A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team

Tomas is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. But before long, Tomas knows all the stories by heart. "There are more stories in the library,"Papa Grande tells him. The very next day, Tomas meets the library lady and a whole new world opens up for him.

Based on the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomas...

Dona Flor, una senora gigante, vive en un pueblo pequenito. Los vecinos
la adoran y ella adora a sus vecinos. Deja que los ninos utilicen las flores de su jardin como trompetas y las tortillas como balsas. A Dona Flor le encanta leer y con frecuencia puedes verla rodeada de ninos que escuchan atentos las historias de sus libros.
Un dia un tremendo aullido de animal proveniente de las afueras del pueblo asusta a todos, incluida a Dona Flor. Quiere proteger a sus queridos vecinos y con ayuda de sus amigos los animales, se dirige hacia la meseta mas alta, en busca de la terrible fiera....

Captured by her mother's infectious love of dance, a young girl joyously follows her mother in a dance through the seasons. Illustrations.

Tomas es hijo de trabajadores migratorios. Cada verano, el y su familia viajan a Iowa, desde Tejas, donde pasan largos y dificiles dias en el campo, durante la temporada de la cosecha de frutas y verduras. Por las noches, a veces, se reunen a escuchar los maravillosos cuentes de papa grande, el abuelo de Tomas. Con el tiempo, Tomas se aprende todos los cuentos de memoria.
Hay muchos otros cuentos en la biblioteca - le dice papa grande.
Y al dia siguiente, Tomas conoce a la senora de la biblioteca, quien le abre las puertas a un nuevo mundo.
Este alentador cuento de Pat Mora es...

Jose was a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908, he came into the world kicking like a steer, and grew up to love to draw, play the piano, and dream. Jose's dreaming took him to faraway places. He dreamed of bullfighters and the sounds of the cancan dancers that he saw with his father. Dance lit a fire in Jose's soul.
With his heart to guide him, Jose left his family and went to New York to dance. He learned to flow and float and fly through space with steps like a Mexican breeze. When Jose danced, his spirit soared. From New York to lands afar,...

On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents--and even tougher racism--but with his unreal catches and swift feet, he earned his nickname, "The Great One." He led the Pirates to two World Series, hit 3,000 hits, and was the first Latino to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But it wasn't just baseball that made Clemente legendary--he was was also a...

Dona Flor is a giant lady who lives in a tiny village in the American Southwest. Popular with her neighbors, she lets the children use her flowers as trumpets and her leftover tortillas as rafts. Flor loves to read, too, and she can often be found reading aloud to the children.

One day, all the villagers hear a terrifying noise: it sounds like a huge animal bellowing just outside their village. Everyone is afraid, but not Flor. She wants to protect her beloved neighbors, so with the help of her animal friends, she sets off for the highest mesa to find the creature. Soon enough, though,...

Inspired by her own granddaughter Natalie, Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, tells a story through a child's eyes of what family life is like when a parent is at war across the world.

When her father leaves for a year of being at war, Natalie knows that she will miss him. Natalie is proud of her father, but there is nothing to stop her from wishing he was home. Some things do help her feel better. Natalie works with her Nana to send her dad and the other service men and women cookies and treats they have made. Natalie, her mom, and her brother can see and talk to Dad over the...

In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child's unique perspective to an important chapter in America's history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King), Paula watched and listened to the struggles, eventually joining with her family--and thousands of others--in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery.

Poignant, moving,...

The ultimate celebration of an all-American sport, this picture book captures the joy and the history of baseball--and knocks it out of the park

Don't wait for Opening Day to start your baseball season Crack open Baseball Is... and revel in the fun of this all-American game Perfect for the stats-counting superfan and the brand-new little leaguer, Baseball Is... captures the spirit of this cherished pastime, honoring its legendary past, and eagerly anticipating the future of the sport that is "stitched into our history."