MIAMI – A humble family’s children decide to participate in a hat contest with a horse as a prize in Maria Elena Alcolea’s new dual-language children’s book, “The Party of the Hat” (published by iUniverse).

When their children’s school decides to hold a hat contest, Margarita and Ramón Perezalco want to help their children participate. Besides having a beautiful and creative hat, each child must have a fantastic story to tell about the hat. So the family gathers materials — including items from their scarecrows — and makes beautiful hats with an interesting story to tell on the big day of the hat party.

“I think that all children have imaginations and dreams, and they like to create them, and this book teaches them how to create beautiful things from something very simple,” Alcolea says, adding, “In my book I reflect the love, the union, the perseverance of a family that grows in the face of difficulties.”

“The Party of the Hat”

By Maria Elena Alcolea

Softcover | 5 x 8 in | 48 pages | ISBN 9781532061776

E-Book | 48 pages | ISBN 9781532061783

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble