Hairs=Pelitos
Illustrator
Terry Ybanez
Publisher
Random House
Publication Year
1994
ISBN
9780679861713
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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. Desde el corte de pelo tipo cepillo de papá, hasta la espesa cabellera de Kiki o el pelo resbaloso de Nenny, ésta es una familia con todo tipo de pelo. Y luego está mamá, cuyo pelo tiene un olor dulce como el pan. El pelo de mamá es único e incomparable.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD420L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Bilingual; bilingual child; bilingual family; English/Spanish
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Hispanic
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
mothers and daughters; Hispanic Americans; hair types; family love; sight; touch; and smell
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Cisneros, Sandra, "Hairs=Pelitos" (1994). Diverse Families. 341.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/341