Pam Muñoz Ryan
1) Echo
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
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#OwnVoices - Latinx Books for Kids
10 to Try - Authors of Color
Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Youth Book Recommendations
10 to Try - Authors of Color
Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Youth Book Recommendations
Formats
Description
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, as the second World War approaches, the lives of three children -- Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California -- become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting...
3) The dreamer
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
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Description
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
5) Mañanaland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
650L
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Formats
Description
Newbery Honoree Pam Muñoz Ryan weaves an entrancing tale of courage and self-discovery. A Maximiliano Córdoba le encantan las historias, especialmente la leyenda que le cuenta Buelo sobre un mítico guardián que ayuda a los viajeros valientes de corazón puro en un viaje a la tierra del mañana.Si Max pudiera ver el mañana, sabría si lo aceptarán en el famoso club de fútbol de Santa María y si alguna vez encontrará a su madre, quien desapareció...
6) Hello, Ocean
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Description
Groups making up many different kinds of "families" introduce the numbers from one to ten and then by tens to one hundred.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
In this rhythmic cumulative tale Rosa Maria spends the week getting ready for her granddaughter's birthday party and trying to avoid attracting mice--unaware that the mice in her walls are preparing for a party of their own.
Author
Language
English
Description
Spanish language edition. Relive a day at the beach with this lovely book of memories. You can almost feel the salt spray on your face and smell the musky scent of ocean in the cool morning air. Remember how the sand squishes between your toes as the tide rushes to shore and taste the tang of the ocean on your lips. HELLO OCEAN is a joy-filled and playful poem about the draw of the shore and the effect the ocean has on all five senses. Spirited language...
11) Our California
Author
Language
English
Description
Re-illustrated and re-designed, OUR CALIFORNIA (previously CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME!) is a lively tour of award-winning author Pam Muñoz Ryan's home state. Spirited poems celebrate California's major cities and regions. Backmatter includes state symbols and additional information about each place. Bold paintings by illustrator Rafael López capture the spirit of the land.
Author
Language
English
Description
People have been gobbling up yummy, nutritious raisins for centuries. Ancient Greeks and Romans awarded them at sporting events and astronauts have taken raisins into space. Find out how grapes become raisins, who introduced the seedless grape, and the many uses for raisins.
Author
Language
Español
Description
Spanish language edition. This spirited tribute to Old Glory will inspire readers, young and old, to take a new look at the greatest emblem of the United States of America. With patriotic verse and historical facts, THE FLAG WE LOVE explores how our flag has become an enduring part of our nation's proud history and heritage. From its earliest designs to its role in peace-time and war, the Star-Spangled Banner will take on a whole new meaning for all...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Spanish language edition. Re-illustrated and re-designed, OUR CALIFORNIA (previously CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME!) is a lively tour of award-winning author Pam Muñoz Ryan's home state. Spirited poems celebrate California's major cities and regions. Back matter includes state symbols and additional information about each place. Bold paintings by illustrator Rafael López capture the spirit of the land.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Crayons aren't just for coloring anymore! This colorful rhyme teaches counting by twos–two different ways. First, use the even numbers to count up to 24. Then start over with the odd numbers. Along the way you'll learn unusual colors, like iguana and fiddlehead. Do any of them sound familiar? They should! They come from the pages of Jerry Pallotta's alphabet books. Counting has never been more fun or colorful!
16) Esperanza renace
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (5 hr., 24 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl could want: fancy dresses; a beautiful home filled with servants in Aguascalientes, Mexico; and the promise of one day rising to Mama's position and presiding over all of Rancho de las Rosas. But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past as she confronts...
17) Paint the wind
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
18) Tony Baloney
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Tony, a macaroni penguin, is a middle child with very exasperating siblings, and although he never looks for trouble, it often finds him.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
20) Nacho and Lolita
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water, which the swallows can easily find when returning from their annual migration.
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