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A gentle, loving look at grandmothers

Liliana's grandmother Mima lives up the street, does yoga exercises, and likes crossword puzzles. Liliana's other grandmother, Mama Gabina, lives in South America, enjoys gardening, and likes to dance around the house. The meals they cook are very different, the stories they tell are different, but one thing about them is the same: they both love their granddaughter. And Liliana adores them. Leyla Torres's watercolors show all the warmth and homeyness that are intrinsic in special family relationships.

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Leyla Torres is the author and illustrator of Subway Sparrow and Saturday Sancocho. Originally from Bogot, Colombia, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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From Torres (Subway Sparrow, 1993), a book that offers perhaps a too-rosy portrayal of the relationships a girl has with her two grandmothers. Liliana spends time in each of her grandmother's homes, one just down the street, one in another country. Through descriptions of Liliana's time in the women's homesunder scrutiny is the weather, food, activities, and personalitiestwo very different styles of living become apparent. Mima lives in town, does yoga and crossword puzzles, and makes quilts (on a sewing machine that isn't plugged in and has no other visible works). Mama Gabina lives in ``another country'' (South America), keeps a parrot, talks to her flowers, dances, and snores through naps. In a world that may exist only in picture books, Liliana's bedroom is neat and spare, with only one object on the nightstand, and with only a few toys and books. The interiors of the grandmothers' homes are similarly spare, without VCRs, TVs, telephones, or other appliances. The lesson in comparisons is heavy and long; the illustrations are bland, despite the care spent in making the homes distinct. All the characters are badly drawn; the cat, in particular, suffers from limbs that have odd angles and lines. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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