Chocolate de Abuelita / El chocolate de abuelita

Mara Price

Nov 2010 · Arte Publico Press

About this ebook

AbuelaÍs visits from Mexico are always full of excitement for young Sabrina. She canÍt wait to see whatÍs in her grandmotherÍs yellow suitcase covered in stickers from all the places she has visited. Opening it is like opening a treasure chest, and this year is no different. Inside are a host of riches: colorful ribbons, a clay whistle shaped like a bird, a drum, and the strong smell of chocolate. ñAbuelita, do you want to play a game? LetÍs pretend that IÍm a princess,î Sabrina says. ñOkay, Sabrina,î Abuela says, ñbut a Mayan princess should wear a beautiful dress called a huipil.î And she pulls the traditional garment worn by Mayan and Aztec women from her suitcase. Sabrina has lots of questions about her ancestors. Did Mayan princesses have money? Did they go to school? Did they eat chocolate ice cream? With her grandmotherÍs help, Sabrina learns all about the cacao tree, which was first cultivated by MexicoÍs indigenous tribes. Today, seeds from the cacao tree give us chocolate, but years ago the seeds were so valuable they were used as money. And Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor, liked to eat chocolate poured over bowls of snow brought from the mountains! Sabrina discovers that ñchocolate is perfect for a Mayan princess.î And children ages 4-8 are sure to agree as they curl up with a steaming cup of hot chocolate and this charming bilingual picture book that depicts a loving relationship between grandmother and granddaughter and shares the history and customs of the native peoples of Mexico.

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About the author

MARA PRICE is a native of Mexico and now lives in Southern California. A member of the Society for ChildrenÍs Book Writers and Illustrators, her work has been published in Iguana, a Spanish-language childrenÍs magazine. This is her first published book. LISA FIELDS is the illustrator of The Triple Banana Split Boy / El niÐo goloso (PiÐata Books, 2009). She received her BFA in illustration from the Ringling School of Art and Design and attended the Illustration Academy. A member of the Society of ChildrenÍs Book Writers and Illustrators, she lives in her hometown of Katonah, New York. GABRIELA BAEZA VENTURA is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Houston. She has translated numerous childrenÍs books, including DaliaÍs Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia (Arte PÏblico Press, 2014), ThereÍs a Name for this Feeling: Stories / Hay un nombre para lo que siento: Cuentos (2014), Adelita and the Veggie Cousins / Adelita y las primas verduritas (2011) and Remembering Grandma / Recordando a Abuela (2003).