"In this lively bilingual picture book, readers ages 3-7 can experience the wonder of a bright summer day and learn that family stories can be as magical as a ""blanket of stars.""
On El Rancho Grande, the grandchildren aren't as interested in how Grandpa bought the ranch, as in what can be done on the ranch. The children play hide and seek in cornfields, under the canopy of green leaves, golden threads and giant ears of corn. They feed the family horses, ride the rambunctious pigs, and take frolicking dips in the duck pond.
But through all of the outdoor escapades, their family stories are circling in the air, like the ""sunflower wind"" blooming around them. While drinking ice-cold lemonade in the sunshine, they hear about how Grandpa's song of sorrow that won him El Rancho. They hear about chickens that have abandoned their coops to live in Abuela's chicken tree, and they even discover a story about a boy who cried chocolate tears. In those days of running and jumping, the narrator, Tito, did not realize that he was hearing the stories that would wrap him up ""like an enchanted sarape to keep me warm for the rest of my life."""
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