From a New York Times bestselling and Pura BelprĂŠ Honorâwinning creator comes a heartwarming picture book celebrating essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic thatâs also a lively, bilingual game of Veo, Veo (I Spy).
Marisolâs mami is the best cook at Rositaâs Cafe! But now, the restaurant is closed. A bad virusâtoo easy to catch in small, crowded placesâis going around.
Marisol, Pepito, and Mami still need to go out to bring Mamiâs arroz con pollo to housebound TĂa Olga and Cousin Johnny. As Marisol and Pepito watch the people working around the neighborhood, who their mother explains have essential work, Marisol thinks of the perfect game to play:
Veo, veoâŚ
ÂżQuĂŠ ves, Marisol?
I spyâŚa trash collector. Essential work. Those bins were full!
By the time they get home, Marisol has another idea: a way to show the people in her neighborhood that she sees them!