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A

Book Cover Action English pictures

Text by Maxine Frauman-Prickel; illustrations by Noriko Takahashi.
Burlingame, Calif.: Alta Book Center, 1999.
Call Number: LB1576 .F723 1999 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover The adventures of Connie and Diego = Las aventuras de Connie y Diego

Written by/ escrito por Maria Garcia; ilustrado by/ ilustrado por Malaquias Montoya; translated into Spanish by Alma Flor Ada.
Emeryville, Calif. : Children's Book Press/Libros para ninos, 1994.
Summary: Tired of being laughed at because they are different, a pair of multicolored twins run away to ask the animals where they really belong.
Call Number: ForLang. Fic. G2157a (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover All the colors we are: the story of how we get our skin color = Todos los colores de nuestra piel: la historia de por que tenemos diferentes colores de piel

Katie Kissinger; photographs by/ fotografias de Wernher Krutein.
St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press, 1994.
Call Number: ForLang. 612.79 K61a  (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The American flag

By Lloyd G. Douglas.
New York: Children's Press, 2003.
Call Number: ForLang. 929.92 D734a (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover American symbols

Keller, TX: Big Books by George, 2003.
Call Number: 973 A512 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Angel's kite = La estrella de Angel

Story by/ escrito por Alberto Blanco; pictures by/ ilustrado por Rodolfo Morales; English translation by/ traducido al ingles por Dan Bellm.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 1994.
Summary: A young boy makes a kite that mysteriously restores a long-missing bell to the town church. Ever since the church bell disappeared, life in Angel's town just hasn't been the same. People have gotten used to it, but Angel, the young kite maker, can't forget. The bilingual (English/Spanish) story of how a young kite maker mysteriously brings back the missing church bell to his beloved town. Full-color illustrations.
Call Number: ForLang. Fic. B6415a (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Antonio's card = La tarjeta de Antonio

Story/ cuento Rigoberto Gonzalez; illustrations/ ilustraciones Cecilia Concepcion Alvarez.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 2005.
Summary: With Mother's Day coming, Antonio finds he has to decide about what is important to him when his classmates make fun of the unusual appearance of his mother's partner, Leslie.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. G643a (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover At home = En casa

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, 2001.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B3684at (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





B

Book Cover Balancing reading & language learning: a resource for teaching English language learners, K-5

Mary Cappellini.
Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers; Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, 2005.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 C344 2005 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Balloons: English through play

Mario Herrera, Barbara Hojel.
White Plains, NY: Pearson Education, Addison Wesley Longman, 2001.
Contains: Student book 1; Teacher's ed. 1; Audio CD 1;
Student book 2; Teacher's ed. 2; Audio CD 2;
Student book 3; Teacher's ed. 3; Audio CD 3;
Call Number: PE1128.A2 H477 2001 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover La bella durmiente = Sleeping Beauty

Adaptacion/ adaptation Luz Orihuela; ilustraciones/ illustrations Jordi Vila Delclos.
New York, NY: Scholastic Inc., 2006.
Summary: A beautiful princess is put into a deep sleep by a curse until she is awakened by a brave prince.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.21 O69b (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Bilingual pre-writing practice pages: 40 irresistible picture pages that help children develop the fine motor skills they need for hadwriting success

New York: Scholastic, 2005.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B595 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Brother Anansi and the cattle ranch = El hermano Anansi y el rancho de ganado

Told by/ contado por James de Sauza; adapted by/ adaptado por Harriet Rohmer; illustrations by/ illustraciones por Stephen Von Mason; version in Spanish/ version en espanol Rosalma Zubizarretta.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 1989.
Summary: A bilingual folk tale in which Brother Anansi persuades Brother Tiger to go into the cattle-raising business.
Call Number
: ForLang. 398.2 D442b (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Celebrations: holidays of the United States of America and Mexico = Celebraciones, dias feriados de los Estados Unidos y Mexico

