Let's Go See Papá!

by Lawrence Schimel

Illustrated by Alba Rivera

Translated by Elisa Amado

Published by: Groundwood Books Ltd

Imprint: Groundwood Books

Sales Date: 2021-06-15

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CA$12.99

Published: June 2021

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Imprint: Groundwood Books

Page Count: 48 Pages

Dimensions: 8.50 x 8.00

48 Pages, 8.50 x 8.00 x 0.50 in

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CA$12.99

ISBN: 9781773067919

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The little girl in this story likes Sundays best of all -- it’s the day her father calls. She hasn’t seen him for over a year because he works far away across the ocean in the United States. She writes in her notebook every day, keeping a record of everything that happens to share with him when she finally sees him again. Then one Sunday her father asks if she and her mother would like to join him, and she’s surprised by her mixed feelings. It means leaving her grandmother, her friends … and her dog, Kika, behind.

This is a powerful story from a young child’s perspective about what it’s like to have an absent parent and to have to leave your home, country and those you love for a new life.

Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning author and anthologist who has published over 70 books in many genres, including four anthologies for Arsenal Pulp Press, all co-edited with Richard Labonte: The Future is Queer (2006), the Lambda Award-winning First Person Queer (2007), its sequel Second Person Queer (2009), and I Like It Like That (2009). His other books include Lambda winner PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions about Gender and Sexuality (with Carol Queen), The Drag Queen of Elfland, The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica, and Things Invisible to See: Lesbian and Gay Tales of Magic Realism. Formerly of New York, he has lived in Madrid, Spain since 1999.

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Alba Marina Rivera is an award-winning illustrator who lives in Barcelona, Spain. Visit Alba Marina Rivera's website: http://albamarinarivera.com/

ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.

The story provides parents and teachers a different context for talking with young learners about paid jobs, the labor that goes into caring for family members, and the costs of giving up time with family in order to spend time working away from home. Professor Yanna Van Der Meulen Rodgers, Rutgers

Readers will enjoy deciphering the various visual elements...its themes are relevant to all children. Kirkus

...readers...will admire the heroine’s stoicism and faith in the importance of having her family whole again. Publisher's Weekly

The feelings of missing a loved one are realistically conveyed and will resonate with children. Linda Ludke, School Library Journal

...honest and compelling text...Highly Recommended. Katie Edwards, CM Magazine

...completely original... The Horn Book Magazine

Most youngsters will understand the daunting prospect of a big move . . . and listeners may find the girl's emotional growth both familiar and reassuring. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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