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The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El día que nevó tortilla

10 best books like The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El día que nevó tortilla (Joe Hayes): Dating Hamlet: Ophelia's Story, Crossing Stones, Latin American Folktales, Elizabeti's Doll, After the Death of Anna Gonzales, The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico, The Gigantic Turnip, Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, Looking for Red, Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States

Dating Hamlet: Ophelia's Story
AuthorLisa Fiedler
ISBN0805070540
Ophelia lives to tell the tale of what happened at Elsinore

"The nights at Elsinore are longer than anywhere else.

I have stayed awake these many weeks, which has aided me greatly in my portrayal of one who has gone daft. For my skin is pale as fresh daisy petals, and my eyes sink inward,...
Crossing Stones
AuthorHelen Frost
ISBN0374316538
Maybe you won't rock a cradle, Muriel.
Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat.

Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family's closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families' lives have been intertwined,...
Latin American Folktales
AuthorJohn Bierhorst
The wisdom and artistry of Latin America's storytellers preserve one of the world's richest folktale traditions—combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America. Among the essential characters are the quiet man's wife who knew the Devil's secrets, the...
Elizabeti's Doll
AuthorStephanie Stuve-Bodeen
ISBN1584300817
Upon the arrival of her new baby brother, Elizabeti decides she needs a doll she can care for the way her mother cares for the new baby. After looking around her village, Elizabeti finds the perfect doll to love, and names her Eva.

When Mama changes the new baby's diaper, Elizabeti changes Eva....
After the Death of Anna Gonzales
AuthorTerri Fields
A look at the effects of one girl's suicide on her high school

"I can feel
The whispering of the hallway walls
Growing louder as the groups gather.
Each clique adding to its morning input.

"Did you hear?"
"Who told you?"
"Do you think it's really true?"

New...
The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico
AuthorNaomi Shihab Nye
ISBN0689820879
A beautiful collection of bilingual poems and stories from Mexico, paired with paintings by Mexican artists.

“Remember, the tree is older than you are and you might find stories in its branches.”

So begins this wondrous collection of poems and stories from Mexico that invites...
The Gigantic Turnip
AuthorAleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
ISBN0613236394
An old man and an old woman live together in a crooked old cottage with a large overgrown garden. One fine spring morning, they decide that it is time to sow the vegetables. Throughout the summer the seeds turn into ripe, juicy vegetables and the time comes for them to harvest their crop. Soon there is just...
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
AuthorChris Crowe
ISBN0803728042
The kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old Black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during the summer of 1955. Likely showing off to friends, Emmett allegedly whistled at a white...
Looking for Red
AuthorAngela Johnson
ISBN0689863888
Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul.
But Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more.
Then one day Red disappears. One minute he's there, the next...gone. No warning. No time to prepare....
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States
AuthorLori Marie Carlson
Similar to my own experience, Lori Marie Carlson started studying Spanish as a pre-adolescent, fostering a lifelong appreciation for both the language and the culture. When Carlson was growing up, Spanish meant Spain and all things Ibero-centric. Yet, after choosing Latin American studies as the...
Little Night
AuthorYuyi Morales
ISBN1596430885
As the long day comes to an end, Mother Sky fills a tub with falling stars and calls, "Bath time for Little Night!" 

Little Night answers from afar, "Can't come. I am hiding and you have to find me, Mama. Find me now!" 

Where could Little Night be? Down a rabbit hole? In a blueberry field?...
When We Were Saints
AuthorHan Nolan
ISBN0152053220
Archibald Caswell could never please his domineering granddaddy Silas. Now with Granddaddy gone, Archie finds himself lost, confused, and wondering what his grandfather could have possibly meant by his dying words: "Young man, you are a saint!"

Clare Simpson knows exactly what Silas...
Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction
AuthorLuis Alberto Urrea
ISBN0938317636
"Home isn't just a place, it is also a language."Born in Tijuana, the son of an Anglo woman and a Mexican father, Urrea says that "Home isn't just a place, it is also a language." In these six stories—each wandering beneath different kinds of sky, from the thick Mazatlan starry night to the wide open spaces...
Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English: Bilingual Spanish-English
AuthorAlma Flor Ada
ISBN0688170676
In simple words and sun-drenched paintings, Alma Flor Ada and Simón Silva take us into the fields and orchards, and into the lives of the people who work them. Simple poems in Spanish and English, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet, describe the wonder of the vegetable and fruit farms. Together,...
Orange County: A Personal History
AuthorGustavo Arellano
ISBN1416540040
I tend to simply mark books that I have read, rather than rate them as I find it can be misleading (and lead to speculation about your affinity for particular views) NONETHELESS, Gustavo is one of my favorite guys from my home county- he writes autobiography and social history combined with wit and a healthy...
Gracias Thanks
AuthorPat Mora
ISBN1600602584
I did not consider Gracias Thanks by Pat Mora with illustrations by John Parra as a “must read” the first, second, or even third time I looked at it. The only reason I kept looking at it was because of the personal respect and expectations I have accumulated for her as an author. I remember the first time...
Inubaka: Crazy For Dogs, Volume 1
AuthorYukiya Sakuragi
ISBN1421511495
There are two things you absolutely need to know.
1. This book is about dogs, any story that happens to take place is accidental.
2. There are more then enough gross out moments, but they aren't always acquainted to humour.

This first volume of Inubaka started strong for me. It seemed...
Froggy Plays Soccer
AuthorJonathan London
ISBN0140568093
It's the day of the big game, and Froggy is ready. His soccer team is playing the Wild Things for the City Cup. All Froggy has to do is remember the rule: "Head it! Boot it! Knee it! Shoot it! BUT DON'T USE YOUR HANDS!" But Froggy's busy doing cartwheels and picking daisies. Uh oh, Froggy! Here comes the ball!...
Clifford's First Valentine's Day
AuthorNorman Bridwell
ISBN0590921622
I picked this book out at the library because I wanted a Valentine book to read with my son and I hadn't looked at a Clifford book since my own childhood. To be honest, I was never that big of a fan of Clifford as a child, and the feeling has carried over to adulthood. Clifford himself is cute, but there's something...
Bossy Gallito / El gallo de bodas
AuthorLucia M. Gonzalez
The Bossy Gallito is the story of a Rooster who is going to his friend (parrot) is wedding. Gallito was elequently dressed and on his way to the wedding when he sees a kernel of corn on the side of the road. Deciding whether to get his beak dirty by eating the corn wasn't much of a barrier. Gallito ate the corn...
The Tortilla Factory
AuthorGary Paulsen
ISBN0152016988
In clear and eloquent language, Gary Paulsen pays tribute to a cycle of life--from seed to plant to tortilla. Workers till the black soil, operate the clanking machinery of the factory, and drive the trucks that deliver the tortillas back into the hands that will plant the yellow seeds. With Ruth Wright...
When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth? An Imponderables Book
AuthorDavid Feldman
ISBN0060924322
A thoroughly enjoyable book on Feldman's Imponderables that can be read all at once, or over a long period of time, ( i.e. bathroom book). Why did I just have to buy it you may ask? Here is the hook that got me, "wild poodles, roaring across the savanna like thunder, a famished, snarling pack of them advancing...
Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World
AuthorJacqueline K. Ogburn
ISBN0547428626
A tender collection of endearments for children the world over.
All over the world, people express their love for their children through endearments, such as “sweetie pie” or “peanut.” A child might be called little angel, angelito, in Spanish or precious, bao bei, in Chinese or my sweet...
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