Bella y la bestia

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By Adrianna Cuevas, author of 2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez comes Con Cuba en el Bolsillo, a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on the author's family history. The Spanish language edition! “I don’t remember. Tell me everything, Pepito. Tell me about Cuba.” When the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 solidifies Castro’s power in Cuba, twelve-year-old Cumba’s family makes the difficult decision to send him to Florida alone. Faced with...

Meet two very different girls. Do they get along? Do they ever share their favorite things? Of course! They are best friends! Conoce a dos niñas diferentes. ¿Cómo se llevan? ¿Comparten sus cosas preferidas? ¡Por supuesto! ¡Son las mejores amigas! ¡Hola, Margaret! Hello, Margarita!

With this Spanish script, students will act out the story of Florence Owens, a migrant worker and widowed mother of seven during the Great Depression. A published photograph of Florence upset her, but she meets with the photographer to discuss her feelings and learns how important her image was in helping migrant workers during that time. This leveled script allows teachers to easily assign roles based on students' reading levels, encouraging everyone to get involved in the same activity. Whether students are struggling or proficient readers, they will all gain confidence in their reading...