¿Qué Puedes Hacer Con Una Paleta?: What Can You Do with a Paleta (Bilingual English/Spanish)

PreS-Gr 2A "paleta" is a traditional Mexican frozen treat on a stick sold by busy, wagon-pushing vendors. Children can paint their tongues purple and green with one, give themselves big, blue mustaches, cool off on a hot day, and more. The story takes readers on a tour of a vibrant Latino neighborhood where sweet accordion music plays, velvet roses bloom, delicious smells of buttery tortillas and juicy fruit float from windows, and children gather to buy "paletas" on a hot day. The lyrical prose is equally beautiful in both languages. Morales uses broad, curvy brushstrokes of contrasting bright and fruity colors to capture the look of Mexican folk art. The characters faces are round with slightly slanted eyes and rendered in golden shades of burnt sienna. Along with the authors "What Can You Do with a Rebozo?" (Tricycle, 2007), this joyful celebration of barrio life is a must-have for childrens collections."Rebecca Hickman, Sherman Library at NSU, Fort Lauderdale, FL" Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.