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(0)Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lupita is excited about dancing la raspa, a Mexican folk dance, with her first-grade class at a celebration of Children's Day. But she's devastated when she learns right before the show that her partner Ernesto sprained his right ankle. She had been practicing for weeks. And now her family won't get to see her, swishing and swaying in her beautiful dress full of colorful ribbons. Lupita sadly watches the other dancers from backstage behind the blue...
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a violent thunderstorm knocks down the giant mesquite tree in the town square, some of the villagers see it as only worth firewood. The woodcutter, however, sees it as material for carving a beautiful gift for the children of the town.
Cuando una fuerte tormenta tumba el gran árbol de mezquite en la plaza principal, algunos de los vecinos piensan que el árbol sólo es bueno para leña. Sin embargo, el leñador ve su gran valor y piensa...
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Multiple
Description
Seven-year-old Alicia and her parents are enjoying the annual festival celebrating Mexico's independence. There are mariachis strolling across the festival grounds, folkloric dancers twirling in their colorful costumes and brightly colored booths lining the plaza. But the hot day has made Alicia thirsty. Her mother suggests aguas frescas and points to a booth lined with jars of brightly colored fruit juice: there's watermelon, strawberry, mango and...
