Cuckoo
A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.
398.2
year: 2000
copies: 59
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 290
subjects: mayas, indians of mexico, spanish language materials [X], folklore, native americans, bilingual books
Sense Suspense
A concept game presented in both English and Spanish in which young readers will discover what's pictured in the mysterious photographs as well as figure out which senses they are most likely to use as two island youngsters take them on a sunny Caribbean sense-adventure.
152.1
year: 1994
copies: 24
call number/section: 152.1
lexile:
Matilda
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 393
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: schools, humorous stories, school stories, humorous fiction, teachers, family life, spanish language materials [X], video recordings for the hearing impaired, families, children's audiobooks, large type books, girls, spanish language, gifted children, teacher-student relationships, humorous fiction, audiobooks, korean language, revenge
The Yellow House Mystery
The Boxcar children travel to Maine, take canoes into the wilderness and live in a house exactly like the one on Surprise Island, except the Maine house is brown, not yellow.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), canoes and canoeing, orphans, brothers and sisters, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, spanish language materials [X], boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, bilingual books, detective and mystery fiction, families, missing persons, family life, readers (publications), adaptations, family
Just Like Home
A young girl's first sights and experiences in the United States are sometimes familiar "just like home.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: emigration and immigration, spanish language materials [X], home, hispanic americans, immigration and emigration
The Chick That Wouldn't Hatch
Before she hatches from her egg, a baby chick takes quite a trip around the farm--with her mother and other animals in pursuit.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 20
Anastasia Krupnik
Anastasia's tenth year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: family life, large type books, large print books, krupnik, anastasia (fictitious character), krupnik, anastasia (fictional character), adolescence, youth, grandparents, krupnik, anastasia (personaje literario), vida familiar, spanish language materials [X], brother-sister-fiction, spanish language, families
Frida
Illustrations and simple text help chronicle the life of artist Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo, discussing how she learned to paint, how painting saved her life, and why her paintings are so unique.
920
year: 2007
copies: 71
call number/section: 920
lexile: 280
subjects: kahlo, frida, artists, kahlo, frida, painters, biography, women artists, artists, spanish language materials, spanish language, painting, drawing, drawings, painters, spanish language materials [X], spanish language, art, painting, drawing, arabic language, women, picture books for children
Daniel's Pet
A young boy takes good care of his pet chicken, and when she is grown up she gives him a surprise.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 150
Chihuahuas
Simple text and photographs describe Chihuahuas, their growth from puppy to adult, and pet care information.
636.76
year: 2009
copies: 28
call number/section: 636.76
lexile: 460
Friends From The Other Side =
Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaqu?n receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
The Perfect Gift
With the help of her cousin and her older brother, Maria finds the perfect gift to give to her mother on her birthday.
001
year: 2001
copies: 7
call number/section: 001
lexile:
The Tale Of The Lucky Cat
An illustrated retelling of the traditional Japanese folktale in which a toymaker named Tokuzo cares for an injured cat, who returns the toymaker's kindness by saving his life.
398.2
year: 2008
copies: 5
call number/section: 398.2
lexile:
subjects: cats, toymakers, folklore, bilingual books, spanish language materials [X], gatos, materiales biling?es
My Pal, Victor
Illustrations and simple text written in both English and Spanish tell a story about two Latino boys who share a special friendship despite one boy's disability.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: spanish language materials [X], amistad, ni?os impedidos, libros biling?es, friendship, people with disabilities, physically handicapped, bilingual books
The Invisible Hunters
This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.
398.2
year: 1987
copies: 18
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 400
subjects: mosquito indians, indians of central america, spanish language materials [X], miskitos, indios de nicaragua, libros biling?es, bilingual books, native americans, indians of north america, indians of north america $v folklore