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  • Caravan to the North

    Misael’s Long Walk

    An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border.This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave — the hope that lies behind their decision, but ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tay naja nitajtaketzki achtu tik Nawat / ‌Mis primeras palabras en nahuat / My First Words in Nahuat‌

    by Jorge Argueta ...
    Illustrated by El Aleph Sánchez ...
    A collection of powerful poems, in Nahuat, Spanish and English, that celebrate Indigenous life and language despite efforts to eradicate them.These poems are a moving and eloquent description of how great poet Jorge Argueta came to know the almost extinct language of his ancestors. The poems tell stories of Jorge’s life growing up in the Salvadoran village of Witzapan, where his own grandmother ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Caravana al Norte

    La larga caminata de Misael

    Este hermoso y poético relato de un niño que viaja en una caravana desde El Salvador hacia la frontera de los Estados Unidos, ofrece una necesaria y elocuente visión que contrarresta las mentiras que se escuchan acerca de los inmigrantes centroamericanos cuya única opción es abandonar sus amadas tierras natales.Esta novela en verso es un poderoso relato en primera persona. Cuenta la historia de ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tamalitos

    Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

    by Jorge Argueta ...
    Illustrated by Domi ...
    Series Book 3 - Bilingual Cooking Poems
    In this bilingual cooking poem for young children, Jorge Argueta encourages more creativity and fun in the kitchen as he describes how to make tamalitos from corn masa and cheese, wrapped in cornhusks.The book opens with an homage to corn — white, yellow, blue, purple, red and black. In Maya mythology the first men and women are even said to be made of corn. It has been an important food for ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Salsa

    Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

    by Jorge Argueta ...
    Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh ...
    Series Book 1 - Bilingual Cooking Poems
    In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa.A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Xochitl and the Flowers / Xóchitl, la Niña de las Flores

    by Jorge Argueta ...
    Illustrated by Carl Angel ...
    Bilingual English/Spanish. Miles away from their home in El Salvador, Xochitl (SOH-cheel) and her family make a new home in the United States, but nothing is the same.Xochitl mourns a lovely garden and her family's small flower business, all left behind. Selling flowers on the street soon provides more than income for the Flores family: they begin to make friends with local storeowners and ... Read more

    $16.42 CAD

  • A Movie in My Pillow / Una película en mi almohada

    by Jorge Argueta ...
    Illustrated by Elizabeth Gomez ...
    Bilingual English/Spanish. Young Jorgito has come to live in the Mission District of San Francisco, but he hasn't forgotten the unique beauty of El Salvador.Young Jorgito has come to live in the Mission District of San Francisco, but he hasn't forgotten the unique beauty of El Salvador.In his first collection of poems for children, poet Jorge Argueta evokes the wonder of his childhood in rural El ... Read more

    $16.42 CAD

  • Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup

    Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

    by Jorge Argueta ...
    Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng ...
    Series Book 2 - Bilingual Cooking Poems
    This delightful recipe in poem form shows us all, young and old, how to make a heartwarming, tummy-filling bean soupFrom gathering the beans, onions and garlic to letting them swim in the pot until the house smells wonderful and it’s time for supper.A young boy helps his mother prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. Onions are “yellow as the dawn,” beans ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera

    by Jorge Argueta ...
    Illustrated by Elizabeth Gomez ...
    Bilingual English/Spanish. A loving tale about a young girl afraid to go to school for the first time.No, no, I don't want to go to school!Five-year-old Luna isn't sure she wants to go school. For all she knows, there might be monsters there. But when her loving parents assure her that she'll have a wonderful time playing and learning, she agrees to give school a try. An understanding teacher and ... Read more

    $16.42 CAD

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  • Isabel and her Colores Go to School

    Illustrated by Courtney Dawson ...
    English, with its blustery blues and whites, just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers the warm oranges and pinks of Spanish. As she prepares for class at a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn--and she would rather not! Her first day is uncomfortable, until she discovers there's more than one way to communicate with friends. This is a universal story about feeling new and making new ... Read more

    $18.69 CAD

  • I Love to Keep My Room Clean Eu amo deixar meu quarto arrumado (English Portuguese Kids Book )

    English Portuguese Bilingual Collection

    Series series English Portuguese Bilingual Collection
    Este livro infantil pode motivar as crianças a assumirem a responsabilidade de deixar o quarto arrumado. Acompanhe o pequeno Jimmy e seus irmãos enquanto eles aprendem a lição neste livro ilustrado. Eles aprendem a trabalhar juntos, limpar o quarto e organizar os brinquedos.Uma história ideal para se ler às crianças na hora de dormir e divertir a família toda!!!English Portuguese (Brazil) ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I Love to Brush My Teeth Îmi place să mă spăl pe dinți (Romanian Kids Book)

    English Romanian Bilingual Collection

    Series series English Romanian Bilingual Collection
    English Romanian bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English and Romanian as their second language.Little Jimmy doesn’t like to brush his teeth. Even when his mother gives him a brand new orange toothbrush, his favorite color, he doesn’t use it like he is supposed to. But when strange and magical things start happening to Little Jimmy, he begins to realize how important brushing ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus