At Home in A Faraway Place – Lynne Rae Perkins

Description

Lissie is hoping to pick up some Spanish when she travels with her dad and grandmother to visit her father’s friend Raúl, who lives somewhere Spanish is spoken every day. There’s football in the park, a visit to a Mayan pyramid where a guide teaches her words in Kaqchikel, and new friends Flory and Mateo, with whom she swaps friendship bracelets.

A warm, gently funny story by Lynne Rae Perkins about travel, language and the small friendships that hold the world together, with black-and-white illustrations and Spanish words and phrases throughout. For ages 7 to 10.