Hardcover
(Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, March 31, 1995)
When Papa tells a story about a brave soldier with a secret message, Chita happily joins in the telling, enjoying the time with her father in a celebration of family and the tradition of the tall tale.
In a companion to the award-winning Chita's Christmas Tree, Chita's papa, now a doctor, tells his imaginative little girl about the secret mission he went on while a soldier during the Spanish-American war. Reprint.
A young African American girl shares a special time with her father as he tells her about when he was a soldier in Cuba during the Spanish-American War