Etiqueta: Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

Pepita, unhappy about her familys move to a street where everything is new to her, is not very friendly to her neighbors as they pass by, but later has another chance to make friends.

Pepita, a little girl who can converse in Spanish and English, decides not to speak twice until unanticipated problems cause her to think twice about her decision.

Tinas mother doesnt seem to accept her new friend until the night Mama cooks tamales, and they learn they both speak the same language.

After a mean-spirited girl bullies her for three days in a row, Pepita no longer wants to go to her new school.