Draft:Dear Abuelo

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Dear Abuelo is a children’s book written by Grecia Huesca Dominguez^[1] and illustrated by Teresa Martinez. It was published on October 15, 2019 in New York City, New York, by Reycraft Books. The book follows a little girl named Juana, who moves with her Mom from Mexico to New York. Throughout the book, she writes her Abuelo many letters, talking about the transition and how she is handling it. Juana has trouble finding her place amongst the other students in her class. She feels as if she stands out because she doesn’t speak English like the other children. Juana also feels like she doesn’t have a common name since her teacher keeps mispronouncing it. This upsets her and she talks to her mom about it, who tells her that she is lucky because she is named after her Abuela. Her discomfort changes when she finds a girl at her school who is just like her. By becoming friends with this girl, Juana is able to find her place in her new home.

According to Amina Chaudhri, picture books like these are important to people who have immigrated from different countries, so they can see themselves in a book.^[2] Even if a child didn't immigrate from another country, reading about immigration can help show them how others live, according to Amy Cummins.^[3] This book is also very important to the author, as it is inspired by her own immigration story. According to Medium, Huesca Dominguez moved to the United States from Mexico when she was ten years old and is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient.^[4] She said that she never saw any books that represented her and her story growing up, so she decided to write her own. Huesca Dominguez hopes that by writing her own book, she can inspire other children that were like her, and give them a book that they can see themselves in.^[5] According to Emily LaRosa, since being published, Dear Abuelo has been named one of Bank Street’s 2020 Books of the year, as well as a finalist of the 2020 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award.^[6]