Don't Say a Word, Mama / No Digas Nada, Mama

by Joe Hayes

Other authorsEsau Andrade Valencia (Artist)
Paperback, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

[E]

Publication

Cinco Puntos Press (2013), Edition: Bilingual, 32 pages

Description

Sisters Rosa and Blanca are so kind, thoughtful, and generous--and such good gardeners--that their Mamá who lives between the two winds up with a great deal of corn, tomatoes, and red hot chiles.

User reviews

LibraryThing member hjaksha
This is a story about a sister who lives alone and a sister who has a husband and kids. The sisters both have a garden and have extra food in their harvest. With each harvest both sisters worry about the other sister; one for being alone and not having enough help in her garden and the other for
Show More
having so many mouths to feed. The sisters both tell their mother in secret that they plan to sneak some of their harvest into the other sister's house. Each night both sisters pass each other with a basket of their harvest and sneaks it into the other's house. Each morning after, the sisters discover their food has doubled overnight and decides to give some extra to their mother until the mom floods the night with lights as the sisters try to sneak peppers into each others kitchens.
Ages: 4-6
Source: Teaching Strategies Gold Boxed Curriculum
Show Less

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

32 p.; 8.5 x 0.25 inches

ISBN

1935955454 / 9781935955450
Page: 0.2876 seconds