Pepita, a little girl who speaks Spanish and English, grows tired of having to translate for all her Spanish-speaking friends and relatives and decides she will no longer speak Spanish, but she fails to think of all the complications it will cause, especially when it comes to trying to train her dog Lobo, who refuses to answer to the name Wolf.
year: 1995
call number/section: 1000
subjects: decision making, fiction, english language, spanish language materials, bilingual, hispanic americans, bilingualism, spanish language, latinos (u.s.), bilingual books, english-spanish, spanish language material
Editions
Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas
Pi~nata Books (1995)
Pepita, a little girl who can converse in Spanish and English, decides not to "speak twice" until unanticipated problems cause her to think twice about her decision.
Schools: 0
Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas
Pepita, a little girl who speaks Spanish and English, grows tired of having to translate for all her Spanish-speaking friends and relatives and decides she will no longer speak Spanish, but she fails to think of all the complications it will cause, especially when it comes to trying to train her dog Lobo, who refuses to answer to the name Wolf.
Schools: 5