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Folklore 1
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Mexican 45
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From north to south / Del Norte al Sur
When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, José and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana
Lupita’s first dance / El primer baile de Lupita
Lupita is excited about dancing La Raspa, a Mexican folk dance, with her first-grade class at a celebration of Children's Day, El Día de los Niños, but just before the performance her partner, Ernesto, sprains his ankle.
The quiet place
A little girl moves to the United States from Mexico with her family and writes letters to her aunt in Mexico about her new life
The shark that taught me English
A Spanish-speaking immigrant girl goes to elementary school and does not know English. Her teacher helps her to learn English by using a shark. By learning about the shark, the young girl begins to learn English
Icy watermelon / Sandía fría
When three generations of a family gather to eat watermelon, the grandparents reminisce about how the sweet fruit brought them together.
The battle of the snow cones / La guerra de las raspas
Ten-year-old Elena sets up a snow cone stand in front of her house, and when her friend Alma sets up a stand of her own, it creates an ever-escalating competition between the two girls to see who can outdo the other.
Charro Claus and the Tejas Kid
One Christmas Eve, Santa Claus asks his cousin Pancho to help him deliver toys to the boys and girls along the Texas-Mexico border, and when he agrees, Santa magically transforms him into Charro Claus
Let’s salsa / Bailemos salsa
When Estella is banned from the adult exercise dance class, she decides to petition for childrens' rights--to have salsa dance classes at the community center.
Dear primo
Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, at heart the boys are very similar
Chavela and the magic bubble
When Chavela blows a bubble with a strange new gum, she floats away to Mexico, where her great-grandfather once worked harvesting the tree sap that makes gum chewy