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Armando and the Blue Tarp School
By Fine, Edith Hope & Josephson, Judith Pinkerton & Sosa, Hernan
- ISBN
- 978-1-58430-278-0
- Publisher
- Lee & Low Books
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2007
Gr 1-4 Armando and his family live in a "colonia" near the Tiajuana city dump. Like most of their neighbors, they eke out a meager living by hunting through the mounds of foul-smelling garbage for anything they can use or sell. Then Señor David arrives, spreads a blue tarp on the ground, and sets up a school. At first the boy's parents...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
This book describes Armando's childhood in a poor Mexican <i>colonia</i> and the man who brings education and art to the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
