The Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library
September, 16 2024 15:29:16
Spanish Is the Language of My Family
By Genhart, Michael
An intergenerational story of family ties, cultural pride, and spelling bee victory following a young boy who bonds with his beloved abuela over a love of Spanish.. As a boy prepares for his school's Spanish spelling bee, he asks his grandmother for help with some of the words he doesn't know how to spell yet. When she studies with him, she tells him how different things were back when she was a girl, when she was only allowed to speak English in school. This only inspires him to study even harder and make his family proud.. Based on stories author Michael Genhart heard from his mother as a child, Spanish is the Language of My Family is about the joy of sharing cultural heritage with our families, inspired by the generations of Latino people were punished for speaking Spanish and the many ways new generations are rejuvenating the language.
Publisher: n/a
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9780823450046
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Hardcover
Veo, Veo, I See You
By Delacre, Lulu
From a New York Times bestselling and Pura Belpré Honor-winning creator comes a heartwarming picture book celebrating essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic that's also a lively, bilingual game of Veo, Veo (I Spy) .. Marisol's mami is the best cook at Rosita's Cafe! But now, the restaurant is closed. A bad virus - too easy to catch in small, crowded places - is going around. Marisol, Pepito, and Mami still need to go out to bring Mami's arroz con pollo to housebound Tía Olga and Cousin Johnny. As Marisol and Pepito watch the people working around the neighborhood, who their mother explains have essential work, Marisol thinks of the perfect game to play: Veo, veo ... ¿Qué ves, Marisol? I spy ... a trash collector. Essential work. Those bins were full! By the time they get home, Marisol has another idea: a way to show the people in her neighborhood that she sees them!.
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9781665911917
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Hardcover
Mi Casa Is My Home
By Sala, Laurenne
Este es el bao . . . It's where I shave my barba con Abuelo. Bienvenidos to Luca's home. Luca lives in her casa with her big, loud, beautiful familia, and she's going to show you around! From la puerta, where Abuela likes to wave to the neighbors and wait for packages from Puerto Rico or Spain, to la cocina, where Luca watches her Mam turn empty pots into soups and arroces, to el patio, where Lucia and her cousins (and her cousin's cousins!) put on magic shows, Luca loves her busy and cozy casa. With warmth and joy, author Laurenne Sala and illustrator Zara Gonzlez Hoang celebrate home in this bilingual picture book that feels like an abrazo from your most favorite people, your familia.
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9781536209433
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Hardcover
Spanish Is My Superpower! )
By Correa, Maria
Sesame Street's Rosita learns how to respond when strangers at the supermarket tell her and her Mami not to speak Spanish - this illustrated paperback is based on the video of the same name on the Sesame Street in Communities website.Rosita and her Mami experience racism when they are told not to speak Spanish at the supermarket. While discussing the upsetting encounter, Rosita is reminded how smart and special she is to speak two languages. And that the ability to do so is like having a superpower! This important book - inspired by the video of the same name on the Sesame Street in Communities website - is a helpful way to introduce a tough yet important topic to young children.Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, aims to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder through its many unique domestic and international initiatives.
Publisher: n/a
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9780593487723
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Hardcover
My Party, Mi Fiesta
By Third, Raul The
In this festive bilingual board book, join Coco Rocho and his friends as they gather all the things they need to throw a grand fiesta!Throwing a party is always fun, especially when it's in both English and Spanish! In this new board book by Pura Belpr Honor-winning Raul the Third, young readers are introduced to Spanish vocabulary through all the fun of a party. Friends, cake, music - amigos, pastel, musica - join Coco Rocho and all his companions at this joyful fiesta!
Publisher: n/a
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9780358394723
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Board book
Marimba
By Mora, Pat
After the visitors have left the zoo and the animals have settled down for the night, a mischievous monkey starts a ting-tong rhythm on the marimba and slowly the animals awaken. Lions and llamas samba and cougars and coyotes conga as all the animals join in the fun to create a rollicking fiesta. Infused with Mexican American flavor, ?MARIMBA! is a unique alphabet book that also introduces the concept of cognates--words in different languages that are similar. Young Spanish speakers will be delighted to find they are already familiar with twenty-six words in English, and English speakers with find they already know some Spanish. Author's note, pronunciation guide, rebus dictionary.
Publisher: n/a
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9780618194537
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Hardcover
Con Pollo
By Herrmann, Julia
Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure is an engaging and hilarious picture book that serves young readers as an introduction to basic Spanish vocabulary, brought to life by superstar team-up Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez.Meet Pollo, a friendly little chicken who just wants to play. And play, and play, and play all day!Pollo makes any activity more fun. Why just go to the beach when you could go to la playa con Pollo?Do you want to play soccer, or play futbol con Pollo?Do you want to go dancing, or bailar con Pollo?Whatever you decide to do, you're in for a busy, adventurous day with your new friend, Pollo!Illustrated by Andrea Campos
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9781250830418
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Hardcover
Say Something, Perico
By Harris, Trudy
P-p-p-paaak!Perico the parrot has something to say. But when he asks for agua, his new owner brings him to the opera. When he says he feels mal, another new owner takes him to the mall. Will he ever find someone who understands him?