Nancy Maria Grande Tabor.
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2004.
Call Number: ForLang. 394.26 T114c Call Number (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover A child's first Bible = La primera biblia del nino: an English-Spanish bible book

Sally Lloyd-Jones.
Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Children's Books, 2003.
Call Number: ForLang. 220 J79c (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Cinderella = Cenicienta

Charles Perrault; adaptation by Francesc Boada; illustrated by Monse Fransoy.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 B662c (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Classroom strategies for the English language learner: a practical guide for accelerating language and literacy development

By Socorro Herrera.
Manhattan, Kan.: MASTER Teacher, 2001.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 H467 2001 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Clothes = La ropa

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1996.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B3684c (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Colors = Los colores

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1996.
Call Number: ForLang. 535.6 B369c (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Comprehension strategies for English language learners

Margaret Bouchard.
New York, NY: Scholastic, 2005.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 B63 2005 (3rd FL--FML)





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Book Cover Diccionario escolar enfocado: ciencias

San Antonio : DEG, 2003.
Contains: 4 vols.: v. 1 Grado K -- v.2 Grado 1 -- v. 3 Grados 2 y 3 -- v.4 Grados 4 y 5.
Call Number: ForLang. 503 D545 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Diccionario escolar enfocado: estudios sociales

San Antonio: DEG, 2003.
Contains: 4 vols.: v. 1 Grado K -- v.2 Grado 1 -- v. 3 Grados 2 y 3 -- v.4 Grados 4 y 5.
Call Number: ForLang. 300 D545 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Diccionario escolar enfocado: lectura

San Antonio : DEG, 2003.
Contains: 4 vols.: v. 1 Grado K -- v.2 Grado 1 -- v. 3 Grados 2 y 3 -- v.4 Grados 4 y 5.
Call Number: ForLang. 463.21 D545 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Diccionario escolar enfocado: matematicas

San Antonio : DEG, 2003.
Contains: 4 vols.: v. 1 Grado K -- v.2 Grado 1 -- v. 3 Grados 2 y 3 -- v.4 Grados 4 y 5.
Call Number: ForLang. 510 D545 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Drum, Chavi, drum! = Toca, Chavi, toca!

Story/ cuento Mayra L. Dole; illustrations/ illustraciones Tonel.
San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2003.
Summary: Chavi's music teacher believes that only boys should play drums in Miami's Festival de la Calle Ocho, but Chavi knows she is a good musician and looks for a way to prove it.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. D663d (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Easy & engaging ESL activities and mini-books for every classroom: terrific teaching tips, games, mini-books & more to help new students from every nation build basic English vocabulary and feel welcome

By Kama Einhorn.
New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 2001.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 E36 2001 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Effective schooling for English language learners: what elementary principals should know and do

Patricia Smiley, Trudy Salsberry.
Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, 2007.
Call Number: LC3725 .S64 2007 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover English language learners at school: a guide for administrators

Edited by Else Hamayan and Rebecca Freeman.
Philadelphia, Pa.: Caslon Pub., 2006.
Summary: "A practical handbook for administrators of schools serving ELLs; experts answer administrators' questions with 72 research-based responses on policy and accountability, parents and community, learning in two languages, program development, implementation and evaluation, classroom instruction and assessment, professional development, and advocacy; includes self-surveys to guide program implementation."
Call Number: PE1128.A2 E487 2006 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Esconde y habla ingles

Catherine Bruzzone y Susan Martineau; ilustraciones de Louise Comfort.
Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2003.
Summary: Hide & Speak is an "interactive" picture word book. Using special flaps and the tried-and-tested method of "look, cover, and say," it offers a simple but effective way for children to learn over 130 useful words in English.
Call Number: ForLang. 428.2 B914e (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover ESL reading and spelling: games, puzzles, and inventive exercises

By Imogene Forte and Mary Ann Pangle.
Nashville, Tenn.: Incentive Publications, 2001.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 F67 2001 (3rd FL--FML)



Book Cover ESL teacher's holiday activities kit

Elizabeth Claire; illustrated by Daniel Shelton.
West Nyack, N.Y.: Center for Applied Research in Education, 1990.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 C518 1990 (3rd FL--FML)





