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Mango, Abuela Y Yo

AUTHOR Mlawer, Teresa; Dominguez, Angela; Medina, Meg
PUBLISHER Candlewick Press (MA) (08/25/2015)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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When a little girl's far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language in a tender story written by acclaimed author Meg Medina. Spanish language edition.

La abuela «lejana de Mia deja su casa, rodeada de sol, palmeras y loros, para ir a vivir con Mia y sus padres a la ciudad. La primera noche, cuando Mia comparte con ella su cuento favorito a la hora de dormir, descubre que la abuela no entiende ingls.

Mia la ayuda con el ingls y a la vez ella aprende algunas palabras en espaol. Pero la abuela no conoce suficientes palabras en ingls para compartirlas historias de familia con su nieta. Un da, Mia ve un loro en el escaparate de una tienda de mascotas y descubre la manera de ayudar a su abuela.

Una tierna historia de este galardonado do sobre el amor, la comprensin y la importancia de hacer nuevos amigos en cualquier idioma.

Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can't read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English ("Dough. Masa"), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it's still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories. Then Mia sees a parrot in the pet shop window and has the perfectoidea for how to help them all communicate a little better. An endearing tale from an award-winning duo that speaks loud and clear about learning new things and the love that bonds family members.

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ISBN-13: 9780763680992
ISBN-10: 0763680990
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: Spanish
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Page Count: 32
Carton Quantity: 70
Product Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.20 x 10.40 inches
Weight: 0.40 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: CN
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BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Birds
Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Words
Grade Level: Preschool - 2nd Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0
Point Value: 0
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: E
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When a little girl's far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language in a tender story written by acclaimed author Meg Medina. Spanish language edition.

La abuela «lejana de Mia deja su casa, rodeada de sol, palmeras y loros, para ir a vivir con Mia y sus padres a la ciudad. La primera noche, cuando Mia comparte con ella su cuento favorito a la hora de dormir, descubre que la abuela no entiende ingls.

Mia la ayuda con el ingls y a la vez ella aprende algunas palabras en espaol. Pero la abuela no conoce suficientes palabras en ingls para compartirlas historias de familia con su nieta. Un da, Mia ve un loro en el escaparate de una tienda de mascotas y descubre la manera de ayudar a su abuela.

Una tierna historia de este galardonado do sobre el amor, la comprensin y la importancia de hacer nuevos amigos en cualquier idioma.

Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can't read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English ("Dough. Masa"), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it's still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories. Then Mia sees a parrot in the pet shop window and has the perfectoidea for how to help them all communicate a little better. An endearing tale from an award-winning duo that speaks loud and clear about learning new things and the love that bonds family members.

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Author: Medina, Meg
Meg Medina, named one of CNN s Ten Visionary Women, is the author of the young adult novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which received a Pura Belpre Award in 2014. She is also the author of the novel The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind and the picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me and Tia Isa Wants a Car, for which she won an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Meg Medina was raised in Queens, New York, where she lived in 1977, one of the worst years in the city s history. About Burn Baby Burn, she says, While telling Nora s story, I was writing about violence at the tipping point, both in a city and in a family. Young people then and now sometimes have to grow up against a backdrop of unspeakable events. Their fight for hope, respect, and happiness always amazes me. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her family.
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Illustrator: Dominguez, Angela
Angela Dominguez was born in Mexico City, grew up in the great state of Texas, and now resides in Brooklyn. She has illustrated several books for children and is author and illustrator of "Maria Had a Little Llama". As a child, she loved reading books and making a mess creating pictures. She's delighted to still be doing both.
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