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La conversación

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"'Hello! I say inside my can "What did you want to tell me?"

My grandmother listens, then puts her mouth in her can and tells me:

"I don't remember.

"It doesn't matter," I say. Tell me the word I like and that's it.

"Ti voglio.
I like it when my grandmother calls me "tivolio". It seems to me that it is like a pudding, but it is not a pudding. It means I love you."

Relationships, like seeds, need the dedication, food, and time necessary to cultivate.

In The Conversation, a grandmother and her grandson turn everyday life into a beautiful harvest through words of affection.

Spanish Description: «—¡Hola! —digo dentro de mi lata —¿qué me querías decir? Mi abuela escucha, después pone la boca en su lata y me dice: —No me acuerdo. —No importa —le digo—. Dime la palabra que me gusta y listo. —Ti voglio. Me gusta cuando mi abuela me dice “tivolio”. A mí me parece que es como un budincito, pero no es un budín. Quiere decir te quiero». Las relaciones, al igual que las semillas, necesitan de la dedicación, el alimento y el tiempo necesarios para cultivarse. En La conversación una abuela y su nieto convierten la cotidianidad en una hermosa cosecha mediante palabras de afecto.

Publishing Details

Author : Sandra Siemens, Mariana Alcántara

Type of Spanish : Authentic

Physical Details

Type of Book: Picture

Cover: Hardcover

Pages: 40

Size: 23 x 16 cm

Year Published: 2023

Instructional Details

Reading Grade Level: 3rd

Genre: Fiction

Sub-Genre: Realistic Fiction

Theme: Family, Nature, Food, Imagination