A Surprise for Teresita

Una sorpresa para Teresita

Virginia Sánchez-korrol, Carolyn Dee Flores, illustrator, Piñata Books, Hardcover $17.95 (32pp) 978-1-55885-831-2

On the bustling city sidewalk in front of her building, Teresita anxiously awaits the arrival of her Tío Ramón who has promised her something special for her seventh birthday in A Surprise for Teresita, a bilingual slice of colorful, urban life from Virginia Sánchez-korrol. Carolyn Dee Flores uses bold neons and soft edges to bring Teresita’s world into focus as she jumps rope, waters plants on the fire escape, and listens for the call of the snow cone cart.