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Book Cover Family = La familia

Illustrated by/ illustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1996.
Call Number
: ForLang. 306.85 B369f (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Fifty strategies for teaching English language learners

Adrienne L. Herrell, Michael Jordan.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 H467 2008 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover First thousand words in English

Heather Amery; illustrated by Stephen Cartwright.
London: Usborne; Tulsa, Okla., USA: EDC Pub., [2002?]
Summary: Collects 1000 words and accompanying pictures from the English language, having to do with the home, street, zoo, and store.
Call Number: 428.1 A512F2 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The 5 components of reading development : a classroom teacher's guide to scaffolding reading instruction for ELL students

By Socorro Herrera, Della Perez, and Shabina Kavimandan.
Manhattan, KS: MASTER Teacher, 2006.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 H478 2006 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover The five crayons = Los cinco crayones

Ilustrado por Chris Demarest.
New York : Berlitz, 2006.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. D372c (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Fluency through TPR storytelling: achieving real language acquisition in school

Blaine Ray & Contee Seely.
Berkeley, CA: Command Performance Language Institute, 2004.
Call Number: P53.78 .R39 2004 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Food = La comida

Illustrated by/ illustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 2003.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B3684f (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Friends from the other side = Amigos del otro lado

Story by Gloria Anzaldua; pictures by Consuelo Mendez.
San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1993.
Summary: Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquin receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl.
Call Number: ForLang. Fic. A637f (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Getting started with English language learners: how educators can meet the challenge

Judie Haynes.
Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007.
Call Number: LC3725 .H39 2007 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover The gift of the poinsettia = El regalo de la flor de nochebuena

Pat Mora and Charles Ramirez Berg; art by Daniel Lechon.
Houston, Tex.: Pin~ata Books, 1995.
Summary: As he participates in the festivities of Las Posadas, preparing for the birth of Christ, a young Mexican boy worries about what gift he will have for the baby Jesus.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. M827g (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Hands-on phonics activities for elementary children

Karen Meyers Stangl; illustrations by Deborah C. Wright.
San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000.
Call Number: LB1573.3 .S725 2000 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover The harvest birds = Los pajaros de la cosecha

Story by/ escrito por Blanca Lopez de Mariscal; pictures by/ ilustrado por Enrique Flores.
San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press, 1995.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 L864h (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover A how-to guide for teaching English language learners: in the primary classroom

Pat Barrett Dragan.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 B314 2005 (3rd FL--FML)





I

Book Cover I am America

Charles R. Smith, Jr. New York: Scholastic, 2003.
Call Number: 305.23 S644i (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)






Book Cover Ingles: diccionario ilustrado

Singapore: Berlitz Pub/APA Publications, 2004.
Call Number: ForLang. 423.61 I51 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)






Book Cover Isabel Allende: recuerdos para un cuento = Isabel Allende: memories for a story

Por/ by Raquel Benatar; ilustrado por/ illustrated by Fernando Molinari; traducido al/ translated into English by Patricia Petersen.
Houston, Tex.: Pinata Books, Arte Publico Press, 2003.
Summary: A simple description of the childhood and youth of the Chilean author Isabel Allende.
Call Number: ForLang. 92 A432b (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





J

Book Cover Jack and the beanstalk = Juan y los frijoles magicos

Adaptation by Francesc Bofill; illustrations by Arnal Ballester.
San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, 1998.
Summary: A retelling of the classic story of the boy who climbs a beanstalk and outwits a giant.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 B673j (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





L

Book Cover Ladybugs, tornadoes, and swirling galaxies: English language learners discover their world through inquiry

Brad Buhrow and Anne Upczak Garcia.
Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 2006.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 B76 2006 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Learning another language through actions

By James J. Asher; with classroom-tested lessons by Carol Adamski.
Los Gatos, Calif.: Sky Oaks Productions, 2003.
Call Number: PB36 .A844 2003 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover La lechera = The milkmaid

