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. Se?ora 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.
Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Children’s Book Press (CA)
Published: 04/01/2013
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.80w x 0.10d
ISBN: 9780892392797
Language: Spanish
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