The Horn Book Guide

YOUNGER FICTION

Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas

Big Enough / Bastante grande

32 pp. July, 1998 | Trade ISBN 1-55885-221-2 $$14.95 | Paper ISBN 1-55885-239-5 $$7.95

(4) 1-3 Translated by Yanitzia Canetti. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. Although she thinks she's big enough, Lupita is told she is too small to help her mother in her Mexican restaurant. But when she spies a man stealing a special piÂ±ata from the restaurant, Lupita runs and tackles the thief, proving she is big enough for some things. The illustrations are warm and colorful, but the Spanish text in this bilingual book reads like a poor word-by-word translation.

Reviewer: Elena Abos Alvarez-Buiza