Mr. Sugar Came to Town / La visita de Sr. Azucar by Harriet Rohmer

Adapted by Harriet Rohmer & Cruz Gomez
Illustrations by Enrique Chagoya

Mr. Sugar tries to use his truck of sweet goodies to lure children away from Grandma Lupe's delicious tamales.

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Grandma Lupe's tamales are the favorite food of all the children in town until Mr. Sugar comes riding in on his magical truck full of sweets. Suddenly the children won't eat anything but double-chocolate sundaes, raspberry cream pie, and fudge bars. Before long they're so roly-poly they can't see their feet, and their teeth are full of black holes! It falls to Grandma Lupe to unmask Mr. Sugar and to show the children why something that feels good may not be good for them. Adapted from a puppet play by the Migrant Farmworkers Outreach Program in California's Central Valley, this fanciful tale treats the themes of substance abuse and nutrition in an amusing, whimsical way.

32 pages

Full-color illustrations

8 1/2" x 9 1/2"

Ages 6 and up

English/Spanish

"This funny, moralistic story was adapted from a puppet show which was used as part of a health clinic's outreach program to migrant farmworkers and their families in California. Humorous illustrations with exaggerated perspectives complement the text on each facing page." —School Library Journal

"Anyone who has tried to woo a child away from sugar should read Mr. Sugar Came to Town." —Newspaper Morena

Mr. Sugar Came to Town

Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-89239-141-7
ISBN-10: 0-89239-141-3
$7.95

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