At his new school or on the soccer field, all everyone wants to know is why Tomasito is in a wheelchair. His father gives Tomasito a new pet to make him smile, but this bird is a little bit different. Can Tomasito\’s featherless friend teach him that there\’s more than one way to fly? Will the cheers Tomasito hears on the sidelines ever be for him? Award-winning author and poet Juan Felipe Herrera scores yet again with this sparkling story of friendship and self-empowerment. The brilliant acrylic paintings by Ernesto Cuevas, Jr., burst off the page with sheer joy.
- ISBN: 9780892391950
- Author: Herrera, Juan Felipe
- Published: 2004 , Children's Book Press
- Themes: Disability, Pets, Self-actualization, Spanish
- Descriptors: Bilingual, Latinx in US, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States
- No. of pages: 32