My Little Car (Mi Carrito)
by Gary Soto
illustrated by Pam Paparone
2006
0-399-23220-6
"It's important to take care of the things you love."
When Teresa outgrows her tricycle, her Abuelito Benito buys her a new green lowrider her birthday. Teresa loves driving her little car and showing off to the neighborhood. As time passes, she neglects the little car and has to fix it back up with the help of her Grandpa Benny.
The cool thing about this book is all the Spanish slang thrown into the text. All those phrases I used to hear Cheech Marin say in all those movies of the 80's, are here in a kid's picturebook. The low-rider culture is represented in the story and it's refreshing to see a postivie Latino perspective in a book for young children. Plus the artwork is so cool, you can see why Teresa loves her little car, especially when she makes it hop!
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