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A song of frutas

While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.

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Main Author: Engle, Margarita (Author)
Other Authors: Palacios, Sara (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Street vendors > Juvenile fiction.
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Cuban Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Fruit > Juvenile fiction.
Cuba > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience:Ages 4-8.
Grades 2-3.
ISBN:9781534444898
1534444890
Author Notes:Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet and novelist. Her books include The Wild Book, Tropical Secrets, The Firefly Letters, The Lightning Dreamer, When You Wander, Mountain Dog, and Silver People. She has received several awards including the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Américas Award, and the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award for The Surrender Tree and the Pura Belpré Award and the Américas Award for The Poet Slave of Cuba.

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