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9780761352310
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Print book
Vamos! Let's Go Eat
By Third, Raul The
Little Lobo returns to share his love of food and wrestling in this delicious follow-up to Vamos! Let'sGo to the Market from Pura Belpr Medal-winning illustrator Raul the Third.In this new Vamos! title, Let's Go Eat, Little Lobo is excited to take in a show with wrestling star El Toro in his bustling border town. After getting lunch orders from The Bull and his friends to help prepare for the event, Little Lobo takes readers on a tour of food trucks that sell his favorite foods, like quesadillas with red peppers and Mexican-Korean tacos. Peppered with easy-to-remember Latin-American Spanish vocabulary, this glorious celebration of food is sure to leave every reader hungry for lunch! Jam-packed with fun details and things to see, the Vamos! books are perfect for fans of Richard Scarry and Where's Waldo
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9781328557049
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Hardcover
Papa and Me
By Dorros, Arthur
In Pap and Me, a young boy and his papa may speak both Spanish and English, but the most important language they speak is the language of love. In this beautiful bilingual picture book, Arthur Dorros portrays the close bond between father and son, with lush paintings by Rudy Gutierrez. Fans of Abuelo; Abuela; and La Isla will be thrilled by this multigenerational picture book that emphasizes the overall message of love between a parent and child.
Publisher: n/a
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9780060581565
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Hardcover
Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!
By Mora, Pat
Chico Canta, the youngest of 12, is a tiny, mischievous, fearless mouse who lives with his family in an old theater. They love to go upstairs to see the plays and echo the audience shouting, "Bravo, bravo!" as the curtain falls. Mrs. Canta speaks many languages - not only English, Spanish, and Italian, but Spider, Cricket, and Moth as well. And she encourages her children to develop their own language skills. "Bilingual, bravo!" she is always telling them. One evening, after a wonderful performance of The Three Little Pigs, the mouse family narrowly escapes Little Gato-Gato. But, undaunted and inspired by the production, they decide to mount their own version of the play. On opening night, however, it is tiny Chico who is the star of the show when he spots Little Gato-Gato in the shadows and uses his own special gift for languages to avert disaster.
Publisher: n/a
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9781554983438
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Hardcover
I'm Hungry! / Tengo hambre!
By Dominguez, Angela
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9781250779960
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Hardcover
Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
By Iii, Raul The Third
Richard Scarry's Busytown gets a Mexican-American makeover in the marketplace of a buzzing border town from Pura Belpr Medal-winning illustrator Raul the Third. Bilingual in a new way, this paper over board book teaches readers simple words in Spanish as they experience the bustling life of a border town. Follow Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe as they deliver supplies to a variety of vendors, selling everything from sweets to sombreros, portraits to piatas, carved masks to comic books!
Spanish Is the Language of My Family
By Genhart, Michael
An intergenerational story of family ties, cultural pride, and spelling bee victory following a young boy who bonds with his beloved abuela over a love of Spanish.. As a boy prepares for his school's Spanish spelling bee, he asks his grandmother for help with some of the words he doesn't know how to spell yet. When she studies with him, she tells him how different things were back when she was a girl, when she was only allowed to speak English in school. This only inspires him to study even harder and make his family proud.. Based on stories author Michael Genhart heard from his mother as a child, Spanish is the Language of My Family is about the joy of sharing cultural heritage with our families, inspired by the generations of Latino people were punished for speaking Spanish and the many ways new generations are rejuvenating the language.
Veo, Veo, I See You
By Delacre, Lulu
From a New York Times bestselling and Pura Belpré Honor-winning creator comes a heartwarming picture book celebrating essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic that's also a lively, bilingual game of Veo, Veo (I Spy) .. Marisol's mami is the best cook at Rosita's Cafe! But now, the restaurant is closed. A bad virus - too easy to catch in small, crowded places - is going around. Marisol, Pepito, and Mami still need to go out to bring Mami's arroz con pollo to housebound Tía Olga and Cousin Johnny. As Marisol and Pepito watch the people working around the neighborhood, who their mother explains have essential work, Marisol thinks of the perfect game to play: Veo, veo ... ¿Qué ves, Marisol? I spy ... a trash collector. Essential work. Those bins were full! By the time they get home, Marisol has another idea: a way to show the people in her neighborhood that she sees them!.
Mi Casa Is My Home
By Sala, Laurenne
Este es el bao . . . It's where I shave my barba con Abuelo. Bienvenidos to Luca's home. Luca lives in her casa with her big, loud, beautiful familia, and she's going to show you around! From la puerta, where Abuela likes to wave to the neighbors and wait for packages from Puerto Rico or Spain, to la cocina, where Luca watches her Mam turn empty pots into soups and arroces, to el patio, where Lucia and her cousins (and her cousin's cousins!) put on magic shows, Luca loves her busy and cozy casa. With warmth and joy, author Laurenne Sala and illustrator Zara Gonzlez Hoang celebrate home in this bilingual picture book that feels like an abrazo from your most favorite people, your familia.
