Mango, Abuela y yo [Paperback]

When a little girl’s far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language in a tender story written by acclaimed author Meg Medina. Spanish language edition.

Mia’sabuelahas left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can’t read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English (“Dough.Masa”), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it’s still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories. Then Mia sees a parrot in the pet shop window and has theperfectoidea for how to help them all communicate a little better. An endearing tale from an award-winning duo that speaks loud and clear about learning new things and the love that bonds family members.Meg Medinais the author of the Newbery Medal–winning bookMerci Suárez Changes Gears, which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist. Her young adult novels includeYaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award;Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award; andThe Girl Who Could Silence the Wind. She is also the author of picture booksMango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book, andTía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.


Angela Dominquezhas created many picture books, includingMaria Had a Little Llama, for which she received a Pura Belpre Honor for illustration. She also teaches art at the Academy of Art University. She lives in San Francisco.Cl³@