Saturday, June 8, 2019

Domitila adapted by Jewell Reinhart Coburn illustrated by Connie McLennan

Full page illustrations are beautiful.
When Domitila's mother falls ill, her father sends her to work in the Governor's mansion as a kitchen worker.  The Governor's eldest son, Timoteo, is impressed with her nopales.  When her mother dies, Domitila returns home and soon finds herself being a servant to a stepmother and stepsister.  Meanwhile, Timoteo sets out to find the girl who makes such delicious food and does everything with excellence.
Sweet sayings about love, work ethic, and kindness adorn the borders of the text pages (Spanish on the top with the English translation on the bottom).
-Borrowed from the library.

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