Spanish Is My Superpower! )
By Correa, Maria
Sesame Street's Rosita learns how to respond when strangers at the supermarket tell her and her Mami not to speak Spanish - this illustrated paperback is based on the video of the same name on the Sesame Street in Communities website.Rosita and her Mami experience racism when they are told not to speak Spanish at the supermarket. While discussing the upsetting encounter, Rosita is reminded how smart and special she is to speak two languages. And that the ability to do so is like having a superpower! This important book - inspired by the video of the same name on the Sesame Street in Communities website - is a helpful way to introduce a tough yet important topic to young children.Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, aims to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder through its many unique domestic and international initiatives.
My Party, Mi Fiesta
By Third, Raul The
In this festive bilingual board book, join Coco Rocho and his friends as they gather all the things they need to throw a grand fiesta!Throwing a party is always fun, especially when it's in both English and Spanish! In this new board book by Pura Belpr Honor-winning Raul the Third, young readers are introduced to Spanish vocabulary through all the fun of a party. Friends, cake, music - amigos, pastel, musica - join Coco Rocho and all his companions at this joyful fiesta!
Marimba
By Mora, Pat
After the visitors have left the zoo and the animals have settled down for the night, a mischievous monkey starts a ting-tong rhythm on the marimba and slowly the animals awaken. Lions and llamas samba and cougars and coyotes conga as all the animals join in the fun to create a rollicking fiesta. Infused with Mexican American flavor, ?MARIMBA! is a unique alphabet book that also introduces the concept of cognates--words in different languages that are similar. Young Spanish speakers will be delighted to find they are already familiar with twenty-six words in English, and English speakers with find they already know some Spanish. Author's note, pronunciation guide, rebus dictionary.
Con Pollo
By Herrmann, Julia
Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure is an engaging and hilarious picture book that serves young readers as an introduction to basic Spanish vocabulary, brought to life by superstar team-up Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez.Meet Pollo, a friendly little chicken who just wants to play. And play, and play, and play all day!Pollo makes any activity more fun. Why just go to the beach when you could go to la playa con Pollo?Do you want to play soccer, or play futbol con Pollo?Do you want to go dancing, or bailar con Pollo?Whatever you decide to do, you're in for a busy, adventurous day with your new friend, Pollo!Illustrated by Andrea Campos
Say Something, Perico
By Harris, Trudy
P-p-p-paaak!Perico the parrot has something to say. But when he asks for agua, his new owner brings him to the opera. When he says he feels mal, another new owner takes him to the mall. Will he ever find someone who understands him?
Vamos! Let's Go Eat
By Third, Raul The
Little Lobo returns to share his love of food and wrestling in this delicious follow-up to Vamos! Let'sGo to the Market from Pura Belpr Medal-winning illustrator Raul the Third.In this new Vamos! title, Let's Go Eat, Little Lobo is excited to take in a show with wrestling star El Toro in his bustling border town. After getting lunch orders from The Bull and his friends to help prepare for the event, Little Lobo takes readers on a tour of food trucks that sell his favorite foods, like quesadillas with red peppers and Mexican-Korean tacos. Peppered with easy-to-remember Latin-American Spanish vocabulary, this glorious celebration of food is sure to leave every reader hungry for lunch! Jam-packed with fun details and things to see, the Vamos! books are perfect for fans of Richard Scarry and Where's Waldo
Papa and Me
By Dorros, Arthur
In Pap and Me, a young boy and his papa may speak both Spanish and English, but the most important language they speak is the language of love. In this beautiful bilingual picture book, Arthur Dorros portrays the close bond between father and son, with lush paintings by Rudy Gutierrez. Fans of Abuelo; Abuela; and La Isla will be thrilled by this multigenerational picture book that emphasizes the overall message of love between a parent and child.
Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!
By Mora, Pat
Chico Canta, the youngest of 12, is a tiny, mischievous, fearless mouse who lives with his family in an old theater. They love to go upstairs to see the plays and echo the audience shouting, "Bravo, bravo!" as the curtain falls. Mrs. Canta speaks many languages - not only English, Spanish, and Italian, but Spider, Cricket, and Moth as well. And she encourages her children to develop their own language skills. "Bilingual, bravo!" she is always telling them. One evening, after a wonderful performance of The Three Little Pigs, the mouse family narrowly escapes Little Gato-Gato. But, undaunted and inspired by the production, they decide to mount their own version of the play. On opening night, however, it is tiny Chico who is the star of the show when he spots Little Gato-Gato in the shadows and uses his own special gift for languages to avert disaster.
I'm Hungry! / Tengo hambre!
By Dominguez, Angela
Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
By Iii, Raul The Third
Richard Scarry's Busytown gets a Mexican-American makeover in the marketplace of a buzzing border town from Pura Belpr Medal-winning illustrator Raul the Third. Bilingual in a new way, this paper over board book teaches readers simple words in Spanish as they experience the bustling life of a border town. Follow Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe as they deliver supplies to a variety of vendors, selling everything from sweets to sombreros, portraits to piatas, carved masks to comic books!