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Carmela Full of Wishes



by
Matt de la Peña
illustrated by
Christian Robinson

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Imprint
G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN
9780399549045

Awards and Honors
2019 Margaret Wise Brown Prize Honor
CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Picture Books for School-Age Children
CSMCL Best Books - 2018
Publishers Weekly Best Books - 2018
Kirkus Best Books, Picture Books - 2018
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JLG Category

Primary

When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true—she’s finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family errands. Together, they travel through their neighborhood, past the crowded bus stop, the fenced-off repair shop, and the panadería, until they arrive at the Laundromat, where Carmela finds a lone dandelion growing in the pavement. But before she can blow its white fluff away, her brother tells her she has to make a wish. If only she can think of just the right wish to make…
With lyrical, stirring text and stunning, evocative artwork, Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson have crafted a moving ode to family, to dreamers, and to finding hope in the most unexpected places.
Full-color illustrations created with acrylic paint and collage and then digitally manipulated.

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

40

Trim Size

10" x 9"

Dewey

E

AR

4: points 0.5

Lexile

630L

Genre

Fiction

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Feb 2019

Book Genres


Topics

Wishes. Brothers and sisters. Hispanic Americans. Family life. Siblings. Imagination and play. Emotions and feelings.

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Praise & Reviews

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