Hairs = Pelitos / Sandra Cisneros ; illustrated by Terry Ybáñez ; [translated from the English by Liliana Valenzuela].
By: Cisneros, Sandra [author]
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Contributor(s): Ybáñez, Terry [illustrator.] | Valenzuela, Liliana [translator.].
Material type: 
BookPublisher: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1994Edition: 1st Dragonfly books ed.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780679890072 (pbk.) :.Other title: Pelitos.Subject(s): Hair -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction | Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: 813.54 Summary: A girl describes how each person in the family has hair that looks and acts different, Papa's like a broom, Kiki's like fur, and Mama's with the sweet smell of bread before it's baked.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 813.54 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00134892 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This jewel-like vignette from Sandra Cisneros's best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us.
A Dragonfly Book in English and Spanish.
A Parenting Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year
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Un excelente constructor de vocabulario, con nombres de objetos en Ingl#233;s y en Espa#241;ol, acompa#241;ados por ilustraciones, agrupados por t#243;picos como colores, juguetes, animales y herramientas.
Dragonfly books.
A girl describes how each person in the family has hair that looks and acts different, Papa's like a broom, Kiki's like fur, and Mama's with the sweet smell of bread before it's baked.
Text in English and Spanish.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 20, 1954. She received a B.A. in English from Loyola University of Chicago in 1976 and a M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Iowa in 1978. She has worked as a college recruiter, an arts administrator, a teacher to high school dropouts, and a poet. She has also visited numerous colleges around the country as a visiting writer. She has written numerous books including The House on Mango Street, Caramelo, Loose Woman, Have You Seen Marie?, and A House of My Own: Stories from My Life. She has received numerous awards including the MacArthur Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the Lannan Literary Award, the American Book Award, and the Thomas Wolfe Prize.(Bowker Author Biography)