How Tia Lola Learned to Teach

I've been listening to this in Spanish in the car to and from work. The narration is excellent. The narrator changes the voices for each character and adds personality with the voice inflections.......more

This was my favorite book as a child. Now that I’m a tía, I always find myself in Tía Lola. My students love this series too!......more

This a very sweet book about a Latino family who struggles with some of life's challenges but is carried through by close family relationships and the bond of love between them. After a divorce, Miguel, his sister and mom must move from New York to Vermont Tia Lola, a larger-than-life aunt, comes fr......more

I read all four books in the TIA LOLA series by Julia Alvarez and interviewed her for an AARP magazine feature story. What I loved about the books were how real the families were. Alvarez told me, "You hear all Latinos are so happy and all the generations live together and we're these perfect little......more

Of the two stories I felt that how Tia Lola caame to stay was really charming. How Tia Lola learned to teach was still good, but I probably would rate it closer to three stars. Certainly the characters are engaging and its nice to have immigrants as central characters though the story line itself is......more