Old Clothes for Dinner?!
Magaly enjoys the yummy Cuban food her abuela has been cooking since arriving from Havana, but when Magaly’s sweater goes missing, she discovers that Abuela is making ropa vieja for dinner. Old clothes for dinner? Yuck! Magaly needs to hide the rest of her clothes before her family eats them up. Endnotes feature other imaginative names of food around the world, facts about Cuba, Spanish vocabulary and two delicious recipes for ropa vieja and arroz con leche.
Key Selling Points:
- FUNNY: A laugh-out-loud, cleverly written, memorable story with a hilarious ending that kids will want to read over and over.
- GLOBAL: Warm depiction of a family adjusting to an immigrant relative coming to live with them; this story about a multigenerational Cuban American family will resonate with families from many different backgrounds.
- SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Portrays the universal and relatable childhood experience of misunderstanding something a grown-up says and imagining a wild explanation to make sense of it.
- LANGUAGE LEARNING: Introduces Spanish vocabulary.
- ENDNOTES AND RECIPES: Endnotes include information about Cuba, other creatively named foods from around the world, and recipes for ropa vieja and arroz con leche.
- AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION: Written by Cuban American author Nathalie Alonso and illustrated by Colombian artist Natalia Rojas Castro.
