Maya Christina Gonzalez
Author
Publisher
Pgw
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
This bilingual picture book is the first that artist Maya Christina Gonzalez has written. Maya, with the help of her bird friends, finds beautiful colors in her desert world. She discovers vibrant purples in Mama‘s flowers, greens in the cactus, hot pink in clouds at sunset, and black in her Papi‘s hair. As young readers follow Maya‘s search for all the colors of the rainbow, they too might ask – where are the colors in my world?
2) Call me tree
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A bilingual poetic tale that follows one child/tree from the depths of Mami/Earth to the heights of the sky, telling a story about being free to grow and be who we are meant to be and honoring our relationship with the natural world"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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Description
As the eldest child and only daughter in a large Mexican-American family, the spirited narrator of this joyful bilingual story longs for a little space to call her own. With the help of her mama and papa, her Tio Pancho, and her five younger brothers, she's able to fix up a small bedroom for herself in a storage closet. And as soon as she has everything just as she wants it, she invites her brothers in so she can read them a story. Brightly colored,...