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Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Multiple
Description
Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 1
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Maximilian, a big fan of the form of wrestling known as lucha libre, begins to suspect that he has a close connection with his favorite luchador, El Angel de La Guardia, the Guardian Angel.
Author
Publisher
Carson-Dellosa
Pub. Date
[2005].
Language
Español
Description
En este amado cuento, Jack observa con asombro cómo sus frijoles mágicos crecen hasta convertirse en un tallo de frijoles que llega más allá de las nubes. Los niños seguirán leyendo con entusiasmo para ver si Jack puede escabullirse de un gigante hambriento para rescatar el arpa dorada.
In this beloved tale, Jack watches in amazement as his magic beans grow into a beanstalk that reaches beyond the clouds! Children will eagerly continue reading...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
In the over one hundred poems contained in Isla Negra, Pablo Neruda fashioned a kind of poetic autobiography in which he set out to explore and gather the various "lives" or "selves" he had left behind him in the huge span of his writing existence. Written in his "autumnal" period, from the vantage point of Isla Negra, the small village on the Pacific coast of Chile which he came to regard as the center of his world, the book reads like a series of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Introduce your little ones to Dr. Ochoa's stellar world - and how innovations in technology help us learn and problem-solve in both English and Spanish! Your future tech wizards will learn of the endless possibilities computers, algorithms, and coding can create in the world around them. Alongside Ellen Ochoa, let's explore how technology is part of our daily lives, allowing us all to stay curious and be a part of our world's innovation."--
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure is an engaging and hilarious picture book that serves young readers as an introduction to basic Spanish vocabulary, brought to life by superstar team-up Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez. Meet Pollo, a friendly little chicken who just wants to play. And play, and play, and play all day! Pollo makes any activity more fun. Why just go to the beach when you could go to la playa con Pollo? Do you want to play soccer,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What do happy nappers need? They need a little rest so they can be their best. Open this book and get ready to close those sleepy eyes, snuggle up with a cuddly friend, and take a little break. See you when you wake!"--Back cover.
"¿Para qué duermes la siesta? ¡Para estar feliz! Necesitas descansar un rato para dar lo mejor de ti. Abre este libro y prepárate: ya llega el sueño a esos ojitos; abraza a tu peluche más querido, descansa un rato...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic en español
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
¡Canta y baila con Beb̌ Tibur̤n en esta versi̤n submarina de "Estrellita, d̤nde est̀s"! Beb̌ Tibur̤n y sus amigos le recuerdan a Estrella de Mar todos los motivos por los que es una ESTRELLA, ¡y la animan a compartir su luz, centellear con fuerza y brillar! Con un reparto adorable de personajes submarinos y una variaci̤n pegajosa de la popular canci̤n, ¡tu pequęo adorar̀ sumergirse en el mar con Beb̌ Tibur̤n!
Sing and dance with Baby...
Author
Publisher
Lil Libros
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Enš̨ele a su beb̌ sobre Oaxaca, una ciudad m̀gica en el estado de Oaxaca, M̌xico, a trav̌s de ilustraciones y palabras que le ensęar̀n sobre el mundo en ingľs y espąol.
Teach your baby about Oaxaca, a magical city in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, through illustrations and words that will teach them about the world in English and Spanish.
Author
Publisher
Blue Manatee Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
In winter ... I am going to build a snowman! What are you going to build? En invierno ... ¡Voy a hacer un muñeco de nieve! ¿Qué vas a hacer tú?" In winter, there are so many things to do: build a snowman, drink cocoa, catch snowflakes on your tongue. What are you going to do in winter? With vibrant photographs and text in both English and Spanish, In Winter / En Invierno will soon become a story time favorite!
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Juanito looked outside one dark night and discovered the moon was nowhere to be seen! Where could it have gone? Is it hiding under the bed or behind a great mountain? He wonders if the coyote took it to his lair, but the wily canine couldn't catch the slippery moon. "Aaah-ooooooh, aaaah-ooooooh, aaaah-ooooooh," he cries sadly. Maybe the cicada's deafening screeches made it disappear! Or did the owl bewitch the luminous moon? Perhaps the frog drowned...
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