BELLA’S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

By Ana Siqueira and Geraldine Rodriguez

Beaming Books

Bella quits. She thinks she is a desastre.

Bella wants to find out what she’s good at. But she quits everything she (barely) tries because she’s a desastre. Her somersaults are like jirafas rolling downhill, her piano playing like elephant feet. When she decides to learn how to bake with her abuela, her first attempt at dulce de leche frosting looks like cocodrilo skin. She must learn it’s okay to try again or she won’t be good at anything.

Peppered with Spanish vocabulary and set in an inter-generational Latinx home, Bella’s Recipe for Success will show all kids the value of practicing to learn a new skill, and that it’s okay to make mistakes along the way.

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Bella’s Recipe for Success by Ana Siqueira. illus. by Geraldine Rodriguez. Beaming. ISBN 9781506468105
Gr 1-3–Bella’s hermano can play the piano with his eyes closed, and her hermana is excellent at flipping and cartwheels like an expert gymnast. Bella tries to play the piano and flip in the air like her siblings, but her attempts are less than fabulous. When Bella asks Abuela to help her bake polvorones, Mexican cookies filled with dulce de leche, her first attempts don’t come out quite as they should, and she becomes discouraged. Abuela nudges her to try again, and Bella begins to notice that even her piano-playing brother and somersaulting sister make mistakes, but each time they do they make sure to keep trying. This intergenerational tale about family traditions and grit will be a welcome addition to emerging or transitional readers’ shelves.

Endorsements – Thanks to Rob Sanders, Anika Denise, and Lynne Marie