Mango, Abuela, and Me

A 2016 Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book
A 2016 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book

When a little girl's far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language in a tender story written by acclaimed author Meg Medina.

Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can't read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English ("Dough. Masa"), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it's still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories. Then Mia sees a parrot in the pet-shop window and has the perfectoidea for how to help them all communicate a little better. An endearing tale from an award-winning duo that speaks loud and clear about learning new things and the love that bonds family members.

Author: Meg Medina
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/25/2015
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.70h x 9.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763669003
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 175368 / Mango, Abuela, and Me


Award: Pura Belpre Award - Honor Book
Award: Pura Belpre Award - Honor Book
Award: Cybils - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 05/25/2015
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 pg. 42
School Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 65
Booklist 07/01/2015 pg. 64
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2015 pg. 85
Shelf Awareness 09/01/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2015
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 31

About the Author
Meg Medina is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal winner and Kirkus Prize finalist Merci Suárez Changes Gears, as well as its sequels, Merci Suárez Can't Dance and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool. She is the author of the young adult novels Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award, short-listed for the Kirkus Prize, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, winner of a Pura Belpré Author Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year. Her picture books include No More Señora Mimí, illustrated by Brittney Cicchese; Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was both a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Meg Medina lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Angela Dominguez has created many picture books, including Maria Had a Little Llama, for which she received a Pura Belpre Honor for illustration. She also teaches art at the Academy of Art University. She lives in San Francisco.