Little Lori looks for the perfect gift for her teenage sister's birthday and ends up with a big surprise of her own. Illustrator of a Children's Book of the Month Club selection "Say Hola to Spanish, " Loretta Lopez's gouache and colored-pencil artworks brilliantly capture the a festive Mexican-American celebration. First Trade Paper Edition.

Loretta Lopez who was born in El Paso, Texas, earned a fine arts degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New York City. Visit her online at lorettalopez.com.