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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The five crayons = Los cinco crayones
Ilustrado por Chris Demarest.
New York
: Berlitz, 2006.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. D372c (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The missing cat = La gata perdida
Ilustrado por Chris Demarest.
New York: Berlitz, 2006.
Call Number: ForLang. Easy. D372m (Juvenile Collection--4th FL--FML)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
