Houghton Mifflin The Nation's Choice: Little Big Book Theme 5 Grade 2 Liliana's Grandmothers - Softcover

Leyla Torres

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618067108 ISBN 13: 9780618067107

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Synopsis

Liliana spends time with her grandmother and discovers how much fun her grandmother is.

About this title

About the Author:

Leyla Torres is the author and illustrator of Subway Sparrow and Saturday Sancocho. Originally from Bogot, Colombia, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

From Kirkus Reviews:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0618067108
• ISBN 13: 9780618067107
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32