Education Resource Area: Latin American Literature

In simple words and sun-drenched paintings, Alma Flor Ada and Simón Silva take us into the fields and orchards, and into the lives of the people who work them. Simple poems in Spanish and English, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet, describe the wonder of the vegetable and fruit farms. K-5

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Sister Angie organizes a celebration of Las Posadas to reenact the night Jesus was born. But this year a snowstorm hits, and only a miracle can save the show. K-4

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Family Picturesis the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, finding a hammerhead shark on the beach, picking cactus, going to a fair in Mexico, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist.K-4

Deciding what to play against the Spanish Game (classically known as the Ruy Lopez) is a perennial problem for those who play 'open games' as Black. 1-4

Set in northern New Mexico, young Carlos refuses to take a bath after his farm work each day, until a plant sprouts in his ear. K-4

Frida Kahlo, a native of Mexico, is described here in biographical poems accompanied by her own artwork.

Deciding what to play against the Spanish Game (classically known as the Ruy Lopez) is a perennial problem for those who play 'open games' as Black.1-4

"A bilingual account of some of the animals and sounds commonly found in the Southwestern desert. K-4

A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team Tomás is a son of migrant workers. K-4

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A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment. Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. 3-6

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Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) is one of the most celebrated days in the Mexican calendar, but its history and significance are not often fully understood. k-4

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