A Song of Frutas
Hardcover – Picture Book, August 3, 2021
Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Hardcover · August 3, 2021
From Pura Belpré Award–winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather who is a pregonero—a singing street vendor in Cuba—and helping him sell his frutas.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, rhythmic picture book where fruit names, family affection, and song carry across countries.
- Themes
- Family connection across distance, Song and rhyme, Cuban street vending
- Genres
- US: Hispanic & Latino Stories, Multigenerational Families, Caribbean & Latin American Stories
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From Pura Belpré Award–winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather who is a pregonero—a singing street vendor in Cuba—and helping him sell his frutas.
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When we visit mi abuelo, I help him sell frutas, singing the names of each fruit as we walk, our footsteps like drumbeats, our hands like maracas, shaking… The little girl loves visiting her grandfather in Cuba and singing his special songs to sell all kinds of fruit: mango, limón, naranja, piña, and more! Even when they’re apart, grandfather and granddaughter can share rhymes between their countries like un abrazo—a hug—made of words carried on letters that soar across the distance like songbirds.
Rhythm Across Distance
A warm, rhythmic picture book where fruit names, family affection, and song carry across countries.
Come here for
- Fruit names and singing woven into lively, rhythmic language
- A tender connection between a girl and her grandfather
Expect
- A picture-book visit to Cuba with a singing street vendor
- Rhymes and letters that keep family close across distance
Where it sits
| Caribbean & Latin American Stories | 70% |
|---|---|
| Multigenerational Families | 49% |
| US: Hispanic & Latino Stories | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Multigenerational Families
- Caribbean & Latin American Stories
- Cooking & Food
- Authors
- Margarita Engle
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- August 3, 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Family connection across distance · Song and rhyme · Cuban street vending
- Reading lane
- Multigenerational Families