Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press, University of Houston
Pub. Date
[2013]
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, El Día de los Niños, but just before the performance her partner, Ernesto, sprains his ankle.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After enjoying a blended fruit drink called aguas frescas during a festival celebrating Mexico's independence, seven-year-old Alicia and her mother make their own at home, then invite Alicia's soccer team over to try them.
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Elena sets up a snow cone stand in front of her house, and when her friend Alma sets up a stand of her own, it creates an ever-escalating competition between the two girls to see who can outdo the other.
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul, explores a wide range of ways to be grateful (from gratitude for a puppy to gratitude for family to gratitude for the sky) with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, and Jane Yolen.