Pat Mora
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books, Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Language
English
Description
Long ago in what would come to be called Mexico, as Mama Alma and her granddaughter, Bella, recall happy times while walking in the garden they have tended together since Bella was a baby, Mama Alma asks that after she is gone her family remember her on one special day each year. Includes facts about The Remembering Day, El dia de los muertos.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed poet Pat Mora (Borders, Chants, Communion, and other works) has joined with artist Francisco X. Mora to create a charming and elegant book whose rhymes and drawings will delight not only children aged 3 to 7, but adults (and animal-lovers) as well. Pat Mora's whimsical poem, presented bilingually with a Spanish translation by Alba Nora Martinez, tells of birds, armadillos, and other creatures who join together in a kitchen one "orange night"...
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
Español
Description
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
11) Pablo's tree
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
[2009]
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El dia de los niños, or Children's Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico's annual celebration of children and the book fiestas that are often included.
Sumario en español: Los niños leyeron en voz alta en varios ajustes para celebrar El dia de los niños, en esta historia bilingue. Incluye hechos sobre la celebracion mexicana anual de ninos y las fiestas del libro...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 970L
Language
English
Description
"From blueberries to vanilla, indigenous foods of the Americas are celebrated in this collection of haiku, which also includes information about each food's origins"--Provided by publisher.
17) Gracias
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
A young multiracial boy celebrates family, friendship, and fun by telling about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.
18) This big sky
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Poems that describe the landscape, people, and animals of the American Southwest.
19) The bakery lady
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Monica, who wants to be a baker like her grandmother, finds the doll hidden in the bread on the feast for the Three Kings and thus gets to bake cookies for the next fiesta.
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.