Rosa plays her accordion with her friends in the Oak Street Band and earns money to help her mother with expenses while her grandmother is sick.
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction genre
Tu Si Puedes, Gabriela!: Como Puedo Crecer Fuerte Y Sana?
El cuerpo es como un carro, cuanto mejor es la gasolina que le pones, mejor corre.
Gabriela regresa en este entretenido segundo cuento de la Dra. Isabel, creado para ayudar a los más pequeños a prevenir la obesidad y el sobrepeso infantil. El libro incluye consejos útiles para los padres.
Pepita Thinks Pink / Pepita Y El Color Rosado: Pepita Y El Color Rosado (Spanish Edition)
Pepita does not like the color pink and is dismayed to learn that it is the favorite color of the pink little girl who moves in next door.
Quien Es De Aqui: Una Historia De America/ Who Belongs Here?: An American Story (Spanish)
Describes the new life of Nary, a Cambodian refugee, in America, as well as his encounters with prejudice. Includes some general history of U.S. immigration.
Sisters / Hermanas
Compares the lives of two fourteen-year-olds–an illegal immigrant who sells herself on the streets and a suburban princess obsessed with becoming head cheerleader–both trapped in worlds where beauty and youth are pricey commodities.
Stevie (Spanish Edition)
Robert wishes that his house guest Stevie would go away, but when he does Robert realizes how much fun they had together.
Sparky’s Bark/El ladrido de Sparky
When Lucy comes to the United States for the first time, no one can understand her English, not even Sparky. How will Sparky help her? Cuando Lucy viene a los Estados Unidos por primera vez, nadie puede entender su inglés, ni siquiera Sparky. ¿Cómo la ayudará Sparky?
Remembering Grandma / Recordando a Abuela
A poignant bilingual picture book about the death of a grandmother Like most Saturdays, Mr. García’s rooster wakes Lorena much earlier than she wants to wake up. Lorena pulls the covers over her head to block out the day, but she knows she has to get up. Today is no ordinary Saturday. She and her mother will be going to Grandpa’s house. Since Grandma’s recent death, everything has changed for Lorena. Her mother often cries, and Grandpa sits motionless in his chair staring out the window. Though Mamá says Grandma must be in heaven, Lorena misses Grandma, too. She can’t see or touch heaven. Where is Grandma? At Grandpa’s house, Lorena tries to help him stop grieving, but not even Grandma’s miracle words, “sana, sana, colita de rana…” work. How can Lorena help Grandpa? Lorena notices a beatiful carved chest in the corner of the room. When Lorena opens it, she sees a tangle of colors, fabrics, and keepsakes from when Grandma was alive.
Juventud En Extasis
La novela de noviazgo y sexo prematrimonial más importante de la última década.
Hairs/Pelitos
This vignette from Sandra Cisneros’s best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us. Bilingual