A Bear for Miguel Contributor(s): Alphin, Elaine Marie (Author), Sandin, Joan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064442349 ISBN-13: 9780064442343 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: One day, MarIa's father takes her to the busy market. There they trade goods for food for Mana's mother and baby brother. MarIa helps by making her father laugh while he works. But she wants to do more. So Mana finds a very special way to help her family. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Beginner - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 94036723 |
Lexile Measure: 500 |
Series: I Can Read Books: Level 3 |
Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5.5" W x 8.53" (0.23 lbs) 64 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Holiday - Valentine's Day - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 28479 Reading Level: 2.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One day, Mar a's father takes her to the busy market. There they trade goods for food for Mana's mother and baby brother. Mar a helps by making her father laugh while he works. But she wants to do more. So Mana finds a very special way to help her family. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sandin, Joan: - Joan Sandin is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the "I Can Read" books Small Wolf, written by Nathaniel Benchley, Snowshoe Thompson, written by Nancy Smiler Levinson, and her own The Long Way Westward and The Long Way to a New Land. Ms. Sandin lives in Tucson, AZ. Alphin, Elaine Marie: -Elaine Marie Alphin is the author of the I Can Read Book a bear for miguel, illustrated by Joan Sandin, as well as several young adult novels, including Counterfeit Son, which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. Ms. Alphin lives in Madison, Indiana. |