Alicia's Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de Alicia

Lupe Ruiz-Flores

May 2012 · Arte Publico Press

About this ebook

Seven-year-old Alicia and her parents are enjoying the annual festival celebrating MexicoÍs independence. There are mariachis strolling across the festival grounds, folkloric dancers twirling in their colorful costumes and brightly colored booths lining the plaza. But the hot day has fruit juice: thereÍs watermelon, strawberry, mango and even papaya. The watermelon juice is so delicious that Alicia drinks it all. ñMami, this tastes better than that red soda I drink after soccer practice. Can we make some of these at home?î Soon, Alicia is perfecting her own recipe and sharing it with her teammates after soccer practices and games. In this bilingual picture book for children ages 5-8, a young girl discovers a treat from her motherÍs Mexican-American childhood and becomes her friendsÍ favorite player with her healthy, frothy fruit drinks.

About the author

æLUPE RUIZ-FLORES is the author of six bilingual picture books: LupitaÍs First Dance / El primer baile de Lupita (2013), LetÍs Salsa / Bailemos salsa (2013), AliciaÍs Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de Alicia (2012), The Battle of the Snow Cones / La Guerra de las raspas (2010), The WoodcutterÍs Gift / El regalo del leÐador (2007) and LupitaÍs Papalote / El papalote de Lupita (2002). She has also written childrenÍs narrative passages for Harcourt Educational Measurement Center. Some of her poetry has been published in Voices Along the River, the San Antonio Express-News, and Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. She received a Master of Arts in Computer Resources and Information Management from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1994. She was an engineering technician with the Department of Defense until her retirement in 1999. She is a member of the Society for ChildrenÍs Book Writers and Illustrators and is currently working on a middle grade novel. LAURA LACMARA is a Cuban-American artist and author. She wrote and illustrated DaliaÍs Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia (PiÐata Books, 2013). She is the illustrator of The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo (PiÐata Books, 2010) and AliciaÍs Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de Alicia (PiÐata Books, 2012) and the author of Floating on MamaÍs Song / Flotando en la canciÑn de mamà (HarperCollins, 2010). She lives in Venice, California, with her family.