Teeny Tiendas: The Hardware Store/La Ferretería - by Lourdes Heuer (Board Book)

Book Synopsis

Head to the hardware store for any tool you might need as this warm, bilingual board book series continues, introducing the youngest of readers to the community around them.

Welcome to Mrs. Sierra's hardware store.
Bienvenido a la ferretería de la Señora Sierra.

In Mrs. Sierra's hardware store, there are so many kinds of tools to choose, from hammers and mallets to pliers and screws. Learn their names in both English and Spanish, then pick your favorite and join the fix-up crew at the school playground! Will you choose a drill/taladro and some drill bits/brocas? Or some levels and rulers/niveles y reglas to keep things straight and even? In this bright, bilingual series of board books from Lourdes Heuer and Zara González Hoang, readers are invited to stop at a different teeny tienda in every book--and celebrate with the vibrant, diverse community that frequents it.

Review Quotes

Celebrating language and everyday experiences. . . Tools are named in English and Spanish, with rhythmic phrasing and bright, inclusive illustrations ­supporting early vocabulary development. . . . A vibrant bilingual addition ideal for libraries growing early literacy collections.
--School Library Journal (starred review)

About the Author

Lourdes Heuer holds an MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is an associate professor of English at Broward College in South Florida. She is the author of the picture book On This Airplane, illustrated by Sara Palacios, and Esme's Birthday Conga Line, illustrated by Marissa Valdez. She is the child of Cuban refugees who fled to Spain in 1969 and lived above a city toy store until she was eight, when she moved to the United States. She now lives in Florida with her family.

Zara González Hoang is a children's author and illustrator. She's the creator of the picture book A New Kind of Wild and the illustrator of the picture books Thread of Love by Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal and Mi Casa Is My Home by Laurenne Sala. Zara González Hoang lives with her family outside of Washington, DC.