Adaptacion, Luz Orihuela; ilustraciones/ illustrations Mabel Pierola; traduccion/ translation Esther Sarfatti.
New York: Scholastic, 2005.
Summary: An adaptation of Aesop's fable about a milkmaid who carries a pail of milk to market daydreaming about the things she will do with the money from the sale of the milk.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 O69L (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The Liberty Bell

By Lloyd G. Douglas.
New York: Children's Press, 2003.
Summary: Uses easy-to-read text to introduce the Liberty Bell as an American symbol.
Call Number: 974.8 D734L (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The Little mermaid = La sirenita

Adaptation by Oriol Izquierdo; illustrated by Max.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003.
Summary: A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win a prince's love and earn an immortal soul for herself.
Call Number: ForLang. Fic. I98L (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Little Red Riding Hood = Caperucita roja

By the Brothers Grimm; illustrated by Pau Estrada.
San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, 1999.
Summary: A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 R848L (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The lizard and the sun = La lagartija y el sol

Alma Flor Ada; illustrated by/ ilustrado por Felipe Davalos; translated by/ traducido por Rosalma Zubizarreta.
New York, N.Y.: Dragonfly Books, 1999.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 A191L (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Luna Lunita Lunera = Moony Luna

Story, Jorge Argueta; illustrations, Elizabeth Gomez.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press/Editorial Libros para Ninos: Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2005.
Summary: Five-year old Luna doesn't want to go to school, but when her parents assure her that she will have a wonderful time playing and learning, she decides to give it a try.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. A694m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





M

Book Cover Magic dogs of the volcanoes = Los perros magicos de los volcanes

Story by Manlio Argueta; pictures by Elly Simmons; English translation by Stacey Ross.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 1990.
Summary: When the magic dogs who live on the volcanoes of El Salvador and protect the villagers from harm are pursued by wicked lead soldiers, they are aided by two ancient volcanoes.
Call Number
: ForLang. Fic. A6943m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Making sense: small-group comprehension lessons for English language learners K-8

Juli Kendall & Outey Khuon.
Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 2005.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 K415 2005 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Mathematics for new speakers of English: a supplemental text for beginning ELD students

Irvine, CA: Saddleback Publishing, 2005.
Call Number: 510 M426 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Matt the Rat fights back = Raton Mateo se defiende

By/ por Lorenzo Liberto; illustrated by/ ilustrado por Irving Torres; translator, traductora Rocio Gomez.
Las Cruces, N.M.: Harvest Sun Press, 2005.
Summary: After spending the summer eating junk food and staying indoors, Matt the Rat discovers that he is out of shape when school begins again, but with the help of friends and family, Matt learns the value of a healthy diet and exercise.
Call Number
: ForLang. Easy. L695mf (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Matt the Rat's incredible creations = Las creaciones increibles de Raton Mateo

By/ por Lorenzo Liberto; illustrated by/ ilustrado por Irving Torres; translator, traductora Rocio Gomez.
Las Cruces, N.M.: Harvest Sun Press, 2004.
Summary: When their old television set finally breaks, Matt and Maggie do not know what to do until Grandmother advises them to invent things that will keep them from being bored.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. L695mi (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Los meros meros remateros = Grandma and me at the flea

Story by Juan Felipe Herrera; illustrations by Anita de Lucio-Brock.
San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2002.
Summary: Juanito accompanies his grandmother to a flea market in southern California, where he helps her and the other vendors and where they enjoy seeing old friends from their Mexican-American community.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. H564g (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Miracle of the poinsettia: a retelling = Milagro de la flor de Nochebuena: un cuento

By/ de Brian Cavanaugh; with Spanish translation by/ traduccion al espanol de Carmen Lopez-Platek; illustrations by/ illustraciones de Dennis Rockhill.
New York : Paulist Press, 2001.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 C377m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Mis colores, mi mundo = My colors, my world

Maya Christina Gonzalez.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 2007.
Summary: Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. G6426m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The missing cat = La gata perdida

