A Gift for Tia Rosa

38 pages, ISBN 0-87518-306-9

Carmela can't wait for Tia Rosa to come home from the hospital. When Tia Rosa finally returns, Carmela runs next door to see her. Every day for a week, the two friends eat cookies and knit together until one morning when Carmela goes next door and finds no one home.

Excerpt:

"Carmelita, come give me a hug!"
Hugging Tia Rosa always made Carmela feel safe and warm. Tia Rosa was like a soft pillow that smelled of soap and bath powder and sometimes of sweet tamales.

Copyright ©1986 by Karen T. Taha. Illustrations copyright @1986 by Dee deRosa. All rights reserved.
**From HOTDOG ON TV by Karen T. Taha, illustrated by Hideko Takahashi. Illustrations copyright (c)2005 by Hideko Takahashi. Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, A Division of Penguin Young Readers Group, A Member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. All rights reserved.

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