Birdie's Beauty Parlor / El salón de belleza de Birdie

by Lee Merrill Byrd, Francisco Delgado (Illustrator)

Overview

This delightful bilingual picture book offers everything you need to know to make your grandmother look like a queen!

¡Este encantador libro ilustrado bilingüe ofrece todo lo que necesitas saber para hacer que tu abuela luzca como una reina!

Birdie and Grandma are having a girls' day! But Grandma's all worn out now. Birdie has a solution: a makeover! It'll give Grandma a chance to relax. Birdie insists that Grandma lie down because this beauty parlor has a lot of moving parts—chinny-chin-chin hair removal, long stretches of blush, slashes of lipstick, and eyeshadow. Earrings, scarves, the works! Birdie knows best: she owns this beauty parlor!

Birdie's Beauty Parlor is the second collaboration between Lee Byrd and Francisco Delgado. Lee tells the stories of her grandchildren, and Francisco models the illustrations from his own children.

¡Birdie y su abuela están pasando el día juntas! Pero la abuela ya esta completamente agotada. Birdie tiene la solución: ¡una visita al Salón de Belleza de Birdie! La abuela nada más tiene que acostarse y Birdie va hacer todo el trabajo: le va sacar los pelitos de la barbilla, le va poner una montón de rubor, rayas de lápiz labial, y sombras de todos colores en sus ojos. ¡Birdie es la que manda!

El salón de belleza de Birdie es la segunda colaboración entre Lee Byrd y Francisco Delgado. Lee cuenta historias de sus nietos y Francisco basa sus ilustraciones en sus propios hijos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947627284
Publisher:	Lee & Low Books
Publication date:	08/11/2020
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Lee Merrill Byrd, novelist and publisher, was born and raised in New Jersey but has spent most of her life in the Southwest. Besides being an award-winning author, Lee is known as a pioneer in publishing children’s bilingual books. She and her huband, poet Bobby Byrd, founded Cinco Puntos Press (now a Lee & Low imprint) in 1985. For their work, they received Cultural Freedom Fellowships for Excellence in Publishing from the Lannan Foundation; an Excellence in Publishing Award from the Border Regional Library Association; and a Lifetime Achievement Award from PubWest. Lee's children’s books include The Treasure on Gold Street, A Neighborhood Story; Juanito Counts to Ten; and Birdie’s Beauty Parlor. She also authored My Sister Disappears (SMU Press) Riley's Fire (Algonquin). Lee lives in El Paso, Texas.

Francisco Delgado, a fronterizo artist, was born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico in 1974. Throughout his life he has resided in both twin cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez. Delgado's artworks reflect the United States and Mexican Border life and speak to the working class of the barrios. He attended the University of Texas at El Paso and received his MFA from the Yale School of Art. His paintings have appeared on book covers, in national art exhibits, and in private collections and community institutions. His picture books include ¡Si, Se Puede! / Yes We Can!; Juanito Counts to Ten; and Birdie's Beauty Parlor. Francisco and his wife Barbara have three children. Find him on the web at franciscodelgado.weebly.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Delgado nails the small child's exuberance in his smudgy, textured spreads. . . A delightful celebration of intergenerational love." — Kirkus Reviews

"Byrd's sweet storyline, which encourages readers to follow both the English and Spanish of the bilingual text, is accompanied by fronterizo artist Delgado's lively illustrations. . . This affectionate tale will motivate young readers to express their own care and try new activities with loved ones." — Booklist

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From the Publisher

2020-03-01
When Grandma looks tired, it’s time for a makeover!

Birdie addresses readers with total assurance, instructing those who have similarly tired grandmothers to lay them on their beds with appropriate head support and then go to town. Byrd’s text gives Delgado lots of room to supply detail. “Look in her drawers and find these things,” Birdie announces, and the illustration depicts this small, pigtailed child bending over a drawer and slinging tweezers, lipstick, scarf, lotion, and more into the air. Then: “Dump all the stuff on the bed.” An aerial view depicts patient Grandma on her back and just the top of Birdie’s head as the aforementioned “stuff” is flung down, a bottle of talcum powder landing with a discernible puff. Birdie tweezes Grandma’s chin free of hairs; powders her face; applies eyeshadow (“Get it all over”), blush, and lipstick; lotions Grandma’s feet; and accessorizes Grandma with earrings and scarf: “Aren’t you beautiful, Grandma?” The brief text is laid out one step per double-page spread, and Delgado nails the small child’s exuberance in his smudgy, textured spreads. Stray dots of talc adorn Grandma’s chin, and the enthusiasm with which Birdie grabs Grandma’s lips to apply the lipstick may have some adults wincing. They won’t wince at the evident joy experienced by this loving pair. Both Birdie and her extremely patient grandmother have brown skin, and a dual English/Spanish text welcomes Latinx readers.

A delightful celebration of intergenerational love. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews