Warm and touching, they have the feel of a grandparent sharing their childhood experience, usually with an embedded lesson but without being preachy. Evoking the people and experiences of growing up in Cuba, and told from a child’s point of view, these stories would make great read-alouds...
Lovely illustrations enhance a lovely story suitable for all ages, with parental assistance required for read-alouds to the very young. Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Geraldo Valerio's HALF-PINT PETE THE PIRATE (9780399251733, $16.99) tells of a pirate who sails the seven seas with a patch hiding...