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24) House of houses
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Pat Mora writes of the struggles of her family growing up in Texas and how her family are transformed by the magic and healing each member offers the others in ritual, language, stories, and recipes.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
"A series of verses, in English and Spanish, about the movement and moods of water around the world and the ways in which water affects a variety of landscapes and cultures. Includes Author's Note"--
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"Aunt Carmen is impatient with cerebral notions of faith, but she knows her saints - their stories, their sorrows, and their joys. Through her they emerge: El Santo Nino, the mischievous Holy Child; the doting father, San Jose; and the bold Santa Maria Magdalena, whom Carmen imagines walking into church "in heels and short skirts." And in Carmen's prayers to them, she finds the words to tell her own story."--BOOK JACKET. "We know that Aunt Carmen,...
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books/A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
More than sixty poems, some with Spanish translations, include such titles as "The Young Sor Juana, " "Graduation Morning, " "Border Town 1938, " "Legal Alien, " "Abuelita Magic, " and "In the Blood."
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"...an original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart's desire: the girl who loves swimming, plunging into the water that creates her own world; the guy who leaves flowers on the windshield of the girl he likes. Each of the teens in these 50 original poems, written using a variety of poetic forms, will be recognizable to the reader as the universal emotions, ideas, impressions,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Description
Grandma Lupita tells her granddaughter Rose and Rose's friend Terry the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a miracle that occurred near Mexico City in 1531. Includes facts about the event and its influence.
36) Abuelos
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
Español
Description
Young Ray and Amelia move to a new village in New Mexico and experience the fright and fun of "los abuelos" for the first time. In the cold months of midwinter, village men disappear to disguise themselves as scary old men and then descend on the children, teasing them and asking if they've been good.
Sumario en espa~nol: Ray y Amelia, descubren por primera vez una vieja tradicion de Nuevo Mexico llamada "los abuelos." En el medio de frio invierno,...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Description
"Chico Canta, the youngest of 12, is a tiny, mischievous, fearless mouse who lives with his family in an old theater. They love to go upstairs to see the plays and echo the audience shouting, "Bravo, bravo!" as the curtain falls. Mrs. Canta speaks many languages--not only English, Spanish, and Italian, but Spider, Cricket, and Moth as well. And she encourages her children to develop their own language skills. "Bilingual, bravo!" she is always telling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In this illustrated story told in both English and Spanish, a grandmother puts her grandchildren to bed by telling them all the animals outside are sleeping.
En esta historia ilustrada contada en inglés y en español, una abuela acuesta a sus nietos por decirles que todos los animalitos también se están durmiendo.
