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Illustrated by
Zara González Hoang.
"¡Hi! Soy Lucía. Bienvenidos a mi casa. I live here with my big, loud, beautiful familia." Lucía takes readers on a tour in Spanglish of her house and introduces her multi-generational Latinx family. Her narration begins at the front door ("Esta es la puerta") where her abuela waves to neighbors and her relatives enter for visits. In the kitchen, Mamá performs such milagros as ropa vieja and Abuelo prepares turkey a la española on holidays. Spanish speakers will feel welcomed by this warm family story; non-Spanish-speakers should be able to follow the story from clues in the cheerful illustrations, which stay true to the text's child's-eye perspective.
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Illustrated by
Robin Preiss Glasser.
A mother describes the anxiety and anticipation of her pregnancy and the joy she feels after her little one's arrival: "Love. Big fat love." Sweet, pastel-colored vignettes show the (gender-unspecified) child growing up and underscore the close bond between the two. By the final page, children may be bored, but their mothers are likely to be a little choked up.