Esme’s Birthday Conga Line
Written by Lourdes Heuer
Illustrated by Marissa Valdez
Published by Tundra
Esme lives with her grandparents on the uppermost floor of the topmost best building. It’s her birthday. Mimi and Pipo gave her a beautiful guitar. But they didn’t plan a birthday party.
Esme thinks this is the way with grandparents. They don’t know about parties or piñatas or birthday cake. No problem! Esme is great at problem solving.
With the help of her cat, El Toro, and a LOT of help from her neighbors in the topmost best building, the irrepressible Esme gets the birthday party of her dreams.
Primary ISBN: 9780735269408
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Chapter Book, Age 6 or older
Community Represented: Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx)
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generational Differences, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Las Musas
Setting: Unspecified
Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: 2nd Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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