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Author : Mary Sue Galindo, Illustrator : Pauline Rodriguez Howard
 Preschool - 2nd Grade

Sandia Fria - Icy Watermelon

Del Sol Books, Get The Complete SetSandia Fria - Icy Watermelon, Softcover, Bilingual, Book, Mary Sue Galindo, Pauline Rodriguez Howard, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781558853072, $7.95
Sandia Fria - Icy Watermelon, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Mary Sue Galindo, Pauline Rodriguez Howard, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 9781558853065, $16.95

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Sandia Fria - Icy Watermelon, Del Sol BooksCommended Title in the 2000 Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult literature
2001 Parents Choice Approved Winner
Finalist, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award

Hugo, María, and Sarita enjoy spending time with their abuelo and abuela. And they in turn enjoy teasing their grandchildren with adivinanzas, little riddles that make the children giggle and smile even while leading them to think about the world in new ways. So when Grandpa begins to reminisce about his own grandfather, and about the watermelons they raised long ago, the three youngsters recognize yet another curious adivinanza in the telling.

Vienna RoseListen to Vienna Rose read Icy Watermelon to you.  A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.

Publishers Weekly : Grade 2-This is a heartwarming story of three generations of one Hispanic American family gathered together on a summer night. As they sit on the porch enjoying icy cold watermelon, the grandparents tell stories and make up riddles to entertain the children. Beautiful and tenderly rendered pastel illustrations capture the love among the family members while portraying an average, modern-day Hispanic family. The Spanish text is rich in Mexican American texture and reads very naturally. Highly recommended for any library or bookstore serving Hispanics.

Booklist : Ages 3-8. In a joyful bilingual picture book, three Latino children share riddles and stories with their parents and grandparents as they eat watermelon on Sunday afternoon on the porch in the country. Abuelo remembers that when he was a boy, he helped his father harvest watermelons and sell them along the highway and in the barrios. In fact, that's how Abuelo met his wife. When her mother sent her to buy a watermelon, her dog jumped in the truck and went after Abuelo, and he dropped the fruit. His face was "redder that the watermelon lying all over the street," but he was in love. The text appears in both English and Spanish on each page, and Howard's full-page, realistic pastel illustrations--in sepia tones for the story from the past, in bright shades of red and blue for the present--show the warm family close-up, sharing food, talk, and laughter.

School Library Journal : "This simple, nostalgic story evokes a picture of cross-generational family love."

