In My Family (En mi familia)
From the author of Family Pictures/Cuadros de familia comes a second book that returns readers once again to the town of Kingsville, Texas, near the border with Mexico. Through ful-color paintings and warm personal stories, Garza brings to life more loving memories of growing up in a traditional Mexican American community.\ \ The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in an Hispanic community in Texas.\
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Following the best-selling Family Pictures, In My Family/En mi familia is Carmen Lomas Garza's continuing tribute to the family and community that shaped her childhood and her life. Lomas Garza's vibrant paintings and warm personal stories depict memories of growing up in the traditional Mexican-American community of her hometown of Kingsville, Texas.Children's LiteratureThis is a delightful story of two mice who declaim their love for each other by comparing it to a different number of animals. "My love for you ... is heftier than 9 hippos" offers a spread filled with the requisite number of hippos which are imaginatively stacked on top of each other in three hefty piles. It's a warm, funny, and humorous counting lesson.
\ Children's Literature\ - Marilyn Courtot\ This is a delightful story of two mice who declaim their love for each other by comparing it to a different number of animals. "My love for you ... is heftier than 9 hippos" offers a spread filled with the requisite number of hippos which are imaginatively stacked on top of each other in three hefty piles. It's a warm, funny, and humorous counting lesson.\ \
