The Bakery Lady / La Senora de La Panaderia

Pat Mora

oct 2001 · Arte Publico Press

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MÑnica spends her life around a bakery, not just because she likes the sweets, but also because she loves her grandparents, the baker and the bakery lady. She watches wide-eyed, as the pans slip in and out of the oven and in and out of the appreciative customerÍs hands straight into their happy bellies. In this colorful bilingual picture book, MÑnica yearns to be a baker, like her grandparents. Her first real test comes as she and her beloved grandparents prepare for the coming celebration of January sixth, Feast of the Three Kings, DÕa de los Reyes Magos. When MÑnica finds the baby in the round bread ring that shines with cherries and pecans, the KingsÍ Ring, it becomes her responsibility to plan the celebration: invitations, decorations, and most important of all, the lemon cookies that MÑnica will bake especially for her family and friends. And although she wants to do it all herself, she realizes the love and help of family can make any job a joy. Pat Mora once again weaves a tale rich with tradition in which we become active participants in the wonderfully sweet world of la panaderÕa. Children aged 3 to 7 will delight in the delicious sights and savory smells of the panaderÕa and MÑnicaÍs quest to be the next ñBakery Lady.î

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PAT MORA is a renowned writer of poetry, stories for children and nonfiction. Among her many works are the poetry collections Chants (1984), Borders (1986) and Communion (1994). Mora is also the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of over 30 books for children and young adults, including The Bakery Lady/La seÐora de la panaderÕa (2001), My Own True Name (2000), The Gift of the Poinsettia/El regalo de la flor de nochebuena (1995), Tomàs and the Library Lady, PabloÍs Tree, A Birthday Basket for TÕa, The Desert Is My Mother/El desierto es mi madre (1994), Delicious Hullabaloo/Pachanga deliciosa (1998) and Confetti. In 1999, she was the Garrey Carruthers Chair Visiting Distinguished Professor in Honors at the University of New Mexico. An El Paso native and the mother of three grown children, she divides her time between the Southwest and the Cincinnati area where her husband teaches anthropology. PABLO TORECILLA, a native of Madrid, Spain, has illustrated numerous books, including MarinaÍs Muumuu / El muumuu de Marina (Arte PÏblico Press, 2001), by Evangelina Vigil-PiÐÑn. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.