Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice

Author: Sylvia Rosa – Casanova
Illustrator: Robert Roth

Mama Provi and her granddaughter Lucy live in the same tall apartment building — Mama Provi on the first floor, Lucy on the eighth. When Lucy has the chicken pox and can’t come down to visit, Mama Provi decides to make a trip upstairs with a big pot of her tasty arroz con pollo. But on her way up the seven flights of stairs, she meets a neighbor on every floor. En un dos por tres (in Spanish this means “lickedy-split”), the chicken and rice are joined by Mrs. Landers’s crusty white bread, Señor Rivera’s frijoles negros, Mrs. Woo’s tea, and more…and Mama Provi arrives at Lucy’s door with a tremendous feast!