A Serra & Olive Books Original
Grandma's Secret O Segredo da Avó
A bilingual picture book about Marisa, whose grandparents are visiting from Portugal for the very first time — and the summer she discovers her grandmother never learned to read.
The Story
A secret worth two languages
An Excerpt
A month later, I was waiting anxiously at the airport. I had only been with my grandparents when I was a baby and I couldn't remember anything at all about that time. Then, I came to America, and the only things I knew about them were from the stories Mom used to tell me. I had seen plenty of pictures of them, so I was pretty confident that I could pick them out when they got off the plane.
Passado um mês, eu estava à espera ansiosamente no aeroporto. Só tinha estado com os meus avós quando era bebé e não me lembrava de nada desse tempo. Depois, vim para os Estados Unidos, e as únicas coisas que sabia sobre eles vinham das histórias que a minha mãe me contava. Já tinha visto muitas fotografias deles, por isso estava bastante confiante de que os conseguiria reconhecer quando saíssem do avião.
Grandma's Secret / O Segredo da Avó follows Marisa as she turns a summer visit into a small, tender mission — teaching Vovó to read, one word at a time. Presented in full English and Portuguese text on every spread, it's a story about how love makes room for learning at any age, and how a granddaughter can become a grandmother's teacher.
Peek Inside
About the Author
Cristiana M. Correia
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