The Last Doll / La última muñeca (Paperback)

$9.95

by Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Illustrated by
Anthony Accardo
ISBN: 978-1-5588-5291-4
Category: Picture Book
Published: September 30, 2009
Bind: Trade Paperback
Pages: 32
Age Group: 4-8
Acc. Reader Disk: 45974

A bilingual children’s tale about saving the best for last.

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Toys today can walk and talk, run and jump, boom and vroom, glow and crow. So how is a classy doll in a room full of robots to compete?

The beautiful but old-fashioned Sarita sadly watches as her shelf-mates are purchased by eager shoppers and taken home. She looks out through the dust-covered plastic of her box, and she worries that she will be the last one. Every day she preens and puts her best porcelain face forward, but every evening, she remains on the shelf.

Finally one day, a tall man in a black mustache decides that she is perfect, and that she absolutely must be the last doll for his godchild, Teresa, on her quinceañera. Sarita’s alarm at still being last quickly shifts to pride when she realizes that sometimes people save the best for last.

Together, the heartwarming tale and the lovingly depicted illustrations offer the reader a glimpse into this special day in the life of the young girl Teresa, her godparents, her family, her friends—and, of course, Sarita, her última muñeca.

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage

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Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Project is a national project to locate, identify, preserve and make accessible the literary contributions of U.S. Hispanics from colonial times through 1960 in what today comprises the fifty states of the United States.

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage

University of Houston

4902 Gulf Fwy, Bldg 19, Rm100

713-743-3129

Houston, TX

77204-2004

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Project is a national project to locate, identify, preserve and make accessible the literary contributions of U.S. Hispanics from colonial times through 1960 in what today comprises the fifty states of the United States.

Anthony Accardo

Brooklyn, NY

ANTHONY ACCARDO has illustrated more than fifty children’s books, including Chiles for Benito / Chiles para Benito (Piñata Books, 2003) and The Last Doll / La última muñeca (Piñata Books, 2001). His paintings have been exhibited in both the United States and Europe. A New York native, he lives in Brooklyn.

Accelerated Reader Quiz #:45974
ATOS English: 4.2
ATOS Spanish: 4.2
ATOS Interest Level: Lower/Middle Grades

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