By Alma Flor Ada, Illustrated by Elivia Savadier (Atheneum Books for Young Readers – 2002)

Saturdays and Sundays are very exciting days for the little girl in this story. On Saturdays, she visits her father’s parents who come from an European-American background, and on Sunday/domingos she visits her mother’s parents who are Mexican-American. While the two sets of grandparents are different in many ways, they also have a great deal in common-in particular, their love for their granddaughter. The depth and joy of both cultures are conveyed in Spanish and English, and the affirmation of both heritages speaks to all children who want to learn about their own families and ethnic backgrounds.

土曜日と日曜日は、主人公の少女にとって、いつも楽しみな特別な日である。土曜日は欧州系血筋の米国人である父親方の両親を訪ね、日曜日はメキシコ系米国人の母方の両親を訪ねるのだ。それぞれの祖父母には、大いなる違いもあったが共通点もある、特に孫娘への愛情はどちらも変わらない。二つの異なる文化に親しむ過程がスペイン語と英語で描かれ、そして自分の家族や血統の事を知りたがる総べての子ども達に、精神遺産への親しみを語りかけてくれる。