Velasquez, Eric,

Grandma's gift /Eric Velasquez. - first U.S. edition. - New York : Walker, (c)2010. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.



Pura Belpre Illustrator Award, 2011

9780802720825 9780802720832

2010005326


Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Christmas stories.
Gifts--Juvenile fiction.
Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7 / .G736 2010 PZ7