![]() Until, at last, it's time, and they ease their bodies-their creased bodies, newly sprouting bodies, saggy, jiggly bodies-into the bath. Once there, the rituals leading up to the baths begin: hair washing, back scrubbing, and, finally, the wood barrel drumroll. In this celebration of Japanese culture and family and naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, join a little girl-along with her aunties and grandmother-at a traditional bath house. At the bath house / The big bath house. The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear Gracey Zhang (Illustrator) A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a bath house with her grandmother and aunties You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an immigration policy that has provided relief to thousands of undocumented children, referred to as "Dreamers," who came to the United States as children and call this country home. This is a moving story-one that resonates with millions of immigrants who make up the fabric of our country-about one girl living in two worlds, a girl whose DACA application was eventually approved and who is now living her American dream. And she saw it as a land of opportunity, where millions of immigrants who came before her paved their own paths. Areli's limited English came out wrong, and schoolmates accused her of being illegal. Instead, things were busy and fast and noisy. Gone were the Saturdays at Abuela's house, filled with cousins and sunshine. When Areli was just a baby, her mama and papa moved from Mexico to New York with her brother, Alex, to make a better life for the family-and when she was in kindergarten, they sent for her, too. Spanish Language Materials Toggle DropdownĪreli Is a Dreamer by Areli Morales Luisa Uribe (Illustrator) In the first picture book written by a DACA Dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story.Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18.Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students.Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People.Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List.Walter Award for Outstanding Children's Literature.Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award.Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.Finding Children's/YA Literature Toggle Dropdown.With Leveled Books (K–8) you’ll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with you’ll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Its companion a searchable and frequently updated website that includes over 16,000 titles. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction.īest of all, Leveled Books (K–8) is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases. ![]() organizing high-quality classroom libraries.selecting books for both guided and independent reading.using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading.analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts.the role of leveled books in reading instruction.Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books (K–8) to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school.įountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. For ten years and over two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-the-right book to use for guided reading instruction.
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