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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story.
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
David Benda, quien realizaria el ultimo retrato de Sigmund Freud, es el nombre tras el que se esconde un joven y extraordinario pintor. David es judio y vive una intensa pasion con una bella joven vienesa aria , en un momento historico terrible en que esas relaciones son un delito. Los nazis estan a punto de entrar en Austria, y esa invasion sera el preludio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y de una fascinante historia de amor, violencia y resistencia...
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Cuban girl transforms her long and unruly hair into a garden.
One night, while Dalia slept safely wrapped in her mother's cool silken sheets, her hair grew and grew. By the time the rooster crowed, her hair had "grown straight up to the sky, tall and thick as a Cuban royal palm tree." Her mother was amazed, and wondered what her daughter would do with her wondrous hair.
As Dalia looked at the flowers blooming in the garden, an idea sprouted inside...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Un pequeño pueblo ya no tiene suficiente suministro de agua, pero una niña y sus vecinos reciben la ayuda del aguador. Cuando él viene al pueblo, el agua fluye como la esperanza para toda la familia, y todos celebran su llegada.
A girl and her community celebrate the arrival of the water man when he comes on his weekly visit to distribute water to a Cuban village. Includes author's note.