I Love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada

I Love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada is a book about a little girl that comes from a bi-racial family. Her father is White and her mother is Mexican-American. This story is about her weekends with her grandparents. Saturdays she spends with one set of grandparents and Sundays she spends with the other. The story addresses the multicultural aspects of daily life and traditions within families. I think that is a great book for kids to read and be exposed to because it shows how varying cultures celebrate certain traditions. My main reason for liking this particular book however, is that it shares common every day experiences that children have. Everyone has someone in their lives that tell stories, everyone has a birthday, etc. I think that even for children that do not come from multicultural backgrounds, they can learn from this book that these children are exactly like them. They have families, birthdays, feelings and they are not so different from them when they start looking deeper than just the surface. This book also teaches children introductory Spanish words. It is a great way to incorporate the learning of another language. Also, for the class that has children that may only speak Spanish, it is a wonderful way to help engage them in the lesson. They can help pronounce the words and give some of their own experiences without feeling left out because they do not speak English.