Ilustrado por Chris Demarest.
New York: Berlitz, 2006.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. D372m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Monumental America

Keller, TX: Big Books by George, 2004.
Call Number: 973 M815 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)






Book Cover Monumentos de los Estados Unidos de America

Keller, TX: Big Books by George, 2004.
Call Number: ForLang. 973 M816 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)






Book Cover Mr. Sugar came to town = La visita del Sr. Azucar

Adapted by/ adaptado por Harriet Rohmer & Cruz Gomez from a puppet play by Cruz Gomez; illustrations by/ ilustraciones por Enrique Chagoya; version in Spanish/ version en espanol Rosalma Zubizarreta.
Summary: Mr. Sugar uses his truck of sweet goodies to lure Alicia and Alfredo away from nutritious foods, but Grandma Lupe is not fooled by him.
Call Number: ForLang. Fic. R738m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover My first bilingual little readers: for guided reading, Level A

By Deborah Schecter.
New York: Scholastic, 2005.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. S314ma (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover My first bilingual little readers: for guided reading, Level B

By Liza Charlesworth.
New York: Scholastic, 2007.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. C4774mb (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover My first bilingual little readers: for guided reading, Level C

By Liza Charlesworth.
New York: Scholastic, 2007.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. C4774mc (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover My first book of proverbs = Mi primer libro de dichos

Ralfka Gonzalez, Ana Ruiz; introduction by Sandra Cisneros.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 1995.
Summary: Humorous contemporary illustrations of traditional Mexican American proverbs, which appear in both English and Spanish.
Call Number
: ForLang. 398.9 G643m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover My first Spanish Bible board book = Mi primer libro de la Biblia

Editor, Nicola Deschamps.
London; New York: Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2005.
Summary: A colorful first Bible book covering everything from the animals of the Ark to Bible foods and clothing.
Call Number: ForLang. 220 M995 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover My first Spanish Christmas board book = Mi primer libro de la Navidad

Editor, Elizabeth Hester.
New York: DK Pub., 2003.
Summary: A word-and-picture book about Christmas to help children develop essential vocabulary.
Call Number
: 394.26 M995 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover My name is Gabriela: the life of Gabriela Mistral = Me llamo Gabriela: la vida de Gabriela Mistral

By Monica Brown; illustrated by John Parra.
Flagstaff, Ariz.: Luna Rising, 2005.
Summary: Gabriela Mistral loved words, sounds and stories. Born in Chile, she would grow to become the first Nobel Prize-winning Latina woman in the world. As a poet and a teacher, she inspired children across many countries to let their voices be heard.
Call Number: ForLang. 92 M678b (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Nana's big surprise = Nana, que sorpresa!

Story/ cuento Amada Irma Perez; illustrations/ ilustraciones Maya Christina Gonzalez; spanish translation, Consuelo Hernandez.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 2007.
Summary: Amada and her family build a chicken coop, hoping that her grandmother, visiting from Mexico, will enjoy raising the chickens and be distracted from her grief at Grandfather's death.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. P438n (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover La Nochebuena south of the border

Written and illustrated by James Rice; translated by Ana Smith.
Summary: In this bilingual version of "The Night before Christmas," Santa has become Papa Noel and his reindeer have been replaced with eight burros pulling a cart.
Call Number: ForLang. 811.54 R496n (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Numbers = Los numeros

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1996.
Call Number: ForLang. 513.2 B369n (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





O

Book Cover Opposites = Los contrarios

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1996.
Call Number: ForLang. 463 B369o (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover O, say can you see?: America's symbols, landmarks, and inspiring words

Sheila Keenan; illustrated by Ann Boyajian.
New York: Scholastic Nonfiction, 2007.
Summary: Reveals the stories behind the many symbols, landmarks, and documents that have shaped American history, including Plymouth Rock, the White House, Ellis Island, the flag, Uncle Sam, the National Anthem, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Call Number: 973 K26o (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Un paseo por el bosque lluvioso = A walk in the rainforest

