Rosita’s Bridge

$16.95
(hardcover)

32 pages, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 13 of 25 illustrations in full color,
ages 8 and up
ISBN: 1-893271-18-8

This is the true story of Carla Maria presenting flowers to her grandmother, singer Rosita Fernandez, when the bridge at San Antonio’s open air Arneson River Theater was named Rosita’s Bridge—not just a bridge across a river, but a bridge between cultures.

Rosita tells Carla Maria of emigrating from Mexico in a family of 16 children, of her father and uncles helping build the River Walk in the late 1930s and how she became a well known singer on stage, television and in movies. Before the mayor and the archbishop speak, Carla Maria explores the world-famous River Walk, with its tropical plants, riverside restaurants, stairway to the Alamo and narrow, arching bridges, including one with a special meaning.

"Whitehead's art effectively evokes the narrative's setting and its varying time frames. . . . Likely to find an appreciative audience in the regional marketplace." —Publisher's Weekly

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