A Caldecott Honor Book Out in a meadow, a little girl just wants to play, but the animals keep running away. Until she sits still by the pond, and they all come back to her. Teaching patience and gentleness this classic story is wonderful for children of all ages.

Play with Me (Picture Puffin Books)

Children's Books

Ets, Marie Hall

Animals

Puffin Books

The animals join a young boy as he walks through the forest blowing his new horn.

In the Forest

Literature & Fiction

Puffin

A young boy whose playmate is the wind and finds its many moods: one that can sail boats, fly kites, blow dirt, and turn umbrellas inside out.

Gilberto and the Wind (Picture Puffins)

A little boy mimes the walk of the animals he sees.

Just Me (Picture Puffins)

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Viking Childrens Books

Nueve Dias para Navidad (Spanish Edition)

Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a pinata for it

Labastida, Aurora

Holidays & Celebrations

Published over 30 years ago, Nine Days to Christmas remains fresh and relevant. Ceci's first Christmas posada party and pinata have made her Mexican town come alive for generations of readers. "The youngest child will be completely transported by this lovely story."--The Atlantic. Three-color illustrations.

Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico (Picture Puffins)

A vital record of another part of America's past -St. Paul Pioneer Press "A vivid, personalized account of the life of an ordinary woman born and raised in Italy who migrated to the U.S. in 1884. Rosa Cavalleri [is] a gifted storyteller" - Library Journal This is the life story of Rosa Cavalleri, as told to Marie Hall Ets, a social worker and noted author of children's books who was a friend of Rosa. Rosa's life in a village in Lombardy, her marriage at sixteen to an abusive older man, her unwilling migration to join him in a Missouri mining town, the unassisted birth of her first child, her escape from her husband who tried to force her into prostitution, and her life as an independent, resourceful, lively woman in Chicago, are chronicled in eloquent detail.

Rosa: The Life of an Italian Immigrant (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

University of Wisconsin Press

Generations of readers have treasured this 1960 Caldecott Medal winner and its tale of a little Mexican girl's excitement at the approach of Christmas. Ceci eagerly awaits Las Posadas, the traditional nine-day series of yuletide celebrations. This year she'll lead the candlelight procession that reenacts Mary and Joseph's trek to Bethlehem. Meanwhile, Mother takes her to the old marketplace to choose her very first piñata. Ceci is dazzled by the colorful array of options, and after making her choice has second thoughts about the fate of her piñata once the posada takes place. Graced by evocative illustrations, this international holiday classic is now available in a lovely hardcover edition. "The youngest child will be completely transported by this story," noted The Atlantic, and readers of all ages will be charmed by the child's-eye view of Mexican culture.

Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico (English Edition)

Dover Publications

El cuento de la emoción de una niña mexicana al acercarse la Navidad, desde su publicación original en 1960 y ganador la medulla Caldecott, ha sido disfrutada por generaciones de jóvenes lectores. Ceci no puede contener su alegría de poder participar, este año por privera vez, en las posadas, una de las fiestas navideñas tradicionales que se celebra en México por el correr de nueve días. Este año le toca a ella encabezar la procesión de velas que representa el viaje de María y José a Belén. Mamá la lleva al viejo mercado para elegir su propia piñata. Ceci queda deslumbrada con la colorida gama de opciones, y después de haber elegido su favorita, tiene dudas sobre el destino de su piñata una vez que la posada se lleve a cabo. Con ilustraciones evocadoras de la época navideña, este libro se ha convertido en un clásico internacional. “El niño más pequeño, será totalmente transportado por esta historia”, comentó The Atlantic, y lectores de toda eda quedarán encantados del punto de vista de una niña de la cultura mexicana.

Nueve Días para Navidad: Un Cuento de México (English and Spanish Edition)

Just Me

scholastic

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