Pepita Finds Out / Lo que Pepita descubre

Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

Jan 2002 · Arte Publico Press

About this ebook

The spitfire heroine Pepita has been given a school assignment to "find out things" about her parents or another older member of her family. But who wants to hear about her family? How can she make her report "very, very important" if no one has anything to say? In this, the fourth installment of the Pepita series, Pepita discovers that the love and car of a family is very, very important.

About the author

OFELIA DUMAS LACHTMAN is a native of Los Angeles, California, where she still lives. She is the author of numerous bilingual childrenÍs picture books, including Pepita and the Bully (PiÐata Books, 2011), Tina and the Scarecrow Skins / Tina y las pieles de espantapàjaros (PiÐata Books, 2002), Big Enough / Bastante grande (PiÐata Books, 1998), and the Pepita series: Pepita on Pepper Street / Pepita en la calle Pepper (PiÐata Books, 2008), Pepita Packs Up / Pepita empaca (PiÐata Books, 2005), Pepita Finds Out / Lo que Pepita descubre (PiÐata Books, 2002), Pepita Takes Time / Pepita, siempre tarde (PiÐata Books, 2000), Pepita Thinks Pink / Pepita y el color rosado (PiÐata Books, 1998), and Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita habla dos veces (PiÐata Books, 1995). Her novels for young adults include The Truth about Las Mariposas (PiÐata Books, 2007), A Good Place for Maggie (PiÐata Books, Spring 2002), The Summer of El Pintor (PiÐata Books, 2001), Call Me Consuelo (PiÐata Books, 1997), The Girl from Playa Blanca (PiÐata Books, 1995), and Campfire Dreams (Harlequin, 1987), for which she won the Benjamin Franklin Award for best young adult novel. She has also written one adult novel, A Shell for Angela (Arte PÏblico Press, 1995). Like Pepita, the character she brought to life in vivid color on the pages of Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita habla dos veces (PiÐata Books, 1995) and subsequent books in the Pepita series, ALEX PARDO DELANGE has walked the highway of assimilation between two cultures. Written by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman, Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita habla dos veces is a brightly illustrated bilingual picture book that tells the charming story of a little girl who learns the joy and value of speaking two languages and living within two cultures. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Pardo DeLange moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 15 where she finished high school. Later, she moved to the United States where she earned a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Miami. She started her career in art as a freelance artist for design and advertising agencies, but quickly made the move to illustrating books for children. In addition to illustrating the six books in the Pepita Series, Pardo DeLange is also the illustrator of The Empanadas that Abuela Made / Las empanadas que hacÕa la abuela (PiÐata Books, 2003); Tina and the Scarecrow Skins / Tina y las pieles de espantapàjaros (PiÐata Books, 2002); and Sip, Slurp, Soup Soup / Caldo, caldo, caldo (PiÐata Books, 2002). She now lives in Gainesville, Florida with her husband and three children.