This may be my favorite picture book of the summer thus far. Set in the 1950s, Isabel, a small immigrant from Mexico, moves to the United States. Scared and unsure of her English, and her new world, she vows to write letters to her Auntie Lupita. Through these letters, where she practices her English words, she reveals her family's story of their assimilation into a city in the north of the United States.
The importance of family, fitting in and adapting to a new world are all evident in this very sweet story. Her cute recounts of what she is experiencing entertains the reader, and the pictures are beautiful, the illustrator is David Small.
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