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"--
4) 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"--
5) Salto
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This Theodore Geisel Honor book about a boy and his grandma is now available in Spanish!
He gets cheese.
He gets bread
He gets apples.
Very simple text and fun pictures support Spanish vocabulary and grammar comprehension in this delightful and brightly illustrated book.
Salto is a companion to Joe Cepeda's other ¡Me gusta leer! books, including Arriba, Veo, and Cavo, featuring the same...
He gets cheese.
He gets bread
He gets apples.
Very simple text and fun pictures support Spanish vocabulary and grammar comprehension in this delightful and brightly illustrated book.
Salto is a companion to Joe Cepeda's other ¡Me gusta leer! books, including Arriba, Veo, and Cavo, featuring the same...
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"--
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) 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."--
"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"--
11) Esperanza rising
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Historical Fiction for Kids
Latinx Stories for teens
Historical Fiction for Kids
Latinx Stories for teens
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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.
13) 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) Nappy hair
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Various people at a backyard picnic offer their comments on a young girl's tightly curled, "nappy" hair.
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The story of a group of African American orphans who played in their school's all-girl swing band and after leaving school made "it to the big-time in an era when integrated musical groups were practically unheard of. It wasn't always easy, and it wasn't always safe, but the talented Sweethearts of Rhythm ultimately became an international sensation"--Amazon.com.
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Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Picture Books About Jobs, Occupations, and Labor
Picture Books About Jobs, Occupations, and Labor
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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.