spanish language materials

"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--Provided by publisher.

"A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"--.

A tiny fish wearing a blue hat hopes not to wake up the trouble that might be following close behind.

While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.

"Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Ash?ninka community"--OCLC.

"Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el viol?n. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing--a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violin, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and the energy of Rock and Roll, and added the slow heat of Afro-Cuban drums and the cilantro-scented sway of the music he'd grown up with in Mexico. There were a lot of bands in San Francisco but none of them sounded like this. Had Carlos finally found the music that would make his angels real?"--Provided by the publisher.

"A very important mission! Felix, Calcita, and Robocan will have to venture into the remote Muddy Swamp in the unknown Land of the Ogres to get the silty stone with which the Troll Witch can heal the poor Troll Master, who is very sick. Will our trio of heroes be able to find that rare stone and overpower the ogres that live in the swamp? Giant toads, talking plants, all kinds of monsters, and many ogres, yes, the angry kind, in the third adventure of Felix and Calcita, the fun comic series by Artur Laperla, creator of Superpatata/Super Potato"--From the publisher's web site.

Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her.

A young girl named A. Saira, who is living with her family in Afghanistan, finds her life forever changed when a cruel man who follows the Taliban enters her life, but finds comfort in a host family from Valencia and must face her past when she starts to fall in love.

Irene is sent to boarding school after her parents divorce, where she learns about love and her feelings with help from a teacher, Peter Hughes, who introduces her to the novels of Jane Austen, Goethe, Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, and Murakami.