Description
Una nia enfrenta sentimientos contradictorios de vergenza y amor por su abuela mexicana en esta conmovedora historia de la autora ganadora de los premios Newbery y Pura Belpr, Donna Barba Higuera. Mi abuela usa un pauelo amarillo viejo que le regal su abuela. A m no me gusta ese pauelo amarillo. Cuando una nia siente vergenza de su familia por ser "diferentes" e inconscientemente culpa a su abuela, ella poco a poco empieza no solo a aceptar, sino tambin a querer ese pauelo amarillo que representa un idioma y una cultura que una vez le caus vergenza. Inspirada en la historia personal de la galardonada autora Donna Barba Higuera, y brillantemente ilustrada por Cynthia Alonso, El pauelo amarillo es una historia intergeneracional lrica, honesta, e ntima sobre la aceptacin de quines somos, de dnde venimos y de las personas que nos criaron. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A child confronts conflicting feelings of embarrassment and love for her Mexican abuela in this moving, personal story from Newbery and Pura Belpr Award winning author: Donna Barba Higuera My abuela wears an old yellow handkerchief that her grandmother gave to her. I don't like the yellow handkerchief. When a young girl feels ashamed of her family for being "different" and subconsciously blames her abuela, she gradually grows to not only accept but also love the yellow handkerchief that represents a language and culture that once brought embarrassment. Inspired by the personal experiences of award-winning author Donna Barba Higuera, and expressively illustrated by Cynthia Alonso, The Yellow Handkerchief is a lyrical, honest, and intimate intergenerational story about embracing who we are, where we come from, and the people who shape us.
