Veo, Veo, I See You

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From a New York Times bestselling and Pura Belpr Honorwinning creator comes a heartwarming picture book celebrating essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic thats also a lively, bilingual game of Veo, Veo (I Spy).

Marisols mami is the best cook at Rositas Cafe! But now, the restaurant is closed. A bad virustoo easy to catch in small, crowded placesis going around.

Marisol, Pepito, and Mami still need to go out to bring Mamis arroz con pollo to housebound Ta Olga and Cousin Johnny. As Marisol and Pepito watch the people working around the neighborhood, who their mother explains have essential work, Marisol thinks of the perfect game to play:
Veo, veo
Qu ves, Marisol
I spya trash collector. Essential work. Those bins were full!

By the time they get home, Marisol has another idea: a way to show the people in her neighborhood that she sees them!

Author Bio

Lulu Delacre,aNew York Timesbestselling artist and three-time Pura Belpr Award honoree, has been writing and illustrating childrens books since 1980. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico to Argentinean parents, and her Latino heritage and her life experiences inform her work. Her titles includeArroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America; the art forTurning Pagesby Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; her author-illustrator picture booksLuci Soars;Olinguito, from A to Z!; andVeo, Veo, I See You;and her middle grade story collectionUs, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos. Delacre has lectured internationally and served as a juror for the National Book Awards. She has exhibited at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, The Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators in New York, the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, and the Zimmerli Art Museum among other venues. Reading is Fundamental honored her with a Champion of Childrens Literacy Award. Visit her at LuluDelacre.com.