Escrito e ilustrado por Kristin Joy Pratt; traducido por Clarita Kohen.
Nevada City, CA: DAWN Publications, 1995.
Call Number: ForLang. 577.34 P917w (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Peter Claver, patron saint of slaves = Pedro Claver, santo patrono de los esclavos

By Julia Durango; llustrations by Rebecca Garcia-Franco.
New York: Paulist Press, 2002.
Summary: An introduction to the life of Saint Pedro Claver, a seventeenth century Jesuit priest who spent his life caring for slaves in Colombia and working for their freedom.
Call Number: ForLang. 92 C617d (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Platero y yo = Platero and I

By Juan Ramon Jimenez; selected, translated, and adapted from the Spanish by Myra Cohn Livingston and Joseph F. Dominguez; illustrations by Antonio Frasconi.
New York: Clarion Books, 1994.
Summary: Presents a picture of life in the town of Moguer, in Andalusia, Spain, as seen through the eyes of a wandering poet and his faithful donkey.
Call Number: ForLang. 863 L787p (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Play 'n talk: communicative games for elementary and middle school ESL/EFL

Gordana Petricic.
Brattleboro, Vt.: Pro Lingua Associates, 1997.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 P47 1997 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover The pledge of allegiance

By Lloyd G. Douglas.
New York: Children's Press, 2003.
Summary: Introduces the Pledge of Allegiance as an American symbol in easy-to-read text.
Call Number: 323.65 D734p (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Practice makes perfect = La practica hace al maestro

By/ por Lorenzo Liberto; illustrated by/ ilustrado por Irving Torres; translator/ traductora Rocio Gomez.
Las Cruces, N.M.: Harvest Sun Press, 2004.
Summary: Matt and Maggie's friend Fergo the gopher wants to be a circus juggler so much that he never stops practicing, and he finally gets a chance to demonstrate what he can do.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. L695p (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The princess and the pea = La princesa y el guisante

Adaptation by Francesc Boada; illustrated by Pau Estrada.
San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, 2004.
Summary: By feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds, a girl proves that she is a real princess.
Call Number
: ForLang. Easy. B662p (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Puss in boots = El gato con botas

Adaptation by Francesc Boada; illustrated by Jose Luis Merino.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004.
Summary: A clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 B662g (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Ready-to-use ESL activities for every month of the school year

Carol A. Josel; illustrated by Carol and Gavrielle Josel.
Paramus, N.J.: Center for Applied Research in Education, 2002.
Summary: Provides more than 200 student worksheets and teacher-directed activities to help elementary students learn English as a second language.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 J65 2002 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Research-based methods of reading instruction for English language learners, grades K-4

Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Sharon Vaughn.
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007.
Call Number: LB1525 .V337 2007 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Richard Scarry's best counting book ever = El mejor libro para contar de Richard Scarry

By Richard Scarry.
Flagstaff, Ariz.: Luna Rising, 2004.
Summary: Introduces the numbers and counting from one to one hundred as Willy Bunny counts all the things he sees in one day.
Call Number: ForLang. 513.211 S286b (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Richard Scarry's best word book ever = El mejor libro de palabras de Richard Scarry

By Richard Scarry.
Flagstaff, Ariz.: Luna Rising, 2004.
Summary: Uses pictures and stories about animals to help children learn words in both English and Spanish.
Call Number: ForLang. 468.1 S286b (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover Save the planet = Salva el planeta

By/ por Lorenzo Liberto; illustrated by/ ilustrado por Irving Torres; translator/ traductora Rocio Gomez.
Las Cruces, N.M.: Harvest Sun Press, 2005.
Summary: The Magic Cloud teaches Matt and Maggie about air pollution, the greenhouse effect, and other environmental problems people cause, giving them ideas for how they can make a difference, such as conserving energy at home and planting trees.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. L695s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Scholastic children's thesaurus

John K. Bollard; illustrated by Mike Reed. New York: Scholastic Reference, 2006.
Call Number: 423 B691s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Scholastic dictionary of idioms

