About this item
Francisco is finally old enough to journey to the mango grove all by himself to gather the mangoes for a special dinner. But bees swarm the fruit, and Francisco has trouble picking them from the tree. He returns to his father several times, and each time his father shares a different proverb to inspire Francisco to continue trying. "Querer es poder. Where there's a will, there's a way!" Finally, Francisco is able to gather some mangoes, and on his way home he stops to visit his uncle, grandmother, and aunt. Francisco shares his mangoes with them, and by the time he gets home he no longer has any! "Es mejor dar que recibir. Sometimes it's better to give than to receive." Luckily for Francisco, his generosity does not go unnoticed. "Amor con amor se paga.
About the Author
Antonio Sacre, born in Boston to a Cuban father and Irish American mother, is an internationally touring bilingual storyteller, author, and solo performanceartist based in Los Angeles. He has performed at the National Book Festival at the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, the National Storytelling Festival, and museums, schools, libraries, and festivals internationally. His first picture book, "The Barking Mouse", published by Albert Whitman and Company in 2003, was a winner of the 2004 International Reading Association Notable Books for a Global Society. He next two picturebooks, "La Noche Buena, a Christmas Story", and "A Mango in the Hand, a Story of Proverbs" were published by Abrams Books for Young Readers. Both were chosen for inclusion in the prestigious California Readers Book Collections for School Libraries in 2011 and 2012. His next book, "My Name is Cool: Stories from a Cuban-Irish-American Storyteller" will be published by Familius books October, 2013, for young adult readers. "My Name is Cool" is a hilarious compilation of stories from his childhood. Drawn from Sacre's personal history growing up bilingual and bicultural as a Cuban-Irish American, the book weaves the Spanish language, Cuban family, and Irish humor into 18 unforgettable tales full of humor, inspiration, tradition and family.
