I Love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada. Illustrated by Elivia Savadier.
This book was about a girl from a inter-racial family. He spent Saturdays with his Anglo grandparents and Sundays with his Latino grandparents. Although the book shows us the differences between the two cultures and languages, and think it is more about similarities. No mater what culture or race you belong to every child loves spending time with his grandparents. And every grandparent loves their grand child. Although their stories are different both grandfathers tell stories about the family history. The experiences she shares with both sets of grandparents are special and full of love. Both sides of the family come together at the end for the child's birthday. It becomes a mixture of both cultures. Everyone has fun and celebrates the birthday together bringing their own individuality to the birthday. It is not their differences that bring them together, but it is their similarities and love for each other. This book was lovely. I would definitely use it in my classroom.
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Christian: I, too, think this is a lovely book. Your commentary on it being a book about similarities rather than differences is solid. That the families are ethnically, culturally, and racially different isn't the key to understanding the story. It is those things in common that really matter: the girl is the ground the parents and grandparents (both sets) share. She is the most important of similarities. Oh, and you might change the "boy" reference at the outset of the post. You introduce the character as a boy and then switch it to she later.
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