My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito

This beautifully illustrated picture book which is in both Spanish and English clearly and magically enthralls both children and adults alike. It shows the warmth of family life despite five brothers and one sister living in such close quarters and the ingenuity and generosity of the whole family making one little girl very happy. I loved it.

Even though this is a picture book, it touches social issues such as immigration, poverty, "Blue chip" stamps, and a father the girl rarely sees because he works the whole day. What I like about this book is that the little girl never complained about her family. She just needed her own space, but she never hatred her relatives for steeling her privacy. This is a beautiful book which portrays the social conditions of many families in a lot of countries, where they live in much reduced spaces and the money is not enough to build more rooms. I also like the fact that the relatives and the family were together and had a great harmony. They helped the little girl to clean up the storage room, and to obtain donated furniture. I appreciate the author for emphasizing the girl's love for literature. This is also a book that teaches about being happy even if the economic resources are limited.