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Quinito's family and friends all have important jobs in the neighborhood -- jobs that help make the community a happy place where people know each other and work together. Readers join this lively youngster as he introduces his special folks: a cousin who goes to clown school, a neighbor who sews a wedding dress for a bank teller who will marry the local mailman, and so many more. Josi Rammrez' jewel colors and sensitive rendering bring this charming journey to life, encouraging children to make similar tours of their own neighborhoods and to recognize that they too are very busy members of a tightly-knit community.
Reviews (2)
Horn Book Review
A young boy introduces his family and neighbors and their jobs. There's not much plot, but the whole is a pleasing stroll through Quinito's neighborhood. The simple sentences read better in Spanish than in English, but it's the dark illustrations with their rich colors, heavy black holding lines, and block shapes that will draw the audience in. Glos. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Not so much a story as a small boy's introduction of his family members and neighbors, recounted as he makes his way down the street to school. Quinito's neighborhood includes signs in both English and Spanish, lots of small independent businesses and plenty of people who don't subscribe to traditional gender roles, including his father the nurse and his mother the carpenter. At every stop, Quinito knows someone and is sure of his welcome. Ramírez's acrylic-on-canvas paintings feature strong outlines, suggestive of woodcuts, exaggeratedly prominent faces and rich, darkly shaded colors. Not an essential purchase, but this will prove useful even so in curricular settings, when teachers and librarians are presenting units on community helpers and extended families. (Picture book. 3-5) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
