Abuelita: Full of Life

Abuelita: Full of Life by Amy Costales is a sweet, charming story about a young boy's relationship with his grandmother. It is a fun, touching story that is beautifully illustrated. The vivid images, creative, colorful, and lively bring the story to life. Told both in English and Spanish, it is a warm and tender story that is great especially for bilingual families to enjoy. Furthermore, the fact that the story is told bilingually reemphasizes the cultural unity shown in Abuelita: Full of Life.

Young Jose is hesitant when his grandmother from Mexico moves to join and live with his family. Jose is afraid he will have to adjust to her ways ?and he does. He makes spaces for her, speaks Spanish to her, and even listens to her kind of music. However, Jose comes to find that maybe adapting to his Abuelita's ways isn't as bad as he thought it would be. And perhaps Jose is not the only having fun with adapting either