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Alicia’s Fruity Drinks • Sofía and the Purple Dress • A Day Without Sugar

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A Day without Sugar/Un día sin azúcar Diana de Anda • Illustrated by Janet Montecalvo Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Piñata Books • 2012 • 32 pages ISBN: 978-1-55885-702-5 Hardcover ($17.95) Ages 5-8 Sofía and the…
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I Love to Eat • I Love to Sleep

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I Love to Eat/J’aime manger/Me encanta comer Written & Illustrated by Amélie Graux Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 •12 pages ISBN: 978-0547848426 Board Book ($9.99) Ages 0-3 I Love to Sleep/J’aime dormir/Me encanta dormir Written…
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The Wild Book

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The Wild Book By Margarita Engle Houghton Mifflin • 2012 • 133 pages ISBN: 978-0-547-58131-6 Hardcover ($16.99) Ages 10-14 A good number of us have had some experience with the topic of this book, so I will share mine: One of my…
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A Mummy in Her Backpack/Una momia en su mochila

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A Mummy in Her Backpack/Una momia en su mochila By James Luna Piñata Books • 2012 • 112 pages ISBN: 978-1-55885-756-8 Trade Paperback ($9.95) Ages 8-12 Fourth-grader Flor returns home from a family trip to Mexico, only to find…
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Why is My Child Afraid of the Police?

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My child is afraid of the police, and this terrifies me. I don’t know how this phobia came about with my 10-year-old daughter. Perhaps it is because she is my third child, and she picks up on a lot of talk from her teenage brothers.…
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Why Bilingual is Better! #BilingualPlus

[Mamiverse's Bilingual Plus is an online channel devoted to bringing parents and educators the bilingual learning tools they need in the form of digital picture books, sing-alongs, and free curriculum-based family activities.] Bilingual…
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Adjusting To Shared Custody After Divorce: Keep in Touch With the Kids

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 After a divorce, adjusting to shared custody of your kids can be very difficult, to say the least. Maybe your children stay with their dad on weekends and major holidays or during their summer vacations. These…
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Being the Parent of a Student Athlete Takes Dedication

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It's taboo to admit, but I'll say it. When my 13 year old son didn't make the soccer team, mixed with feelings of heart-wrenching sadness for my boy who slumped into the car, sweaty and dejected after being cut, was also a sense of selfish…
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When Classroom Discipline Goes Too Far

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Budgets in schools have been cut drastically every year for the past decade or so. These cuts are not unfamiliar to us mamis who try to compensate by donating extra supplies or volunteering to help a student who no longer gets a tutor during…