Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros bookcover

Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros

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Bilingual English/Spanish. Every Sunday, Juanito helps his grandmother sell old clothes beneath the rainbow-colored tents at the remate, the flea market.

Every Sunday Juanito helps his grandmother sell old clothes beneth the rainbow-colored tents at the remate, the flea market. There, Juanito and his friends romp from booth to booth, fulfilling Grandma's vision of the remate as a sharing community of friendly give-and-take.

Juanito gallops to the jewelry-man, who gives Juanito a copper bracelet and a watch for Grandma in exchange for her help sending money orders home to Mexico. Señora Vela gratefully accepts a bundle of Grandma's healing herbs in return for sacks of ruby red chiles. With every exchange Juanito learns firsthand what it means to be a true rematero - a fleamarketeer - and understands that the value of community can never be measured in dollars.

Product Details

PublisherChildren's Book Press (CA)
Publish DateApril 01, 2013
Pages32
LanguageSpanish; Castilian
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780892392797
Dimensions9.6 X 7.8 X 0.1 inches | 0.3 pounds
BISAC Categories: Kids, Kids, Kids,

About the Author

Juan Felipe Herrera is the son of farmworkers and a graduate of UCLA, Stanford, and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. For over fifty years, he has dedicated his life to poetry, community, art, and teaching. He served as the Poet Laureate of the United States and of California, and he's written more than thirty books across various genres. His awards include the National Book Critics' Circle Award, the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the LA Times Robert Kirsch Award, a Latino Hall of Fame Award, a Pushcart Prize, UCLA Chancellor's Medal, and the UC-Riverside Lifetime Achievement Award. He was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2024. He lives in Fresno, California, with his wife, poet Margarita Robles.

Anita De Lucio-Brock was born in Hidalgo, Mexico, and grew up in Southern California. A graduate of Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, Anita began making art while in graduate school. Anita paints on wood and canvas, and also creates altars for el Día de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead. She lives in San Francisco, California.

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