This book is a bilingual picture book about a little girl who tries to destroy the ugly shoes her mother bought for her on sale. After many failed attempts, she finally learns a valuable lesson in gratitude.
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Poems to Dream Together / Poemas Para Sonar Juntos
A collection of poems in English and Spanish discusses imagination, dreams, family, and growing up in California and in Mexico.
Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita Habla Dos Veces
Pepita, a little girl who can converse in Spanish and English, decides not to “speak twice” until unanticipated problems cause her to think twice about her decision.
Pink Fire Trucks / Los camiones de bomberos de color rosado
Spirited Gladys Elizabeth is at it again! It is career day at school and Gladys Elizabeth boldly announces that she is going to be a firegirl. After a classmate tells her that girls cannot fight fires.
Say Hola to Spanish, Otra Vez
Presents a humorous introduction to Spanish words through illustrations and rhyming text.
Senor Pancho Had a Rancho
The barnyard animals on Old MacDonald’s and Senor Pancho’s farms have a hard time communicating. MacDonald’s rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo! While Senor Pancho’s gallo says quiquirquí. The English-speaking chick says peep, peep, but el pollito says pio, pio. Then the cow says moo and la vaca says mu! Maybe they’re not so different after all! So all the animals come together for a barnyard fiesta, because dancing is a universal language.
Separate Is Never Equal
“Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California”–
The Upside Down Boy / El Niño De Cabeza
The author recalls the year when his farm worker parents settled down in the city so that he could go to school for the first time.
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Why Did We Have To Move Here
A young boy has trouble adjusting to his new home and his new school, until he decides that with a little effort, he can make new friends.
When This World Was New
When his father leads him on a magical trip of discovery through new fallen snow, a young boy who emigrated from his warm island home overcomes fears about living in New York.