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The Cot in the Living Room

By: Hilda Eunice Burgos
Narrated by: Gisela Chipe
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A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work overnight shifts in this honest and warm audiobook edition of the picture book debut.

Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night when no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping on the cot in the living room isn't all she thought it would be.

With charming text by Hilda Eunice Burgos, The Cot in the Living Room is a celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else's pillow.

©2021 Hilda Eunice Burgos (P)2021 Listening Library Fiction Geography & Cultures Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Multicultural Stories United States

Critic Reviews

2022 ALSC Notable Children’s Book
2022 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books List
2022 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Featured in Parents Latina

“The Cot in the Living Room beautifully captures the gifts we receive when we open our hearts to others.” -- BookPage, starred review.
he gifts we receive when we open our hearts to others.” (BookPage, starred review)

"An important message about empathy, delivered with a light and skillful touch." --School Library Journal

"The final spreads ... illustrate how understanding can alter a child's perspective. This heartfelt and endearing story should strike a chord with many." --Booklist

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