Description
Coretta Scott King and John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Eric Velasquez shines in the perfect picture book to read with grandparents.
Every summer, Eric goes to live with his grandmother in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) while his parents work. Through the long hot days, Grandma fills her apartment with the blaring horns and conga drums of Bomba y Plena, salsa, and merengue-the music she grew up with in Puerto Rico-sharing her memories and passions with Eric.
Author: Eric Velasquez
Publisher: Walker & Company
Published: 03/01/2004
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.90h x 9.96w x 0.11d
ISBN13: 9780802776600
ISBN10: 0802776604
BISAC Categories:
- Music | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies
About the Author
Eric Velasquez won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for his illustrations in The Piano Man. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and now lives in Hartsdale, New York, with his wife, Deborah.