Marvin Terban.
New York: Scholastic, 2006.
Summary: An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins. Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms "as easy as pie" with the revised Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms. Explanations for, and origins of, more than 700 everyday American idioms, complete with kid-friendly sample sentences. The entries are amusing as well as educational. Alphabetical listing and cross-referencing index makes finding idioms a "piece of cake."
Call Number: 423 T315s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Scholastic first dictionary

Judith S. Levey.
New York: Scholastic Reference, 2006.
Call Number: 423 L663s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Scholastic first dictionary: activity book

By Lorraine Hopping Egan.
New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Professional Books, 2002.
Summary: Make learning dictionary skills fun! Kid-pleasing activities such as Word Rally Games, Word Train Puzzles, and more will get kids alphabetizing, using guide words and pronunciation keys, and learning about prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Perfect for individual or small-group work.
Call Number: 423 L6632s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Shh! we're writing the Constitution [sound recording]

Book by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
Weston, CT : Weston Woods Studios, 2004.
Summary: A history of the writing of the Constitution of the United States of America. 2 CD disks.
Call Number: CDisc. 342.73 F919s2 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Simbolos nacionales

Keller, Tex.: Big Books by George, 2003.
Call Number: ForLang. 973 S663 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Soledad sigh-sighs = Soledad suspiros

Story/ cuento Rigoberto Gonzalez; illustrations/ ilustraciones Rosa Ibarra; translation/ traduccion Jorge Argueta.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 2003.
Summary: Soledad's friends help her discover the many things that she can do to entertain herself when she is alone in her apartment.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. G643s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Soy respetuoso = I am respectful

De/ by Sarah L. Schuette; traduccion/ translation Martin Luis Guzman Ferrer.
Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2004.
Summary: Simple text and photographs show various ways children can be respectful.
Call Number: ForLang. 179.9 S385re (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Soy responsable = I am responsible

De/ by Sarah L. Schuette; traduccion/ translation Martin Luis Guzman Ferrer.
Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2004.
Summary: Simple text and photographs show various ways children can be responsible.
Call Number: ForLang. 179.9 S385ro (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Special education considerations for English language learners: delivering a continuum of services

Else Hamayan.
Philadelphia: Caslon Pub., 2007.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 H88 2007 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover The spirit of Tio Fernando: a Day of the Dead story = El espiritu de tio Fernando: una historia del Dia de los Muertos

Janice Levy; illustrated by/ ilustrado por Morella Fuenmayor; Spanish translation by/ traducido al espanol por Teresa Mlawer.
Morton Grove, Ill. : A. Whitman, 1995.
Summary: As he prepares to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a young boy remembers all the things he liked about his favorite uncle.
Call Number: ForLang. Fic. L6682s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The Statue of Liberty

By Lloyd G. Douglas.
New York: Children's Press, 2003.
Summary: Uses easy-to-read text to introduce the Statue of Liberty as an American symbol of freedom.
Call Number: 974.7 D734s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The story of colors = La historia de los colores

By Subcomandante Marcos; illustrated by Domitila Dominguez; translated by Anne Bar Din.
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 1999.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 M321h (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The story road to literacy

Rita Roth.
Westport, CT: Teacher Ideas Press, 2006.
Call Number: LB1576 .R754 2006 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Super Cilantro Girl = La Supernina del Cilantro

Story/ cuento Juan Felipe Herrera; illustrations/ ilustraciones Honorio Robledo Tapia.
San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press; Berkeley, Calif.: Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2003.
Summary: Eight-year-old Esmeralda is transformed into a superhero and flies off to rescue her mother, who visited Mexico without her green-card and is not being permitted to return to the United States.
Call Number: ForLang. Fic. H565s (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover The three little pigs = Los tres cerditos

Adaptation by Merce Escardo i Bas; illustrated by Pere Joan.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2006.
Summary: When three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes, they encounter a threatening wolf.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.24 E74t (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Thumbelina = Pulgarcita

Adaptation by Caterina Valriu; illustrated by Max.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004.
Summary: The adventures of a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb and her many animal friends.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 V213p (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Toca y aprende crias = touch and feel baby animals: a bilingual book.

