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(0)Sara Palacios
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 830L
Language
English
Description
Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's nearly Christmas in California. María and her little brother, Juan, are headed south to the border with Mexico to visit their grandmother. They are excited to celebrate Las Posadas with her, honoring Mary and Joseph's journey to the inn at Bethlehem. María has knitted Abuela a scarf, and Juan has drawn her a picture. But when Juan's gift won't fit through the tiny spaces in the border fence - barely big enough for little fingers to touch...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Yesenia introduces readers to her favorite food--plátanos--which go with everything, especially love, in this ode to the star of Dominican cuisine"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A party? Oh no! Parties are full of tías with their flashy fashions and boom-and-bellow laughter. It's far too much for Martina! At least with all the noise, no one notices when she slips away. She finds herself in a magical place: a warm, familiar island where she can finally play in peace and quiet. Martina is home at last-- or is she? Lively and magical, this is a fresh retelling of the beloved Caribbean folktale "La Cucaracha Martina."
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Description
Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
Marisol McDonald no combina. Es pelirroja y morena; su ropa es de varios colores; juega a los piratas futbolistas; y le gusta ser única.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
AD 1020L
Language
English
Description
A biography of immigrant scientist Gabriela González, who, armed with modern technology, completed the work that Albert Einstein had begun one hundred years earlier, confirming his theory of gravitational waves and breaking new ground for space-time research.
11) Lola knows a lot
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lola, who knows a lot, worries when her big sister, Charlotte, tells her that everyone at school will know more than she does, but when their mother suggests she list all her areas of expertise, Lola realizes that one important thing she knows is that she is ready to learn more.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
"A unique, spunky, multiracial, bilingual girl plans a one-of-a-kind birthday party and hopes her abuelita (grandma) will be able to come from Peru to join the festivities. Includes an author's note and glossaries"--
A unique, spunky, multiracial, bilingual girl plans a one-of-a-kind birthday party and hopes her abuelita (grandma) will be able to come from Peru to join the festivities. Includes an author's note and glossaries.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
Latin Grammy Award-winning children's musical duo 123 Andrés brings us a bilingual friendship song in board book form!--Amazon.com.
¡Esta canción divertida y vivaz de 123 Andrés, incluida en su album ganador de un Grammy, cobra vida de un modo totalmente nuevo, perfecto para la hora del cuento! Por su parte, Sara Palacios anima esta popular canción con ilustraciones frescas y vibrantes que involucrarán a los pequeños y a sus padres.--Amazon.com....
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Description
"Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, are enjoying a day out at the amusement park and learning more about coding."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 400L
Language
English
Description
Come along and sing with me! Sing along to your child's favorite songs, from "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" to "The Wheels on the Bus," in English and in Spanish! Accompanied by joyful, charming illustrations by Pura Belpré award winner Sara Palacios, this book is for every child who loves to sing, dance, and play.
Author
Publisher
Loqueleo
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Una niña humilde, tímida y callada llegó a convertirse en una gran escritora. ¿Qué tan grande? Fue el primer latinoamericano que recibió el Nobel de Literatura, ¡el premio más importante que se entrega a los autores en todo el mundo!"--Page 4 of cover.
Tells how a humble, timid girl grew up to be the first Latin American writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
AD 750L
Language
English
Description
A scarecrow stood in the garden. Tall, proud, and smiling. Every day a girl brought her favorite books to the garden and she read to him. He heard tales of courage and of hope. And when she said, "The End," the scarecrow always felt a little bit taller and braver. Year after year, she came and she read to him. Until one spring, two different hands picked him up from the garden shed and placed him in the garden. He waited, but she didn't come to read...
20) A song of frutas
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 1240L
Language
English
Description
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
