My Papi Has a Motorcycle

Name: My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Isabel Quintero
ISBN: 9781690565086

Author: Isabel Quintero

Narrator: Isabel Quintero

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 02/24/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places shes always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girls love letter to her hardworking dad and to memories of home that we hold close in the midst of change.

About Isabel Quintero

Isabel Quintero es hija de inmigrantes mexicanos. Vive y escribe en el imperio del sur de California. Isabel es autora de Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, la serie de libros de Ugly Cat and Pablo, y fue contratada para escribir Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide, que ganó el Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Uno de sus recuerdos preferidos de cuando era niña es de cuando montaba en moto con su padre

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on June 28, 2019

In American culture the motorcycle has long stood as a symbol of freedom and escape. Easy Rider, The Wild One, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (sorta), these are all books and films that equate motorcycles with independence. So what is the role of the motorcycle in children’s books? To an......more

Goodreads review by Calista on September 11, 2021

There is plenty of energy and pop with this story of a girl who loves riding a motorcycle with her father. There is history given in the story of real races and events of the area. The story pays homage to the people who picked the lemons and fruits of the farms and grew the area. There is also......more

Goodreads review by Mariana on December 26, 2018

Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña: Our new instructors on what it means to look at a place with love. From her perch on the back of papi's motorcycle, and in language reminiscent of a lazy summer dream, Daisy Ramona takes us on a tour of her city. Tortilleria, stray cats, the market where she gets gummy......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on June 23, 2020

A beautiful immigrant's story about change and culture. I really enjoyed the beautiful illustrations and the passion for Quintero's hometown.......more

Goodreads review by David on May 15, 2019

A beautiful, moving story of relationships and the meaning of home, of comunidad. Incredibly illustrated.......more