Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
"The first time Abuela held Niña, her heart overflowed with tenderness. And as Niña grows up, she and Abuela have a lot of fun doing simple things. Abuela decides that she wants to buy Niña a special treat, so she saves a little bit of her money every week. But then something terrible happens, and Abuela's dream of a surprise for Niña seems impossible. Luckily, the time they spend together and the love they have for each other are the best gifts...
2) A new home
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Moving to a new city can be exciting. But what if your new home isn't anything at all like your old home? Will you make friends? What will you eat? Where will you play? In a shared voice, a boy moving from New York City to Mexico City and a girl moving from Mexico City to New York City express their fears about leaving home to live in a new and unfamiliar place. Tania de Regil offers a heart-warming story about finding home wherever you go.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When Neil arrives in Mexico City to partake in the Battle of the Chefs, he learns that Isabella has been kidnapped and it will take a dose of Aztec history and knowledge of buried ruins to find her before time runs out.
Author
Publication Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
Spanish
Description
En una primera visita sin sus papás a la casa de su abuela en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, una niña descubre lo que hace que la abuela tan especial.
On a first solo visit to her grandmother's home outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Publication Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
Spanish
Description
When Lizzie and Gael share an irresistible challenge, to find the peacock ring that once belonged to artist Frida Kahlo, Paloma decides it is the perfect way to honor her father.
7) Lola
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Determined to save her brother from the Darkness that plagues their home, ten-year-old Lola follows mythical chaneques into a secret world where she seeks help from the queen.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. Or that she can see the future--and knows when Julia is about to fall off her bike. Or how she can journey...
10) Un nuevo hogar
Author
Publication Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
Spanish
Description
"Espero que las cosas no sean tan diferentes en mi nueva ciudad."--Back cover.
Moving to a new city can be exciting. But what if your new home isn't anything at all like your old home? Will you make friends? What will you eat? Where will you play? In a shared voice, a boy moving from New York City to Mexico City and a girl moving from Mexico City to New York City express their fears about leaving home to live in a new and unfamiliar place. Tania...