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Cover: Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains
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Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains

One day, high in the Andes Mountains, Cuy the Guinea Pig is searching for wild spinach to eat when Tío Antonio the Fox comes in search of Cuy to eat! Tío Antonio thinks he's found dinner, but Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: 398.2'098'045293592
  • Copyright: 2004

Day of the Dead

From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong

The various activities and celebrations of the Mexican holiday that honors people who have died are introduced in this simple, festive beginning reader. The history of the holiday, as well as Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Copyright: 2014

Cinco de Mayo

From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong

In Mexico and the United States the fifth day of May is celebrated with the colorful holiday Cinco de Mayo. In this celebration of the fiesta day, the traditions and history of the holiday… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Copyright: 2013

Count Your Way through Africa

From the Series Count Your Way

Since its early use as a language of trade, Swahili has helped people of different African and Arabian cultures to communicate. Today it is the official language of two African nations. In… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.4
  • Dewey: 960
  • Copyright: 1989

El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)

From the Series Yo solo: Festividades (On My Own Holidays)

The Day of the Dead is a special holiday celebrated in many places like Mexico and parts of the United States to honor people who have died. It's celebrated between October 31 and November 2… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.0
  • Dewey: 300
  • Copyright: 2006

Colors of Ghana

From the Series Colors of the World

What color is Ghana? It's brown like cocoa beans, blue like Lake Volta, and orange like the background threads in the Kyeretwie Kente Cloth pattern. Get to know Ghana in this beautifully… Read More →

  • Dewey: 966.7
  • Copyright: 1999

Count Your Way through Canada

From the Series Count Your Way

Count your way, from one to ten, through Canada, land of the five-pointed maple leaf and two official languages. Readers learn to count in French in this fascinating look at Canada's history… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: 971
  • Copyright: 1989
Cover: How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship
Starred Review & Award Count 1

How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship

The Guinea Fowl and Cow are best friends. Both of them keep an eye out for Lion. When Lion threatens, each must intervene to save the other. Beautiful watercolors transform this tale into a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: 398.24'528618'096
  • Copyright: 1990

Why the Crab Has No Head

Nzambi Mpungu, creator of the earth and sky, has spent a long hard day making the Elephant. By nightfall, Nzambi still hasn't finished her next creation, the Crab, and she tells the little… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: 398.2
  • Copyright: 1987

Amor y pollo asado (Love and Roast Chicken): Un cuento andino de enredos y engaños

One day, high in the Andes Mountains, Cuy the Guinea Pig is searching for wild spinach to eat when Tío Antonio the Fox comes in search of Cuy to eat! Tio Antonio thinks he’s found dinner, but Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: 398.2'098'045293592
  • Copyright: 2005

El Cinco de Mayo (Cinco de Mayo)

From the Series Yo solo: Festividades (On My Own Holidays)

It’s fiesta time! Cinco de Mayo is a fiesta day in Mexico and the United States. It’s celebrated on the fifth of May. This colorful holiday honors Mexico’s victory over the French army at the Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: 300
  • Copyright: 2005
Cover: Cinco de Mayo
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Cinco de Mayo

From the Series On My Own Holidays

It’s fiesta time! Cinco de Mayo is a fiesta day in Mexico and the United States. It’s celebrated on the fifth of May. This colorful holiday honors Mexico’s victory over the French army at… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: 394.262
  • Copyright: 2005

Day of the Dead

From the Series On My Own Holidays

The Day of the Dead is a special holiday celebrated in many places like Mexico and parts of the United States to honor people who have died. It's celebrated between October 31 and November 2… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: 394.266
  • Copyright: 2004