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Gonzalez, Rigoberto

Antonio's Card / La tarjeta de Antonio

32 pp. | Children's | April, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-89239-204-5 $16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Cecilia Concepcion Alvarez. Antonio is embarrassed by his mother's female partner--Leslie dresses butch and has paint splashed on her overalls (she's an artist). Although overcomplicated by a subtheme about spelling, this is an otherwise appealing if message-driven book about a nontraditional family. Bright, happy colors in the full-page illustrations reinforce the optimistic tone. The text is in English and Spanish.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton

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