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This grandma is round like a calabaza, a pumpkin, has a cat named Frida Kahlo, makes tortillas by hand to eat with breakfast, sings songs about her bedroom slippers and loves her work. Everyday she and her grandson gather up her props and stuff her jalopy with the things she needs for work--a temple with skinny stairs, a king and queen, stalks of corn, a skeleton, one sun, one moon, a plumed snake and a feathered crown. What job does she do with all of these things? Share My Abuelita by Tony Johnston (the Library's One Book/One Glendale author in 2008) with a child who loves stories and find the answer.Photos of handmade dolls and Mexican crafts by Yuyi Morales enhance the experience in the lovely picture book for preschoolers and their lucky reader.
When: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Where: Central Library Auditorium
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale, Ca 91205
Tony Johnston will be here to talk about her book Any Small Goodness and also to sign your personal copy. For additional questions, please call (818) 548-2035.
Copies of the book will be available for sale to benefit the Friends of the Library on the day of the author talk.
This month's Snacktime Readers book is an adventure story by Sid Fleischman, The Ghost in the Noonday Sun. Right after celebrating his twelfth birthday, Oliver is kidnapped and forced to help the Pirate Captain Scratch find a lost treasure. There's lots of adventures, a ghost and a deserted island for Oliver to have and see before he makes it back home.
If you missed Snacktime Readers this month, be sure to join us on Wednesday, October 22 for the discussion about Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston when we meet at the Central Library, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale 91205
