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Books

What Can You Do with a Paleta?

By: Carmen Tafolla
Illustrated by: Magaly Morales

Where the paleta wagon rings its tinkly belland carries a treasure of icy paletasin every color of the sarape . . .As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored...

What Can You Do with a Rebozo?

By: Carmen Tafolla

What can you use to dress up, play hide-and-seek, carry baby brother, and DANCE with?A rebozo!In a playful celebration of a vibrant culture, a young girl and her family show all the things they do in their...

What Can You Do with a Rebozo? / ¿Qué Puedes Hacer con un Rebozo?

By: Carmen Tafolla

A cradle for baby, a superhero's cape, a warm blanket on a cool night--there are so many things you can do with a rebozo. Through the eyes of a young girl, readers are introduced to the traditional shawl...


What the World Eats

By: Faith D'Aluisio

Sitting down to a daily family meal has long been a tradition for billions of people. But in every corner of the world this age-old custom is rapidly changing. From increased trade between countries to...

When the Shadbush Blooms

By: Carla Messinger

My grandparents’ grandparents walked beside the same stream where I walk with my brother, and we can see what they saw.Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she...



Resources

Written in Stone

By: Rosanne Parry

   Rosanne Parry author of Heart of a Shepherd, shines a light on Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s, a time of critical cultural upheaval.

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