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Grandma's gift /

The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Velasquez, Eric
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker, [2010]
Subjects:
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Christmas stories.
Gifts > Juvenile fiction.
Artists > Juvenile fiction.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Christmas > Fiction.
Gifts > Fiction.
Artists > Fiction.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Description
Summary:The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Audience:005-008.
Awards:American Library Association Notable Children's Bk
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, 2011
ISBN:9780802720825
080272082X
9780802720832 (reinforced)
0802720838 (reinforced)