When Lola Visits

When Lola VisitsIn an evocative picture book brimming with the scents, tastes, and traditions that define summer for one young girl, debut author Michelle Sterling and illustrator Aaron Asis come together to celebrate the gentle bonds of familial love that span oceans and generations. What does summer mean to you? For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spent at the pool, and of picking golden limes off the trees. But summer doesnt start until

Impressionistic collages and a moving

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Keen-eyed young readers will delight in the most hilarious seek-and-find they could ever imagine

Now she loves the music and wakes her children up the same way

a boy prepares for a trip to The Other Side/El Otro Lado

When the lesson is over

Martin was shocked when his mother wouldn’t let him in because he was black

When she's not writing

Inspires a love of nature and encourages young minds to explore the world around them

and to be proactive citizens who are passionate about causes from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and civil rights

This book provides a great

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