Little Antonio introduces his extended family and explains that Mama is the biggest because “she is going to have a baby any day now.” Everyday she sends the boy to gather the family for their midday meal. On Monday, Papa can’t leave his busy carpentry shop. On Tuesday, his sister Alicia is learning to dance the sevillanas for the summer fiesta. Day after day, when there is an empty seat at the table that Papa built and Mama has filled with inviting food, she sighs, “Ay, que pena! What a pity.” Eventually, it is Mama herself who is missing because it’s time for her to have baby Rosa.
- ISBN: 9780590298926
- Author: Zamorano, Ana
- Published: 1998 , Scholastic
- Themes: Babies, Culture, families, Love, relationships, Spain
- Descriptors: Americas, Early Years (ages 2-6), Realistic Fiction, United States