{"id":33087,"date":"2018-08-30T23:09:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T03:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33087"},"modified":"2018-08-30T23:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T03:09:01","slug":"review-of-sofia-martinez-my-fantastica-family-by-jacqueline-jules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33087","title":{"rendered":"Review of Sofia Martinez: My Fant\u00e1stica Family, by Jacqueline Jules"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sofia Martinez<\/p>\n

My Fant\u00e1stica Family<\/em><\/p>\n

by Jacqueline Jules
\nillustrated by Kim Smith<\/p>\n

Picture Window Books (Capstone), 2017. 96 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a lovely beginning chapter book. There are three stories with three chapters each. There are full color beautiful pictures throughout.<\/p>\n

I like the story because it\u2019s about a great big family. I have a great big family, and these are rare in children\u2019s books. This particular family is Hispanic and they have brown skin. Their speech is peppered with Spanish words (printed in red and defined in the back), but otherwise these are simply fun family stories.<\/p>\n

In the first story, the whole big family is going to spend a week at the beach. Sofia decides to pack games instead of very many changes of clothes. (This won my heart right from the start.) When they get a rainy day, Sofia\u2019s a hero.<\/p>\n

The next story deals with making a Time Capsule for the family \u2013 and Sofia\u2019s curiosity about it. (I was a little confused and didn\u2019t realize they were back home from their trip. But I eventually figured out about there being three separate stories. There\u2019s a big title page for each story, so I could have paid more attention to clues like that.)<\/p>\n

The final story is about the whole family going shopping for school supplies and the preschool-age cousin getting lost in the store.<\/p>\n

Again, this is all done with big colorful pictures, simple language, short chapters, and Sofia\u2019s personality shining through. This is a great new heroine for kids ready for chapters.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

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