Lupe Ruiz-Flores
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
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Cuando una fuerte tormenta tumba el gran árbol de mezquite en la plaza principal, algunos de los vecinos piensan que el árbol sólo es bueno para leña. Sin embargo, el leñador ve su gran valor y piensa usarlo para hacer un regalo hermoso para los niños del pueblo.
When a violent thunderstorm knocks down the giant mesquite tree in the town square, some of the villagers see it as only worth firewood. The woodcutter, however, sees it as material...
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Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, Ernestine Guerrero's family didn't have much.
The Mexican American teen was so grateful for the government food aid they received in San Antonio, Texas, that she wanted to personally thank President Roosevelt. But how? After seeing the plans for a very difficult woodworking project, she decided she would make it herself and send it to the president. Piece by piece, that's exactly what she did. And the clock case she...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
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"During the Great Depression, Ernestine Guerrero's family didn't have much. This is the true story of a resourceful Mexican American teen who made a gift to thank President Roosevelt for the food aid that helped them survive. Now in Spanish"-- Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
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Lupita está muy entusiasmado con el baile La Raspa, una danza folclórica mexicana, con su clase de primer grado en una celebración del Día del Niño, El Día de los Niños, pero justo antes de la actuación de su pareja, Ernesto, se tuerce el tobillo.
Lupita is excited about dancing La Raspa, a Mexican folk dance, with her first-grade class at a celebration of Children's Day, El Día de los Niños, but just before the performance her partner,...
