Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela!

Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela! PDF Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807504513
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Book Description
2020 Florida Book Awards, Young Children's Literature category, Silver Award 2021 International Latino Book Awards Bronze medal in The Mariposa Book Awards Best First Book, Children & Youth category STARRED REVIEW! "This gentle family story lets readers know that shyness is nothing to worry about."—Kirkus Reviews starred review Ava's excited to say goodbye to el Año Viejo—but will her shyness keep her from joining in the celebration? Ava Gabriela is visiting her extended family in Colombia for the holidays. She's excited to take part in family traditions such as making bunuelos, but being around all her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes Ava shy and quiet. How will Ava find her voice before she misses out on all the New Year's fun?

Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela!

Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela! PDF Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807504513
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Book Description
2020 Florida Book Awards, Young Children's Literature category, Silver Award 2021 International Latino Book Awards Bronze medal in The Mariposa Book Awards Best First Book, Children & Youth category STARRED REVIEW! "This gentle family story lets readers know that shyness is nothing to worry about."—Kirkus Reviews starred review Ava's excited to say goodbye to el Año Viejo—but will her shyness keep her from joining in the celebration? Ava Gabriela is visiting her extended family in Colombia for the holidays. She's excited to take part in family traditions such as making bunuelos, but being around all her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes Ava shy and quiet. How will Ava find her voice before she misses out on all the New Year's fun?

Multicultural Books for PreK–Grade Three

Multicultural Books for PreK–Grade Three PDF Author: Xiufang Chen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475865848
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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Book Description
This book is a guide for teachers seeking to use multicultural literature in the early grades. It also serves as a valuable resource for classroom teachers who routinely use multicultural literature as part of their practice. In addition, the book is written for both undergraduate and graduate children’s literature and multicultural literature courses as well as for workshops or seminars focusing on teaching preschool to grade 3 children with multicultural books. Starting with exploring that particular culture, each chapter includes a step-by-step guide on how to select and evaluate literature on the culture. The classroom examples then showcase strategies and activities for classroom teachers. Finally, resources provide suggested children’s books and resources for understanding the culture.

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas PDF Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506488889
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
As a hurricane rages around her home, Lupita shelters two baby birds from the storm, hoping their mamà will return soon.

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas PDF Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Beaming Books
ISBN: 1506488897
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Kindness can be shown during even the harshest of storms. Shutters rattled. Wind howled. As a ferocious hurricane descends upon her town, Lupita finds two baby birds who have fallen out of their nest and brings them inside to shelter them from the storm. While Lupita and her family wait out the tempest, she focuses on protecting the palomitas to alleviate her own fears and hopes she can soon reunite them with their mother. Perfect for families living in hurricane-prone states or with children who have storm-related anxieties, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas offers a gentle, soothing story about extending a hand of kindness to others even while facing fears of our own. The book includes Spanish-language vocabulary words and a glossary in the back.

Grow Up, Luchy Zapata

Grow Up, Luchy Zapata PDF Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665935960
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Book Description
When eleven-year-old Luchy's best friend Cami returns from a summer in Colombia and ditches her for the cool kids at school, Luchy is left to figure out who she is and where she belongs.

The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía

The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía PDF Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665917067
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Book Description
“An exceptionally well-crafted story brimming with mythological creatures, captivating characters, and non-stop adventure.” —Christina Diaz Gonzalez, bestselling author of Invisible Encanto meets The Chronicles of Narnia by way of Colombian folklore in this “fast-paced…thrilling” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade fantasy adventure. To save their father’s life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of mythical creatures and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all: the madremonte. Twelve-year-old Valentina wants to focus on drawing the real world around her and hopefully get into art school in Bogotá one day, but Papi has spent his life studying Colombia’s legendary creatures and searching for proof of their existence. So when Papi hears that a patasola—a vampire woman with one leg—has been sighted in the Andes, Valentina and her younger brother Julián get dragged along on another magical creature hunt. While they’re in the Andes, a powerful earthquake hits. Valentina and Julián fall through the earth…and find an alternate Colombia where, to Valentina’s shock, all the legends are real. To get home, Valentina and Julián must make a treacherous journey to reach this land’s ruler: the madremonte, mother and protector of the earth. She controls the only portal back to the human world—but she absolutely hates humans, and she’ll do anything to defend her land.