Tía Isa Wants a Car

05/20/20 • 18 min

One day, Tía Isa announces that she wants a car. But how will she ever save up enough money? Her niece has a secret plan... Author Meg Medina stops by the library to join Julie and Emma in the reading nook. Submit your Wonderful Words at julieslibraryshow.org/contact. Support the podcast at julieslibraryshow.org/donate.

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Today’s featured book: TÍA ISA WANTS A CAR. Text copyright © 2011 by Meg Medina. Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Claudio Muñoz. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

This episode is sponsored by Sun Basket (sunbasket.com/julie).

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