17. What can you do with a paleta?

Tafolla, Carmen & Morales, Amy (illustrator). What can you do with a paleta? Berkeley : Tricycle Press, c2009.

  Title: What can you do with a paleta?
  Author: Carmen Tafolla
  Publisher:  Tricycle Press
  Year of publish:  c2009
  Audience: Aged 3-7
  Subject:  Social life and customs

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Annotation:
It is the winners of “Pura Belpre honor for illustration 2009” and “Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 2010”.

This book is about summer treat with paletas which easily connect with children. Through two Mexican-American girls chasing and playing with paletas in barrio, it introduces Mexican-Latino culture to readers. The text is simple and catchy written in English and Spanish. Children can learn a few useful adjective words to describe sights, smell and tastes, such as “crispy”, “buttery”, “sweet” and many more, as well as simple Spanish words, such as “paleta”, etc. The illustrations are using acrylic on the shades of red, brown and yellow creates fun and enjoyable visual effects. It can exercising children’s imagination of what would they do and what can you do with a paleta? It will also teach children awareness of cultural difference by reading the story of Mexican-Latino neighbourhood.