Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros
Written by Juan Felipe Herrera
Illustrated by Anita De Lucio-Brock
Published by Children's Book Press
Bilingual English/Spanish. Every Sunday, Juanito helps his grandmother sell old clothes beneath the rainbow-colored tents at the remate, the flea market.
Every Sunday Juanito helps his grandmother sell old clothes beneth the rainbow-colored tents at the remate, the flea market. There, Juanito and his friends romp from booth to booth, fulfilling Grandma’s vision of the remate as a sharing community of friendly give-and-take.
Juanito gallops to the jewelry-man, who gives Juanito a copper bracelet and a watch for Grandma in exchange for her help sending money orders home to Mexico. Señora Vela gratefully accepts a bundle of Grandma’s healing herbs in return for sacks of ruby red chiles. With every exchange Juanito learns firsthand what it means to be a true rematero – a fleamarketeer – and understands that the value of community can never be measured in dollars.
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Publication Date: April 2013
Available As: Paperback, eBook
Picture Book , Age 07 or older
Community Represented: Mexican/Mexican American
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Economic, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Economic, Migrant/Seasonal Worker, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: United States (California)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 2nd Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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