by Stella Houghton Alico (Author)

Little Maria doesn't want to go live with her grandmother. But grandmother is elderly and needs Maria's company even though they have to live in a one-room house away from all the familiar surroundings. Soon a kitten arrives and Maria comes to love her new world in this family story set in rural New Mexico at the turn of the century with photographic re-recreations by Jan Young. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.