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Klepeis, Alicia Z.

Francisco's Kites / Las cometas de Franciso

32 pp. | Piñata | May, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55885-804-6 $17.95
(4) K-3 Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura. Illustrated by Gary Undercuffler. Francisco misses flying kites in his native El Salvador, so he builds one from found materials in his new Chicago neighborhood. The owner of a recycled goods store notices the kite and offers to pay Francisco to make twenty more. In both English and Spanish, the quiet text tells a gentle story. The illustrations are stiff but convey Francisco's pride in his creations.
Reviewer: Tim Wadham

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