Bilingual Collection Blue Books :
Abuelita llena de vida - Abuelita Full of Life, Del Sol BooksAbuelo vivio solo - Grandpa Used to Live Alone, Del Sol BooksA la cama Cucuy - Its Bedtime Cucuy, Del Sol BooksAlla en el rancho grande - Rowdy Rowdy Ranch, Del Sol BooksBaila, Miranda, baila - Dancing Miranda, Del Sol BooksBastante Grande - Big Enough, Del Sol BooksBeisbol en Marte - Baseball on Mars, Del Sol BooksBenjamin y la palabra - Benjamin and the Word, Del Sol BooksBuenas noches Papito Dios - Goodnight Papito Dios, Del Sol BooksCaldo Caldo Caldo - Sip Slurp Soup Soup, Del Sol BooksCesar Chavez La lucha por la justicia - Cesar Chavez The Struggle for Justice, Del Sol BooksChiles para Benito - Chiles for Benito, Del Sol BooksConoces al Cucuy - Do You Know the Cucuy, Del Sol BooksEl chocolate de abuelita - Grandmas Chocolate, Del Sol BooksEl cochinito fugitivo - The Runaway Piggy, Del Sol BooksEl Cuervito al rescate - Little Crow to the Rescue, Del Sol BooksEl desierto es mi madre - The Desert is my Mother, Del Sol BooksEl forastero y el gallo rojo - The Stranger and the Red Rooster, Del Sol BooksEl hombre mofle - Muffler Man, Del Sol BooksEl muumuu de Marina - Marinas Muumuu, Del Sol BooksEl nino goloso - The Triple Banana Split Boy, Del Sol BooksEl papalote de Lupita - Lupitas Papalote, Del Sol BooksEl picnic de Tio Chente - Uncle Chentes Picnic, Del Sol BooksEl regalo de la flor de Nochebuena - The Gift of the Poinsettia, Del Sol BooksEl regalo del lenador - The Woodcutters Gift, Del Sol BooksEsperando a Papa - Waiting for Papa, Del Sol BooksEstrellita en la ciudad grande - Estrellita in the Big City, Del Sol BooksEstrellita se despide de su isla - Estrellita Says Goodbye to Her Island, Del Sol BooksFamilia - Family, Del Sol BooksGirasoles - Sunflowers, Del Sol BooksHola Noche - Hello Night, Del Sol BooksIsabel Allende Recuerdos para un cuento - Isabel Allende Memories for a Story, Del Sol BooksJuan y el Chupacabras - Juan and the Chupacabras, Del Sol BooksLa carrera de Ricardo - Ricardos Race, Del Sol BooksLa fiesta para Papa Luis - The Party for Papa Luis, Del Sol BooksLa guerra de las raspas - The Battle of the Snowcones, Del Sol BooksLa guitarra de mi tata - My Tatas Guitar, Del Sol BooksLa parranda de Mimi - Mimis Parranda, Del Sol BooksLa rana y sus amigos salvan a la humanidad - The Frog and His Friends Save Humanity, Del Sol BooksLas empanadas que hacia la abuela - The Empanadas that Abuela Made, Del Sol BooksLa senora de la panaderia - The Bakery Lady, Del Sol BooksLas sopaipillas de Benito - Benitos Sopaipillas, Del Sol BooksLas tortillas de Magda - Magdas Tortillas, Del Sol BooksLa tierra de las adivinanzas - The Land of the Riddles, Del Sol BooksLa ultima muneca - The Last Doll, Del Sol BooksLa vaca Tomasa - Tomasa the Cow, Del Sol BooksLo que Pepita descubre - Pepita Finds Out, Del Sol BooksLos bizcochitos de Benito - Benitos Bizcochitos, Del Sol BooksLos domingos en la calle cuatro - Sundays on Fourth Street, Del Sol BooksLos recuerdos de Chave - Chaves Memories, Del Sol BooksLos tamales de Ana - Growing Up with Tamales, Del Sol BooksLupe Vargas y su super mejor amiga - Lupe Vargas and Her Super Best Friend, Del Sol BooksMagda y la pinata magico - Magdas Pinata Magic, Del Sol BooksMama Zorra y Don Coyote - Mother Fox and Mr Coyote, Del Sol BooksMariposas en la calle Carmen - Butterflies on Carmen Street, Del Sol BooksMayte y el Cuco - Mayte and the Bogeyman, Del Sol BooksMis abuelos y yo - My Grandparents and I, Del Sol BooksMis papitos Heroes de la cosecha - My Parents Heroes of the Harvest, Del Sol BooksNo hay tiempo para monstruos - No Time for Monsters, Del Sol BooksPachanga deliciosa - Delicious Hullaballo, Del Sol BooksPepita empaca - Pepita Packs Up, Del Sol BooksPepita en la calle Pepper - Pepita on Pepper Street, Del Sol BooksPepita habla dos veces - Pepita Talks Twice, Del Sol BooksPepita y el color rosado - Pepita Thinks Pink, Del Sol BooksPepita siempre tarde - Pepita Takes Time, Del Sol BooksQuiquiriqui - Kikiriki, Del Sol BooksRecordando a Abuela - Remembering Grandma, Del Sol BooksRene tiene dos apellidos - Rene has Two Last Names, Del Sol BooksSalsa, Del Sol BooksSandia Fria - Icy Watermelon, Del Sol BooksSomos primos - We Are Cousins, Del Sol BooksTina y las pieles de espantapajaros - Tina and the Scarecrow Skins, Del Sol BooksUn dia con mis tias - A Day with My Aunts, Del Sol BooksYo soy Rene el nino - I Am Rene the Boy, Del Sol BooksZulema y la bruja lechuza - Zulema and the Witch Owl, Del Sol Books

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