Birthday in the Barrio: Cumpleaños En El Barrio (Bilingual English/Spanish)

by Mayra Dole (Author)

Birthday in the Barrio: Cumpleaños En El Barrio (Bilingual English/Spanish)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Chavi

In this second book by author Mayra Lazara Dole, lively, determined Chavi sets off on yet another Miami adventure. This time it's a fifteenth birthday party for her buddy Rosario's sister that sends her swooshing through Miami, recruiting children and grownups to help in the planning and cooking. Once again Chavi proves that she can bring an entire community together for a heartfelt special event. Mayra Lazara Dole's bubbly prose and Tonel's bright, witty watercolors will delight readers who know and love Chavi, as well as those who are discovering this amazing eight-year-old for the first time.

En este segundo libro de la autora Mayra Lazara Dole, el animado y decidido Chavi emprende otra aventura en Miami. Esta vez es una fiesta de cumpleaños número 15 para la hermana de su amiga Rosario que la hace volar por Miami, reclutando niños y adultos para ayudar en la planificación y la cocina. Una vez más, Chavi demuestra que puede reunir a toda una comunidad para un evento especial conmovedor. La prosa burbujeante de Mayra Lazara Dole y las acuarelas brillantes e ingeniosas de Tonel deleitarán a los lectores que conocen y aman a Chavi, así como a aquellos que están descubriendo a este increíble niño de ocho años por primera vez.

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Mayra Dole
Mayra Dole was born in Marianao, Cuba, and raised in a Cuban barrio outside Miami. A prolific author, an accomplished and passionate musician, and an advocate for the differently-abled, Mayra has also been a dancer, landscape designer, and hairdresser. She lives in Coral Gables, Florida. Tonel is a visual artist and art critic who was born in Havana, Cuba, where he illustrated several children's books. His work for grownups has been exhibited in North and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. He received a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in the Humanities and a John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for painting and installation art. He lives and teaches in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Classification
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ISBN-13
9780892393015
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Children's Book Press (CA)
Publication date
April 01, 2013
Series
Chavi
BISAC categories
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Library of Congress categories
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