SRA Imagine It! California Edition Level K Unit 6 My Shadow

Frank Asch

Margaret Hillert

Jorge Argueta

Lisa Zimmerman

SRA/McGraw-Hill

Five-year-old Luna isn't at all sure she wants to go school. For all she knows, there might be monsters there. But when her loving parents assure her that she'll have a wonderful time playing and learning, she agrees to give school a try. An understanding teacher and a group of friendly kids make Luna very, very glad she made the right decision. But what about the monsters? Jorge Argueta has crafted a loving bilingual tale, which all young school-goers recognize as their own. Artist Elizabeth Gómez too understands the secret hearts of children, and her luminous, humorous illustrations of Luna and her friends keep children looking for every last detail.

Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera

Children's Books

Elizabeth Gómez

Literature & Fiction

Children's Book Press

Though Xochitl and her family have put down new roots in the United States, Xochitl still misses the garden and flower shop they left behind in El Salvador. But when Xochitl's family decides to start a nursery and sell their flowers on the street, the sense of community they find makes them feel connected to their neighbors, and their decision to start a nursery and flower shop in their backyard helps the Flores family finally feels at home in its adopted country.

Xochitl and the Flowers / Xóchitl, la Niña de las Flores (English and Spanish Edition)

Education & Reference

Lee & Low Books

Five-year-old Luna is afraid she will find monsters at her new school until a kind teacher and her new classmates show her that she has nothing to fear.

Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera (English and Spanish Edition)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Key Features Description In this delightful cooking poem, a young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and present each step of their preparation of the flavorful favorite. With beautiful illustrations in the Mayan style. In this delightful cooking poem, a young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and present each step of their preparation of the flavorful favorite. With beautiful illustrations in the Mayan style. Product Details Item #: NTS809506 ISBN13: 9781338095067 Format: Paperback Book Pages: 32 Genre: Poetry, Songs, Verse Grades: K - 3 Lexile® Measure: AD610L Guided Reading Level: GR Level N DRA Level: 28 - 30 ... ACR Level: 0.2 Spanish Lexile Measure: AD770L Spanish Guided Reading Level: O Show Less Show More Key Features Item #: NTS809506 ISBN13: 9781338095067 Format: Paperback Book Pages: 32 Genre: Poetry, Songs, Verse Grades: K - 3 Lexile® Measure: AD610L Guided Reading Level: GR Level N DRA Level: 28 - 30 ... ACR Level: 0.2 Spanish Lexile Measure: AD770L Spanish Guided Reading Level: O

Salsa

Scholastic. Inc.

Guacamole: A Cooking Poem

Margarita Sada

scholastic

"I don't know how it happened, but I ended up being the writer in my family," Jorge Argueta says in his poetic memoir. He wrote his first lines as an adolescent, though he didn't know what the words meant or that it was poetry. "But now I see that in putting down those words, I was stepping into a huge world, much bigger than my own: beautiful and mysterious, full of profound joy and infinite possibilities." In this moving, bilingual collection, renowned poet Jorge Argueta reminisces about growing up in El Salvador, the impact of war on his family and neighbors, life as an exile in the United States and ultimately his rebirth as a poet. He became involved in the revolution as a teen, not realizing what was to come, "a bloody massacre ... An entire generation disappearing / As if it were a trifle / To lose the entire future of a country." Mothers lose sons, their bodies beat beyond recognition. Friends' bodies are thrown into common graves. Husbands lose wives and wives lose husbands. "Death saunters / Dressed in olive green / A rabid dog / Snapping at anyone in its path." Argueta's words recall the horrific violence and atrocities committed, frequently against the poor and powerless. The 48 poems in this collection in Spanish and English smolder with loss and longing. Argueta's indigenous Pipil-Nahua roots ultimately contribute to his salvation after he flees his homeland. His braids, he writes, "are rivers / Of my village / Running / Down my back." In San Francisco, he becomes part of the city s exile community, yearning for home but knowing his friends and relatives are dead or gone. His pain is like a ring that "lives on my left hand / as if I were / married to it." Eventually, he returns to writing and becomes a successful children's book author. In spite of the pain and sorrow expressed in many of these poems, Argueta's work is a powerful testament to love, hope and the strength of the human spirit.

En Carne Propia / Flesh Wounds: Memoria Poetica / A Poetic Memoir (Spanish and English Edition)

Poetry

Arte Publico Press

My name is Fire / but everyone calls me / Little Fire. In this beautiful, poetic ode to the invigorating power of fire, award-winning children s book author Jorge Argueta describes in English, Spanish and Nahuat the characteristics of fire from the perspective of one little flame. From its birth as a spark, Little Fire flits like a firefly and plays hide and seek inside a volcano. He grows between two sticks rubbed together or on a stone that strikes another. Little Fire is red, yellow, orange and turquoise. I look like the sun / but I am no sun. / I am Fire, Little Fire / who laughs, / who dances. Little Fire sings, sizzle, / hiss, / whoosh, / crackle, crackle. With stunningly beautiful illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara that depict the natural world, this poem about the importance of fire reflects Argueta s indigenous roots and his appreciation for nature. Containing the English and Spanish text on each page, the entire poem appears at the end in Nahuat, the language of Argueta s Pipil-Nahua ancestors. The sequel to Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water, this book is an excellent choice to encourage children to write their own poems about the environment.

Fuego, Fuegito/ Fire, Little Fire (English and Spanish Edition)

Pinata Books

Ten-year-old Jimena Pérez loves life with her parents in El Salvador. They sell fruit at the market, just like her grandmother and great grandmother did. Fruits / are a blessing / like you, Jimena, her mother tells her. But one day a group of boys threaten her friend Rosenda at school. You know / what will happen / to your family / if you don t join us. Jimena s parents, afraid gangs will try to recruit her too, decide she must go to the United States with her mother. She is excited and fearful, and doesn't want to leave her father, friends and dog Sultán. I felt sad / the way fruit looks / when it s past ripeness. By bus, train and on foot, mother and daughter make their way north, until one night, bright lights fill the sky and men in green uniforms rip Jimena from her mother. Imprisoned with children from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, Jimena and the others cry for their parents. One boy repeats over and over, My father s name is Marcos / He is in Los Angeles. A box full of books brings her some solace, reminding her of the ones donated to kids at the market in El Salvador. The letters kiss me / like my mama s words / like my papa s words / I am a little bird / Nothing can stop me / I can fly. In this poignant narrative poem for kids ages 10-15, award-winning Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta movingly captures the fear that drives so many Central Americans to flee their countries and the anguish created by separating children from their parents at the US border. Putting a human face on the millions of people who flee their homelands each year, this book will help young people understand the difficulties of migration and leaving behind all that is dear.

Jimena Pérez puede volar/ Jimena Pérez Can Fly (English and Spanish Edition) (Spanish and English Edition)

A small, tired, and ill speckled hen that flies in front of her window on a rainy morning, arouses in Natalia nostalgia for her grandfather, who stayed in El Salvador. She then is determined to save the hen and moves heaven and earth to achieve it.

La Gallinita En La Ciudad/ The Little Hen In The City (Spanish Edition)

Alfaguara Infantil

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