After school, Marisol eagerly starts for home to see if her cat, Luisa, has had her kittens. But before she can get there, Uncle Tomás calls to her. He needs Marisol to tell the poultry man that his chickens cost too much. Uncle Tomás cannot speak English so Marisol must do the talking–and she does. Marisol hurries on her way, but soon Auntie Flora stops her for help. Then Mrs. Lopez needs her, too. When Marisol finally gets home, her own mama needs her to hurry to the phone company to straighten out a bill. Luisa will have to wait.

• ISBN: 9780807575543
• Author: English, Karen
• Published: 2000 , Albert Whitman & Company
• Themes: Hispanic-American, immigrant
• Descriptors: Latinx in US, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States
• No. of pages: 32