Teeny Tiendas // The Flower Shop

Take a moment to stop and smell the flowers on a colorful visit to a flower shop in this bilingual board book series that introduces the youngest of readers to the community around them.

Welcome to Mrs. Rosario’s flower shop.
Bienvenido a la florera de la Seora Rosario’s.

In Mrs. Rosario’s flower shop, there are so many beautiful flowers for sale–from roses and rosemary to lilacs and lilies! Learn their names in both English and Spanish, then pick your favorite for a special gathering at the senior center. Will you choose a pretty daisy/margarita? Or a fragrant hydrangea/hortensia? They are all so lovely! In this bilingual series from Lourdes Heuer and Zara Gonzlez Hoang, readers are invited to make a stop at a different teeny tienda in each bright board book and celebrate with the vibrant, diverse community that frequents it.

Lourdes Heuerholds an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is an associate professor of English at Broward College in South Florida. She is the author of the picture bookOn This Airplane, illustrated by Sara Palacios, andEsme’s Birthday Conga Line, illustrated by Marissa Valdez. Lourdes is the child of Cuban refugees who fled to Spain in 1969 and lived above a city toy store until she was eight, when she moved to the United States. She now lives in Florida with her family.

Zara Gonzlez Hoangis a children’s author and illustrator. She’s the creator of the picture bookA New Kind of Wildand the illustrator of the picture booksThread of Loveby Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal andMi Casa Is My Homeby Laurenne Sala. Zara Gonzlez Hoang lives with her family outside of Washington, DC.

• Publisher:Candlewick Press (MA)
• Publish Date: September 17, 2024
• Pages: 20
• Dimensions: 6.9 X 7.2 X 0.5 inches | 0.55 pounds
• Language: English
• Type: Board Books
• EAN/UPC: 9781536226607
• BISAC Categories: Concepts – Words
• People & Places – United States – Hispanic & Latino
• Lifestyles – City & Town Life