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Folklore 1
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Fiction 59
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Boy/Man 59
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Girl/Woman 51
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Background 59
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Joint Main 12
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Secondary 34
Sofi and the magic, musical mural
On the way back from the bodega, Sofia is drawn into a life-like mural of Old San Juan where she dances, sings, and conquers her fear of the vejigante before being called back to the barrio by her mother.
Counting chickens
"Tobi's friends all have baby animals to look after--one calf, two lambs, three kids, four kittens, five puppies and six piglets. But Tobi's hen just sits on her seven eggs, waiting ... and waiting ... . Count all the animals and, when Tobi's hen hatches her chicks at last, help him count ALL his chickens. A brilliant counting story and game--with numbers up to 50!"--Back cover
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
Abuelos
Young Ray and Amelia move to a new village in New Mexico and experience the fright and fun of "los abuelos" for the first time. In the cold months of midwinter, village men disappear to disguise themselves as scary old men and then descend on the children, teasing them and asking if they've been good
¡A bailar!
A young girl and her mother put on their red dresses and dance their way through the barrio, collecting friends and neighbors along the way as they go to the park to hear her father's salsa band play
The dead family Diaz
Angelito Diaz is afraid of walking among the Living on the Day of the Dead - Dìa de los Muertos -- especially with his older sister, Estrellita, teasing him, but once in the Land of the Living, he quickly makes a new friend.
First come the zebra
When two young Kenyan boys, one Maasai and one Kikuyu, first meet, they are hostile toward each other based on traditional rivalries, but after they suddenly have to work together to save a baby in danger, the boys begin to discover what they have in common
Roses for Isabella
Isabella writes for a school assignment about the new "fair trade" rose farm in Ecuador where her parents work
A gift
Amy receives a gift for the Chinese New Year from her aunt and uncles who live far away in China