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Gracias/Thanks
Bilingual Books, Books, Life
Gracias/Thanks
By Pat Mora • Illustrated by John Parra
Translated by Adriana Domínguez
Lee and Low Books • 2009 • 32 pages
Hardcover ($17.95)
ISBN: 978-1600602580
Ages 4-8
From the moment one picks up Gracias/Thanks, it becomes…
Children’s Literacy is Affected by Parents’ Interest in Reading
Honor Roll, School
There’s just no way around it: Your child’s literacy skills can make or break his academic performance. As we’ve reported before, if your child can’t read, write, or comprehend what he is reading, it has an impact on virtually every…
Read, Recycle, Repeat: Books to Help Get Kids to Recycle for America Recycles Day
Book News & Features, Books, Life
America Recycles Day began in 1997 and every year since then, November 15 has been the nationally recognized day to encourage recycling. Of course we need more than one day out of the year to take care of our planet, but American Recycles…
The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Books, Life, Picture Books
The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe
By Pat Mora • Illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher
Knopf. 2012 • 40 pages
Hardcover ($16.99)
ISBN: 978-0-375-86838-2
Ages 5-8
The story of the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe…
Wonder
Books, Life, Middle Grade Books
Wonder
By R.J. Palacio
Knopf • 2012 • 320 pages
Hardcover ($15.99)
ISBN: 978-0-375-86902-0
Ages 10 and up
August Pullman, better known as Auggie, is about to start 5th grade in a new school. Up until now, he had been homeschooled…
Little Pim: Numbers • Little Pim: Animals
Bilingual Books, Books, Life
Little Pim: Numbers
Written & Illustrated by Julia Pimsleur Levine
Abrams Appleseed • 2012 • 10 pages
Boardbook ($8.95)
ISBN: 978-1-4197-0321-8
Ages 2-5
Little Pim: Animals
Written & Illustrated by Julia Pimsleur Levine
Abrams…
10 Sexy Books for Women to Lust Over
Entertainment, Life
With millions of women grabbing up copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, it’s as though E.L. James, a half-Chilean, married mami, invented the literary genre of women’s erotica. But consider these other sexy offerings, many of them penned by…
How to Help Your Kids Love Reading!
Honor Roll, School
Helping your kids love reading is of paramount importance. Children who read a lot often experience greater academic success, can better articulate what they feel, have greater compassion, develop a broader sense of the world, and exhibit…
Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead
Books, Life, Picture Books
Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead
By Judy Goldman • Illustrated by René King Moreno
Boyds Mill Press • 2008 • 32 pages
Hardcover ($16.95)
ISBN 978-1-59078-425-9
Ages 7-9
Every year, Lupita and her aging Uncle Urbano wait…