El Regalo de Mi Abuela (Hardcover)

from KatherineLo

Grandma's Gift is a true story about a special day between Velasquez and his abuela. Eric had a special assignment over the Christmas holidays to go the museum and look at a painting and write a report of the painting. This visit and painting had a lasting impression on the author. He became an a...

from Jordanlaine

The story is kind of an interlude to velasquez's first book, "Grandma's Record's." The book also takes place at his grandmas house during a school break when his parents are busy working. I like how this book also has alot of Spanish wedged in the story. I love how the dinner traditions are descr...

from akrause

You can learn alot about the Puerto Rican culture in New York as you read "Grandma's Gift." From words like "El Barrio" to "La Marqueta" to learning how to make "pasteles," you really get a sense of what it is like. I really liked that I could experience a different Christmas tradition from what ...

from mdonley

Eric Velasquez is getting ready for Christmas break at school but has an assignment to due over the holiday. He has to take a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see a painting. He will be staying with his grandmother who speaks very little English and doesn't leave her neighborhood very of...

from jebrou

In this prequel to Grandma's Records (2001), Eric spends the winter holiday with his grandmother in New York City. Together, they shop, cook traditional dishes such as pasteles, and visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art where they view Diego Velázquez's painting Juan de Pareja. The illustration ca...