Book
The cot in the living room
Audience Kids 6-8 years
Published 2021 by Kokila, New York
ISBN 9780593110478
Bib Id 2454813
Copyright 2021
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
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9780593110478 (hardcover) $18.00
0593110471 (hardcover)
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J Burgos
Title
The cot in the living room
Publication Information
2021 by Kokila, New York :
Copyright Date
©2021
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Summary
A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work the overnight shift in this picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night, no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping in the cot in the living room isn't all she thought it would be. A celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else's pillow.
Audience
Ages 4-8.
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Children's stories -- Pictorial works.
Picture books.
Social problem fiction.
Didactic fiction
Picture books.
Social problem fiction.
Didactic fiction
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