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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 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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Sisterhood of the Books: A Female Bonding Book Club

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This fall marks the 10-year anniversary of a monthly book club that I’ve taken part in with a dozen women in my Texas hometown. We often arrive in outlandish costumes—to reflect book characters—and dine and dish on our latest monthly…
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Books That Help Kids Transition to Back-to-School

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With the school year fast approaching, along with all the first day jitters, kids can feel very anxious about starting a new grade, making new friends and having a new teacher. I know this first-hand, both as a mom and an elementary school…
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Author Reyna Grande's Harrowing Immigrant Past

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When author Reyna Grande’s 9-year-old son whined about walking to the local YMCA in their hometown of Whittier, California, she reminded him how lucky he and his sister were. “I ran across the U.S./Mexico border when I was your age,”…
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Love Rehearsals: A Quinceañera Tale

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Excerpted from Fifteen Candles 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceañera Stories, edited by Adriana Lopez. Love rehearsals, a quinceañera tale.  In some ways, Cynthia’s quince was the closest thing to a quince…
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5 Must-Read Children's Books about Food

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What’s better than helping mom follow a recipe in the kitchen? According to my kids, it’s reading stories about food. I love how food related tales inspire them to rush to the kitchen to try to prepare it themselves. Though they still…
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Best-Selling WONDER Author on Being a Mom and Kindness

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This is how August Pullman, the main character in R.J. Palacio’s best-selling middle grade novel WONDER, describes himself on the first page of the book: “I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse….” You…