Pepita Packs Up: Pepita Empaca (Spanish Edition) (English and Spanish Edition)

Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

ISBN 10: 1558854312 ISBN 13: 9781558854314

Publisher: Arte Publico Pr, 2005

Synopsis

The fifth installment in a popular series of bilingual picture books This is the next installment of the spunky heroine Pepita, but she’s not staying for long. No, there is a big yellow moving truck parked in front of Pepita’s house. The family’s furniture is piled in the back, but Pepita is not ready to say goodbye. She likes her little street and the grocer who works at one end, the ladies work at the tortilla shop at the other end, and her Tía Rosa who lives right in the middle.

When Mamá sends Pepita to run errands, Mr. Hobbs, the grocer, asks, "Are you here to say goodbye?" Then the ladies in the tortilla shop ask. Then Tía Rosa. But Pepita insists that she’s not saying goodbye because "goodbye is an ugly word."

But she’ll miss her neighbor and best friend Sonya the most. Papá says that she’ll have to tell Sonya goodbye.

This bilingual picture book focuses on the tough transition that many kids make: leaving a beloved place for a new one. Readers ages 3 to 7 will follow plucky Pepita as she learns to move on.

About this title

About the Author

OFELIA DUMAS LACHTMAN was born in Los Angeles of Mexican-immigrant parents. She is the author of seven previous bilingual picture books, Tina and the Scarecrow Skins / Tina y las pieles de espantapájaros (Piñata Books, 2002), Big Enough / Bastante grande (Piñata Books, 1998), and four other books in the Pepita series: Pepita Finds Out / Lo que Pepita descubre (Piñata Books, 2002), Pepita Takes Time / Pepita, siempre tarde (Piñata Books, 2000), Pepita Thinks Pink / Pepita y el color Rosado (Piñata Books, 1998), and Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita habla dos veces (Piñata Books, 1995).

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, ALEX PARDO DELANGE was raised there and in Buenos Aires, Argentina before coming to the United States, where she graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. She now lives in Gainesville, Florida with her husband and three children. In addition to her art for the Pepita Series with Ofelia Dumas Lachtman, she is also the illustrator of The Empanadas that Abuela Made / Las empanadas que hacía la abuela (Piñata Books, 2003), Tina and the Scarecrow/ Tina y las pieles de espantapájaros (Piñata Books, 2002), and Slip, Slurp, Soup Soup/ Caldo, caldo, caldo (Piñata Books, 2002).

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2–The prospect of moving away from the only home they have ever known is difficult for all children. Here, Pepita drags herself through moving day, not wanting to say goodbye to her friends and neighbors. She avoids those words as studiously as she avoids packing up her last box of toys. Instead, she says, Ill be seeing you to Mr. Hobbs in the grocery store; Go with God to the ladies in the tortilla store; and Until tomorrow to her favorite aunt. Pepita is afraid that she will cry if she says Goodbye to her best friend. The book ends on a positive note as the moving truck pulls up to her new house and the child immediately makes a new friend. The Spanish translation is well crafted and reads fluidly. The simple computer-generated art depicts Hispanic characters in a pleasant setting. Families on the move may want to pack this book along.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1558854312
• ISBN 13: 9781558854314
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Alex Pardo DeLange