Don't Say a Word, Mama / No Digas Nada, Mama. Joe Hayes

Can a pair of sisters be too generous with each other? Only if their mother doesn't say a word. Author Joe Hayes and artist Esau Andrade team up to deliver a knockout picture book about siblings. Two sisters secretly try to outdo each other with generosity. Each new gift from one sister to the other—a secret to everybody but their mother—will have readers crying out, «Don't say a word, Mama!» Until, of course, she does. ¿Pueden un par de hermanas ser demasiado generosas entre ellas? El autor Joe Hayes y el artista Esau Andrade se unen para entregar un libro ilustrado sobre hermanos. Dos hermanas intentan superarse en secreto con generosidad. Cada nuevo regalo de una hermana a otra–un secreto para todos menos para su madre: los lectores gritarán: «¡No digas una palabra, mamá!» Hasta que, por supuesto, ella lo hace. 2014 Honor Book, Patterson Prize for Books for Young People Joe Hayes has been enchanting listeners and readers alike for over thirty years. His books have received many awards including two Land of Enchantment Children's Book Awards and an Aesop Accolade Award. His books have also been on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List three times. Ghost Fever won the Texas Bluebonnet Award for 2006–2007.Esau Andrade Valencia comes from a family of folk artists. He is increasingly being recognized as a master artist in the tradition of Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo. His paintings are included in the collection of The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, as well as in the Downey Museum of Art in Downey, California.