Estela's Swap
Written by: Alexis O Neill
Illustrated by: Enrique O Sanchez
Elementary Grades
"It's early Sunday morning at the Santa Ana Swap Meet, and Estela is excited. Today she hopes to sell something, a music box, for the first time and then use the money for dance lessons. Watching her father she learns how to bargain, but she can't find a buyer for her own item. Another vendor admires the music box, just as Estela admires the dancing skirt that the vendor is sewing. There's no exchange of money; instead, Estela and the vendor trade the box and skirt as gifts. This is a warm, nicely paced story about sharing and bartering that's filled with sensory descriptions of the vibrant open market."
Booklist Review
Online Resources:
*download PDF teachers guide on this page by clicking under the book image*
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/estela_tg.mhtml
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