¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can! by Diana Cohn

Francisco is becoming known nationally for his political paintings that satirize U.S. He will -receive his MFA at Yale in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking in May 2002. She lives on a houseboat in Sausalito, California.įrancisco Delgado, the illustrator, grew up in Juárez, Chihuahua, but completed high school in El Paso, Texas. She now works as Program Director for the Solidago Foundation, a foundation that supports communities working for economic and environmental justice.

As an elementary teacher, she discovered there were few books for children that discussed social issues, so she began to write as an avocation. ¡Sí, Se Puede! is a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book, a Skipping Stones Honor Book, as well as a selection for The Best of Beyond Difference, a recommended list of the top 10 diversity books published in 2002.ĭiana Cohn, the author, is a social activist. He and the other children in his class join the marchers with a very special sign for his mom! How will Carlitos support his mother? Carlitos wants to help but he cannot think of a way until his teacher, Miss Lopez, explains in class how her own grandfather had fought for better wages for farmworkers when he first came to the United States. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike.

One night, his mamá explains that she can’t make enough money to support him and his abuelita the way they need unless she makes more money as a janitor. When she comes home, she waves Carlitos off to school before she goes to sleep. Every night, he sleeps while his mother cleans in one of the skyscrapers in downtown L.A. It tells about Carlitos, whose mother is a janitor. ¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can! is a bilingual fictional story set against the backdrop of the successful janitors’ strike in Los Angeles in 2000.

¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can! by Diana Cohn