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1-3 According to Tina, her grandfather is different. Abuelito doesn't
speak English, his hands are rough and gnarled from cutting sugar cane,
and he doesn't drive. And, horrors, he eats with his fingers. Tina's
friend's grandfather drives a red Corvette and has a swimming pool in
his living room; he makes her ashamed of Abuelito. However, when her
mother unexpectedly leaves the two alone one afternoon, Tina's attitude
changes. She looks at old photographs of her long dead grandmother. She
finds that she and her grandfather share a talent for and love of art.
And, the two make tortillas from scratch and eat them with their
fingers. By day's end, granddaughter and grandfather have started on a
journey of friendship, free of invidious comparisons. Except for one
double-page spread in the middle, each full-page painting faces a page
of text accompanied by a small illustration. Words and pictures are
framed in a lovely design of seemingly old photograph-album pages with
deckle edges. An interesting addition to intergenerational collections.
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