Alma Flor Ada
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
Español
Description
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author of My Name Is Maria Isabel offers an inspiring look at her childhood in Cuba in this collection that includes Where the Flame Trees Bloom, Under the Royal Palms, five new stories, and more. These true autobiographical tales from renowned Hispanic author and educator Alma Flor Ada are filled with family love and traditions, secrets and deep friendships, and a gorgeous, moving picture of the island of Cuba, where Alma Flor grew up. Told through...
Author
Series
Hidden Forest series volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Presents articles, editorials and ads from the "Hidden Forest Times" that retell many well-known stories, including Jack and the beanstalk, Pinocchio, and the Tortoise and the Hare.
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A boy dreads the first day of school with a new class. He feels he has nothing special to share with his class. Then his grandmother whispers a secret in his ear-when it's his turn to talk, all he needs to do is open his backpack. What has Abuelita hidden away for him?
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
7) Jordi's star
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
A lonely shepherd sees a star floating on the surface of a small pool and, convinced that the star is really in the water, tries to make the mountainside beautiful for its new resident.
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Español
Description
Este libro ilustrado para niños introduce y organiza canciones de Navidad en las siguientes categorías: camino a Belén, las posadas, Nochebuena, los pastores, nanas de Navidad, San José, el árbol de Navidad, aguinaldos, y los Tres Reyes Magos. Se incluyen las partituras de seis de las canciones hacia el fin.
This illustrated book for children introduces and organizes Christmas songs into the following categories: on the road to Bethlehem, the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Juanita lives in New York and is Mexican. Felipe lives in Chicago and is Panamanian, Venezuelan, and black. Michiko lives in Los Angeles and is Peruvian and Japanese. Each of them is also Latino. Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific...
Author
Language
English
Description
En esta clara guía, Alma Flor Ada, Isabel Campoy y Colin Baker, ofrecen una perspectiva realista de las alegrías y dificultades de educar a niños bilingües y claras respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes sobre el tema. Esta versión revisada y adaptada al bilingüismo español-inglés, incluye información sobre el bilingüismo en la era digital e incorpora investigaciones recientes sobre la mezcla de idiomas, el efecto que los hermanos tienen...
Author
Publisher
Santillana USA
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
Description
From the Amazon rain forest to the Atacama desert, Latin America is without rival in its natural beauty, geographical jewels, and incredible variety of flora and fauna. The poetic flow of the text and the color illustrations take readers on a voyage into the wonders found south of the border.