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The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit
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Susan Lowell |
Many of the animals that live in the southwestern desert witness the race between slow but steady Tortoise and the quick, overconfident Jackrabbit. |
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Llévame a casa, osito polar!
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Hans De Beer |
When a young polar bear peers inside a train, the little Siberian tiger staring back at him pleads to be taken home. |
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Pájaro verde
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Joe Hayes |
Although her mother and sisters make fun of her decision to marry a green bird, to Mirabel he is a prince and so when her family's jealousy endangers him, she sets out to save his life and their love. |
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Clifford y el dia de pascua
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Norman Bridwell |
Elizabeth dreams about Clifford being different colors after she had colored eggs for Easter and when she wakes up Clifford and Elizabeth hunt eggs. |
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Those mean nasty dirty downright disgusting but-- invisible germs
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Judith Rice |
A little girl, who accumulates germs on her hands during her busy day, defeats them by washing her hands before meals. |
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Listen to the desert =
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Pat Mora |
A bilingual poem which describes some of the sounds of nature in a desert. |
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Always the heart =
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Jim Sagel |
In a small New Mexico town, fourteen-year-old C.M. helps take care of her great-grandmother, who tells stories of her star-crossed life, making C.M. realize that she is not so different from those wh… |
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Curious George
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H. A. Rey,Margret Rey |
George is an African monkey who has come to America with his friend The Man in The Yellow Hat. They get into all sort of trouble in this 1946 Childrens' novel. |
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I love Saturdays y domingos
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Alma Flor Ada |
A young girl enjoys the similarities and the differences between her English-speaking and Spanish-speaking grandparents. |
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The treasure on Gold Street =
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Lee Merrill Byrd |
Denise describes her neighbors on Gold Street, especially Isabel, who is an adult but still plays with the young children and holds her mother's hand to cross the street, just as she has since Denise… |
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Angels ride bikes and other fall poems
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Francisco X. Alarcón |
A bilingual collection of poems in which the renowned Mexican American poet revisits and celebrates his childhood memories of fall in the city and growing up in Los Angeles. |
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My Steps
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Sally Derby |
A young Afro-American girl describes her favorite playground--the front steps of her home on which she and her friends play and experience the changing seasons. |
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Bats =
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Natashya Wilson |
Provides an easy-to-read introduction to the life of bats and their habitat. |
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Bears =
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Natashya Wilson |
Provides an easy-to-read introduction to the life of bears and their habitat. |
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A is for airplane =
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Theresa Howell |
Illustrations and text in both English and Spanish present the twenty-eight letters of the Spanish alphabet. |
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My very own room
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Amada Irma Pérez |
With the help of her family, a resourceful Mexican American girl realizes her dream of having a space of her own to read and to think. |
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Too Many Tamales
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Gary Soto |
Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing. |
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