Kirjahaku

On a first solo visit to her grandmother's home outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special in this enchanting and personal picture book. At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place . . . and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. Or that she can see the future--and knows when Julia is about to fall off her bike. Or how she can journey back in time through the stories she tells. In the room where Julia's mother grew up, her grandmother holds her in a warm embrace--an embrace that Julia will pass on to her family when her parents arrive with her new baby brother. With Tania de Regil's heartfelt illustrations, incorporating poems by her great-grandfather that were handwritten by her grandmother, Something About Grandma offers a tender and playful exploration of the magic of intergenerational love and wisdom.

As a girl in Mexico City and a boy in New York ponder moving to each other's locale, it becomes clear that the two cities -- and the two children -- are more alike than they might think. Espero que las cosas no sean tan diferentes en mi nueva ciudad. Mudarse a una ciudad nueva puede ser emocionante. Pero y si no se parece en nada a tu antigua ciudad? Podr s hacer nuveos amigos? Ser diferente la comida? Habr lugares donde jugar? Como si hablaran con una sola voz, un ni o que se muda de la ciudad de Nueva York a la Ciudad de M xico y una ni a que se muda de la Ciudad de M xico a la ciudad de Nueva York comparten sus temores de dejar su hogar para irse a vivir a un lugar nuevo y desconocido. Tania de Regil nos bringa una historia emotiva y reconfortante sobre c mo encontrar tu hogar dondequiera que vayas. But I'm not sure I want to leave my home.I'm going to miss so much. Moving to a new city can be exciting. But what if your new home isn't anything like your old home? Will you make friends? What will you eat? Where will you play? In a cleverly combined voice -- accompanied by wonderfully detailed illustrations depicting two urban scenes -- a young boy conveys his fears about moving from New York City to Mexico City while, at the same time, a young girl expresses trepidation about leaving Mexico City to move to New York. Tania de Regil offers a heartwarming story that shows just how much her native city has in common with New York, and reminds us that home may be found wherever life leads us. Fascinating details about each city are featured at the end.

On a first solo visit with her grandmother outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special in this enchanting and personal picture book. Julia va a pasar el verano en casa de su abuela -ser su primera vez lejos de pap y mam . En la casa de la abuela, acurrucada en las faldas de una monta a a las afueras de la Ciudad de M xico, la brisa es dulce como el jazm n y una buganvilla rosada trepa por las paredes de la casita. Este lugar tiene algo especial, piensa Julia, y la abuela, definitivamente, tiene algo de especial tambi n. Algo as como la forma en que parece ver el futuro o poder viajar en el tiempo. Cuando pap y mam llegan para llevarse a Julia de vuelta a casa, traen una sorpresa con ellos, y puede que necesiten la ayuda de Julia. S , la abuela tiene algo... y tal vez Julia haya aprendido tambi n algunas cosas de la abuela. Con las emotivas ilustraciones de Tania de Regil, que incluyen poemas de su bisabuelo escritos a mano por su abuela, Un verano especial con la abuela explora con un estilo tierno y juguet n la magia de la sabidur a y el amor entre generaciones. At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place . . . and about Grandma. Something in the way she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. How she can see the future--and knows when Julia is about to fall off her bike. How she seems to have secrets that she writes by moonlight in her notebook. And how she can journey back in time through the stories she tells. In the room where Julia's mother grew up, her grandmother holds her in a warm embrace--an embrace that Julia will pass on to her family when her parents arrive with her new baby brother. With Tania de Regil's heartfelt illustrations, incorporating poems by her great-grandfather that were handwritten by her grandmother, Something About Grandma offers a tender and playful exploration of the magic of intergenerational love and wisdom.