Sandia Fria - Icy Watermelon, Del Sol Books

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

Sandia Fria - Icy Watermelon

Sandia Fria - Icy Watermelon, Softcover, Bilingual, Book, Mary Sue Galindo, Pauline Rodriguez Howard, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 1558853073, # 10157s, $7.95
Sandia Fria - Icy Watermelon, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Mary Sue Galindo, Pauline Rodriguez Howard, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 1558853065, # 10157h, $15.95

Commended 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 Rose Listen 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."

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