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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Young Alma is trying to write her very long name on her paper–Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela– and it doesn’t fit. She doesn’t hesitate to air her frustration to her father who regales his daughter with the stories behind each name. “Then you decide if it fits,” he tells her. Cuddled together in a chair looking at photo albums, Alma learns about every family member from Grandma Sofia who loved poetry to Candela her other grandmother...
Author
Publisher
Pgw
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
This bilingual picture book is the first that artist Maya Christina Gonzalez has written. Maya, with the help of her bird friends, finds beautiful colors in her desert world. She discovers vibrant purples in Mama‘s flowers, greens in the cactus, hot pink in clouds at sunset, and black in her Papi‘s hair. As young readers follow Maya‘s search for all the colors of the rainbow, they too might ask – where are the colors in my world?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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Description
Set in Martinique, this version of Cinderella is told from the fairy godmother's point of view. As in the Perrault version, Cendrillon becomes the stepchild of a selfish woman whose only daughter was spoiled and demanding. Cendrillon in the end finds true love. The story is interspersed with French Creole words and phrases that are explained in a glossary.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
This original cumulative tale effectively engages younger children in the ancient art of pottery making. On the opposite page, older children can read the story of Juan Quezada and his quest to re-create this art form from the village of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico. For students of art who want to learn more about pottery making, the last five pages are devoted to the process. The multilayered text is accompanied by artwork brimming with creativity,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more. Cultural elements are vividly expressed through text and illustration in this delightful, rhythmic story, full of attitude and good food.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Vibrant contrasting colors and bold geometric shapes infuse this original trickster tale set in Mexico. Death comes to Grandma Beetle's door in the skeletal form of Se or Calavera (Mr. Skull). "Just a minute," she sweetly explains. "I have just one house to sweep." So Se or Calavera patiently takes a chair and waits, counting off Grandma Beetle's completed tasks in English and Spanish as one chore invariably leads to another. In the end, all of the...
8) Pablo's tree
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Each year on his birthday, a young Mexican-American boy looks forward to seeing how his grandfather has decorated the tree he planted on the day the boy was adopted. Striking features include fun, papercut illustrations and a lovely extended family relationship. Best of all, it's a story about how one person can help another person feel special.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Cuando manta de bebé preciado de una niña se vuelve viejo y gastado, que se convierte en un vestido, y con los años se convirtió en elementos más pequeños y más pequeños, finalmente terminar como un marcador e inspirando la creación de un libro. Incluye una nota del autor y un glosario.
At a time when repurposing material objects is necessary to save our planet, Monica Brown and
David Diaz have given us a bilingual, Latino retelling of...
Author
Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Description
When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Focusing on one child who survived the 2010 disaster in Haiti, this beautiful and touching picture book is a true testament to the spirit of the people of this nation. A seven-year-old boy (only identified as Junior on the flap copy) was pulled from under his home eight days after the earthquake. He and his best friend, Oscar, were home alone. When he was asked if he'd been afraid, he answered, “I missed Manman and Papa...in my mind, I played.”...
Author
Publisher
Rising Moon
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st impression.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Honoring the unique rhythms of Celia Cruz music, My Name is Celia pays tribute to the life and music of the famous Cuban singer. In combination with vivid illustrations this book is an exceptional picture book that will keep the memory of la reina de la salsa (the queen of salsa) alive, recognizing her legacy of artistic works and musical contributions.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Duncan Tonatiuh delivers an expertly written and illustrated title that lays bare the realities of being undocumented in the United States. The narrative follows Juan an indigenous Mixtec who migrates from Mexico to the United States. The accordion style format of Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight is an homage to Mixtec literature, of which few books survived the Spanish conquest, perhaps the most famous being the Codex Nuttall. We meet Juan in his...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Lee & Low books edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
In the heart of Guatemala City, a Chinese immigrant family owns a specialty store where they sell fabric, buttons, thread, and ribbons, in addition to a small selection of Chinese imports. The events of a typical busy day are recounted as seen through the eyes of the family's youngest daughter who is not yet old enough to attend school. We hear the voice of a young child in her first-person narration and see what she sees in the delicately detailed...
15) Elena's serenade
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Beautiful illustrations help tell the story of Elena, a little Mexican girl, who longs to become a glassblower just like her father. “Whoever heard of a girl glassblower?” is her father’s response. Elena leaves home disguised as a boy, determined to go to Monterrey where all the great glassblowers are found. Her journey leads to mystical encounters that help her pursue her dream. Arriving in Monterrey, Elena amazes the local glassblowers with...
16) Mamá the alien
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Young Sofia finds her mother's alien resident card, and her mother confirms the truth: she is an alien. Sofia's imagination runs wild with questions. Does her mother visit her alien friends at night? Does her mother speak three languages—English, Spanish, and Alien? Is Sofia an alien, too? This is a very lighthearted and simple story about residency in the United States, particularly for Hispanics. The plot is playful and typical of a child's interpretation...
17) Kitchen dance
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Is there any place happier than a kitchen full of family and music? Two children creep down from their bedrooms to find their parents dancing and singing while cleaning up. They are invited to join in with hugs and kisses. Bright illustrations and asymmetrical perspectives create motion and momentum as the joy splashes across the pages. The characters speak in a naturally fluid mix of English and Spanish, and the color changes suggest a kind of multi-genre...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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Description
As the eldest child and only daughter in a large Mexican-American family, the spirited narrator of this joyful bilingual story longs for a little space to call her own. With the help of her mama and papa, her Tio Pancho, and her five younger brothers, she's able to fix up a small bedroom for herself in a storage closet. And as soon as she has everything just as she wants it, she invites her brothers in so she can read them a story. Brightly colored,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Engle's spare, rhythmic text gets at the heart of the struggle to achieve a dream in this picture-book biography about a Chinese African Cuban girl who aspired to play drums even when society's double standards stood as a barrier. Growing up in tempestuous 1930s Havana, during a time when universities were often shut down because of their opposition to the dictatorial President Machado, Millo Castro Zaldarriaga dared to dream of playing percussion...
20) My abuelita
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Abuelita is robust and as old as the hills, a true “character,” with salt-colored hair, a crinkled face, and a flamboyant pink bathrobe. Her story is narrated by a grandchild, who describes their daily morning routines, most of which center around the grandmother’s preparations for work. In addition, the reader is provided with clues throughout as to the nature of Abuelita’s profession (a storyteller), which is not revealed in full until the...
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