The cot in the living room

Título
The cot in the living room

Hilda Eunice, Burgos

Resumen
A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work the overnight shift in this picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night, no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping in the cot in the living room isn't all she thought it would be. A celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else's pillow.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2021

Descripción física
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm

Término de la materia
Empathy -- Fiction.
 
Envy -- Fiction.
 
Babysitting -- Fiction.
 
Dominican American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Género
Picture books.
 
Social problem fiction.
 
Didactic fiction.

Autor añadido
D'Alessandro, Gaby,

Síntesis
A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work the overnight shift in this picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night, no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping in the cot in the living room isn't all she thought it would be. A celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else's pillow.

ISBN
9780593110478

Información de publicación
New York : Kokila, 2021.


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
WestbrookE BURBook30197000234086Picture Books