New York, NY: DK Pub., 2004.
Summary: Discover the textures of some adorable animals.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. T632 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Toca y aprende gatito = Touch and feel kitten: a Spanish/ English word book.
New York, NY: DK Pub., 2003.

Summary: In this illustrated book for children, the photos of kittens incorporate different textures that the readers can touch.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. T631 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Toys = Los juguetes

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, 2003.
Summary: Colorful and cuddly teddy bears teach new words to very young children in English and in Spanish.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B3684t (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Transportation = El transporte

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, 2002.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B3684tr (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The treasure on Gold Street = El tesoro en la Calle Oro: a neighborhood story in English and Spanish

By Lee Merrill Byrd; illustrations by Antonio Castro L.; translated by Sharon Franco.
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2003.
Summary: Denise describes her neighbors on Gold Street, especially Isabel, who is an adult but still plays with the young children and holds her mother's hand to cross the street, just as she has since Denise's mother was small.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B9944t (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover The ugly duckling = El patito feo

Adaptation by Merce Escardoi Bas; illustrated by Max.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004.
Summary: An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
Call Number: ForLang. 398.2 E74a (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The upside down boy = El nino de cabeza

Story by/ escrito por Juan Felipe Herrera; illustrations by/ ilustrado por Elizabeth Gomez.
San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2000.
Summary: The author recalls the year when his farm worker parents settled down in the city so that he could go to school for the first time.
Call Number: ForLang. 92 H565h (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





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Book Cover A visit to grandma = Una visita a la abuelita

Illustrado por Chris Demarest.
New York: Berlitz Pub. Co., 2006.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. D372v (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Vocabulary building bilingual mini-books: 15 picture dictionaries of Spanish-English cognates that help English-language learners build confidence in reading and writing

By Merry Gutierrez.
New York: Scholastic, 2006.
Call Number: ForLang. 463.21 G984v (3rd FL--FML)





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Book Cover Weather = El tiempo

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 2001.
Call Number: ForLang. 551.5 B369w (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover The White House

By Lloyd G. Douglas.
New York: Children's Press, 2003.
Summary: Uses easy-to-read text to introduce the White House as an American symbol.
Call Number
: 975.3 D734w (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Wild animals = Los Animales

Illustrated by/ ilustraciones de Clare Beaton.
Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 2002.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. B3684w (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover Word play: Spanish-Ingles, interactive book & audio CD

Illustrations by Ann Iosa.
Carlsbad, CA: Penton Overseas, 2003.
Summary: Over 200 words and pictures are translated from English to Spanish, with the Spanish pronunciation for each word spelled out.
Call Number: ForLang. 463.21 W924 (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)





Book Cover "The words came down!": English language learners read, write, and talk across the curriculum, K-2

Emelie Parker & Tess Pardini.
Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 2006.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 P315 2006 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Working with English language learners: answers to teachers' top ten questions

Stephen Cary.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007.
Call Number: P53 .C286 2007 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Working with gifted English language learners

Michael S. Matthews.
Waco, Tex.: Prufrock Press, 2006.
Call Number: LC3993 .M365 2006 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover The writing road to reading: the Spalding method for teaching speech, spelling, writing, and reading

Romalda Bishop Spalding; Mary E. North, editor.
New York: Collins, 2003.
Summary: This classic guide is a total language arts approach that for over 40 years has helped millions of children learn to spell, write, and read. Using all their senses, children learn symbols that represent fundamental speech sounds and how these combine to form words.
Call Number: LB1573.3 .S6 2003 (3rd FL--FML)





Book Cover Writing sense: integrated reading and writing lessons for English language learners, K-8

Juli Kendall & Outey Khuon.
Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 2006.
Call Number: PE1128.A2 K4158 2006 (3rd FL--FML)

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