Carolina's Gift: A Story of Peru - a Make Friends Around the World Storybook

by Katacha Díaz

Carolina lives in a village up in the Andes mountains. Today she and her mother are traveling into town to find a birthday gift for Carolina's grandmother. There are so many things to see and so many gifts to choose from! Children will follow Carolina through her new experience. Carolina's Gift gives readers a fun and unique insight of a different culture, and a sense what life might be like for a child growing up in mountain village of Peru.


Book Features:
- Colorful illustrations and a heartwarming story
- Bonus facts about Peru
- 32 pages
- Appropriate for ages: 3 - 8

Genres: Geography

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

Reviews

[Taylor Stevens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Carolina goes to the Sunday market to buy a gift for her grandmother's birthday. She walks around the market and sees many different items being sold. Carolina and her mother take a break and dance in the streets singing traditional ballads. This book describes many of Peru's traditions. Carolina decides to buy her grandmother hand-carved walking stick with a hummingbird carved on the handle so her grandmother can use it to walk with the to the market in the future. Her grandmother loves the gift.

This book does a good job describing Peru's culture. It could be read during a history lesson about different cultures. There is even a map and more information on Peru and the Sunday Market in the back. I like how it includes translations of the words throughout the book. The Sunday Market is a huge tradition in Peru.

[Steph · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very clear look at traditional Peruvian culture, this book provides delightful insight to how vast and diverse Latina/o culture truly is. The art was simplistic, but spoke to traditional styles, and the message of finding the perfect gift for her abuelita spoke to a universal idea of kindness.