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Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sisters Rosa and Blanca are so kind, thoughtful, and generous--and such good gardeners--that their Mamá who lives between the two winds up with a great deal of corn, tomatoes, and red hot chiles.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells, in parallel English and Spanish text, the traditional Hispanic American tale of a proud and beautiful woman who, in a fit of jealousy, commits a terrible act and then cannot stop weeping for it, even after she is dead.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of classic tales from New Mexico, including "Pedro and Diablo," "La Hormiguita," "La Llorona," and "Juan Camisón," in both Spanish and English.
Una colección de historias clásicas de Nuevo México, inlcuyendo "Pedro y el Diablo," "La Hormiguita." 'La llorrona," y Juan Camisón".
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of four stories presented in both English and Spanish: "Mariposa, Mariposa," "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oh!" ("Lunes, Martes, Miercoles, Oh!"), "No Way, Jose ("De Ninguna Manera, José!"), and "The Terrible Tragadabas" ("El Terrible Tragadabas")
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arciá and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arciá and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
16) Ghost fever
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the 1950s, fourteen-year-old Elena Padilla and her father move into a haunted house in Duston, Arizona, where only Elena can see and help the ghost of the young girl who died there.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Aunque su madre y sus hermanas se burlan de ella, Mirabel decide casarse con un ave verde. Ella hace todo lo posible para defenderlo contra los celos de la familia.
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.