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Washington, DC: Teaching Strategies, 2011. First Thus 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Cecily Lang color Illus.. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Teaching Strategies paperback, first thus, 2nd printing. Bright color illustrations by Cecily Lang. CONTENT: Five-year-old Pablo can hardly wait to see how Abuelito, his grandfather, has decorated Pablo's tree for his birthday. When Mama first told her father that she was going to adopt a baby and name it after him if it were a boy, Lito went out and bought the tree for his grandson. He moved the tree from place to place and watered it, but he waited to plant it until the day that Mama finally brought Pablo home. And every year since then, Lito has decorated the tree for Pablo's birthday. For his first, Lito hung colored streamers on the tree. For his second, Lito tied balloons. For his third, it was paper lanterns, and last year, it was birdcages. What will it be this year? Mora and Lang tell a story that focuses on the special relationship between a… Read More