Pam Muñoz Ryan
Author
Language
English
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Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Pura Belpré Award winners
YS eNewsletter Spotlight: Audio books for the Whole Family
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Pura Belpré Award winners
YS eNewsletter Spotlight: Audio books for the Whole Family
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
2) Echo
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Language
English
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Description
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.
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Language
Español
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Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Author
Series
Tony Baloney volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It is the first day of school for Tony Baloney, the macaroni penguin, and he wants to follow all the class rules, but Tony has a way of finding trouble.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
9) The dreamer
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Language
English
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Description
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
Author
Series
Tony Baloney volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Halloween is coming! This year, Tony Baloney wants to stand out in the crowd at the school Halloween parade. But can he keep his costume intact until the day of the parade?
13) Nacho and Lolita
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water, which the swallows can easily find when returning from their annual migration.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
For Fans of Encanto: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Middle School]
For Fans of Encanto: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Middle School]
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Description
On the eve of her Quinceañera, Princess Solimar discovers that it will take more than magic to save her kingdom and prevent the destruction of the Monarch butterfly.
16) Mañanaland
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
18) Our California
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Takes the reader on an imaginary trip through California while offering information about the history and geography of the major cities and towns.
19) Mice and beans
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2001.
Language
English
Description
In this rhythmic cumulative tale Rosa Maria spends the week getting ready for her granddaughter's birthday party and trying to avoid attracting mice--unaware that the mice in her walls are preparing for a party of their own.
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