What Can You Do with a Paleta?

What Can You Do with a Paleta?

Overview

Where the paleta wagon rings its tinkly belland carries a treasure of icy paletasin every color of the sarape . . .

As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children. Create a masterpiece, make tough choices (strawberry or coconut?), or cool off on a warm summer's day—there's so much to do with a paleta.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781582462219
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 04/14/2009
Series: Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award
Pages: 32
Sales rank: 254,485
Product dimensions: 9.10(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 3 - 7 Years

About the Author

MAGALY MORALES is known for the bright colors and infectious sense of play in her illustrations. She was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.


CARMEN TAFOLLA is a poet whose stories for children and adults have appeared in more than two hundred poetry anthologies. She lives in a hundred-year-old house in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, children, mother, and many pets.

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