Ruthie loves Superman.
Ruthie wants to be Superman.
And when Ruthie is asked to go spend the afternoon with her aunt, who is
about to have a baby any day day now and may need some help., Ruthie
seizes the opportunity. It could be her chance to be a hero, should the
baby come while she's visiting! But when Ruthie is out fetching a snack
for her aunt, she gets so distracted by a box full of kittens in the
bodega that she doesn't hear her aunt calling for her, nor does she
notice the policemen running to the apartment or the ambulance pulling
to the curb. When she realizes what's happened, she's devastated --
she's missed her one chance to be a hero! Or has she?
Sonia Manzano, best known as "Maria" on Sesame Street, once again
captures the warmth, love, and adventures of her childhood Bronx
neighborhood.