican government with the prestigious OHTLI Award. She is the author of numerous award-winning books for young readers, including "Dancing Home "with Gabriel Zubizarreta, "My Name Is Maria Isabel", "Under the Royal Palms "(Pura Belpre Medal), "Where the Flame Trees Bloom", and "The Gold Coin "(Christopher Award Medal). She lives in California, and you can visit her at AlmaFlorAda.com.

As she did in "No Haircut Today" ("pitch perfect language ... and spiky drawings that blend funny and fond." - "The Washington Post") and "Time to Get Dressed "("captures the complex relationship between parent and child with both wacky humor and exquisite tenderness." - "Publishers Weekly, "starred review), Elivia Savadier proves again that she is a master of economy, able to suggest more in a single line than others do in an entire book. Ms. Savadier lives in Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Santillana USA
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1631139630
• ISBN 13: 9781631139635
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36
• Illustrator: Elivia Savadier