Lolo's Sari-sari Store - Sophia N. Lee

Lolo's Sari-sari Store

By: Sophia N. Lee, Christine Almeda (Illustrator)

Hardcover | 17 August 2023

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A little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather’s sari-sari store close while adjusting to a new home in this sweet picture book about the joy of community, connection, and Filipino culture.

For one girl, summers used to mean helping Lolo run his sari-sari store, which was always brimming with goods for the neighborhood: shampoo packets for Ate Jane, rice and eggs for Tonton, and a sympathetic ear for anyone who needed it. “Sari-sari means a good variety—just look around and you’ll see. What help can you give your community?” Lolo would say, as he filled his shelves with what people would need.

Now that she’s far from the Philippines, she misses Lolo and the friendly faces that surrounded his sari-sari store. But when she remembers her grandfather’s words, her heart keeps Lolo close, and she starts to see opportunities for connection and community in her new home.
Industry Reviews
* “A lovely story fusing past and present, family lost and found, in memory and sensory experiences. An essential book for the shelves.”

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