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Hayes, Joe

Don't Say a Word, Mamá / No digas nada, Mamá

32 pp. | Cinco | September, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-935955-29-0 $17.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-935955-45-0 $8.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Esau Andrade Valencia. Sisters Rosa and Blanca want to share vegetables from their gardens with each other, but miscommunication leads to a humorous mix-up that only Mamá can fix. Told with engaging, comfortably repetitive prose in side-by-side English and Spanish (containing minor punctuation errors), this story about familial love is warmhearted. Valencia's colorful illustrations convey homey environments, though characters' expressions are sometimes stiff.
Reviewer: Siena Leslie

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