Joe Cepeda
1) I help
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"When a boy finds a canteen in his garage, he finds his superpower--helping everyone, from the postman to the local birds"-- Provided by publisher.
3) Ayudo
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"When a boy finds a canteen in his garage, he finds his superpower--helping everyone, from the postman to the local birds"-- Provided by publisher.
4) Salto
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A boy hops on a pogo stick and runs errands for his grandmother. "Salto is a companion to Joe Cepeda's other ¡Me gusta leer! books, including Arriba, Veo, and Cavo, featuring the same curious, excited brothers exploring the world around them and celebrating the diversity of everyday life."-- Provided by publisher.
Un niño salta sobre un saltador y hace recados para su abuela.
6) Up
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"On a very windy day, a boy stands by a window with his pinwheel and is suddenly whisked into the sky where he can see a pig, a hen, a cow, and a sheep"-- Provided by publisher.
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Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Hispanic Heritage Month for Little Kids
Hispanic Heritage Month for Little Kids
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"Rafa and his dad love to measure anything and everything--including how much Rafa's dad loves him"-- Provided by publisher.
8) The swing
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When Josey uses the new swing attached to the tree in her messy yard, she retrieves all the things her parents thought they had lost over the years, including Leopoldo, their dog.
9) Sumo libre
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Friends Max and Kenji love wrestling, but Max loves lucha libre and Kenji loves sumo, so they come together to create something spectacular.
10) Arriba
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"En un día muy ventoso, un niño se para junto a una ventana con su molinillo y de repente es llevado al cielo donde puede ver un cerdo, una gallina, una vaca y una oveja."-- Provided by publisher.
"On a very windy day, a boy stands by a window with his pinwheel and is suddenly whisked into the sky where he can see a pig, a hen, a cow, and a sheep"-- Provided by publisher.
11) Esperanza rising
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
PG Reads for Teens and Tweens
PG Reads for Teens and Tweens
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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.
12) El Niño
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Over the course of a California summer, Kai, a competitive swimmer in training, learns about a legendary Amazonian queen, about El Nino and about letting go of grief.
14) Mice and beans
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In this rhythmic cumulative tale Rosa Maria spends the week getting ready for her granddaughter's birthday party and trying to avoid attracting mice--unaware that the mice in her walls are preparing for a party of their own.
15) El niño
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Kai Sosa espera demostrar su destreza como nadador en su famoso equipo de natación durante un verano en el que se dan las condiciones climáticas del fenómeno El Niño. El que fuera un atleta prometedor, está decidido a mantener el legado familiar en una competencia contra los infames Lobos Marinos, a pesar de ser el eslabón más débil del equipo. Sin embargo, recientemente ha tenido sueños desconcertantes en los que ve a Cali, su hermana...
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Something special happened when Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez met. Together, they fought for the rights of countless farmworkers. Side by side, inspiring hope, they changed history.
Algo especial sucedió cuando Dolores Huerta y César Chávez se conocieron. Ellos lucharon juntos por los derechos de los campesinos. Lado a lado cultivaron esperanza, cambiando el curso de la historia.