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The yellow handkerchief el pañuelo amarillo

A young girl wishes her family could be more like her friends' families and subconsiously blames her abuela and her yellow handkerchief, but she slowly grows to appreciate and love the language and culture the handkerchief represents.

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Main Author: Higuera, Donna Barba (Author)
Other Authors: Alonso, Cynthia (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2023.
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Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:A young girl wishes her family could be more like her friends' families and subconsiously blames her abuela and her yellow handkerchief, but she slowly grows to appreciate and love the language and culture the handkerchief represents.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:9781419760143
1419760149
Author Notes:Donna Barba Higuera grew up dodging dust devils in the oil fields of central California. She was a daydreamer, constantly blending life experiences and folklore into stories. Now she weaves them into picture books and novels. Higuera currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, four children, three dogs, and two frogs. El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! was her debut picture book, and she is also the author of the middle-grade novels The Last Cuentista, winner of the Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré Award, and Lupe Wong Won't Dance , winner of a Pura Belpré Honor, the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor, and a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. Cynthia Alonso is an illustrator and graphic designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is currently living in Berlin working worldwide on fiction and nonfiction children books, surface design, and editorial illustration. Her debut picture book in the United States, Aquarium , was published by Chronicle Books.

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