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Virginia Walter, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Velasquez's full-bleed paintings transport readers to another time and place and expertly capture the characters' personalities and emotions. This beautifully illustrated slice-of-life is sprinkled with Spanish phrases (all translated into English) and rich details about Puerto Rican traditions and culture. The woman nurtures the boy's fascination with painting by giving him art supplies for Christmas.
The boy has a school assignment to complete and together they discover the work of Diego Velázquez, including the famous portrait of Juan de Pareja. After helping to shop for ingredients and make her famous pasteles, Eric and his grandmother venture from El Barrio to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
K-Gr 3–This companion to Grandma's Records (Walker, 2001) is another memoir of Velasquez's boyhood visits with his grandmother in Spanish Harlem.
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