Samuel Caraballo

My Family's Hands is a heartwarming tale about a girl recollecting her memories of her close relatives and how they help her in life. Her mother, father, siblings, grandma, and grandpa each give her a unique aspect of love that helps nurture her into adulthood. Half way into the story it shows the girl now grown as a woman, reciprocating that love back at her relatives as a gesture of appreciation. The book itself is split into Spanish and English on each page. There are strong examples of show more similes throughout the story as she compares her relatives to a symbolic object in the South American culture (e.g. Mahogany tree represents strength which she compared to her dad). A good activity that kids can do is write personal letters to a close loved on how they appreciate what they do for them. It should reflect a real life letter layout and they will personally deliver it to their loved one for them to read. show less

The book is about a big sister how to take care of her younger brother in a day, and reader could get a lot of Hispanic culture from their daily life.

Dedicado a los inmigrantes para que no se olviden de los paisajes de su infancia.