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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés

Created on April 27, 2022, 1:20 pm

Last Updated August 12, 2024, 2:30 pm

Children's and middle grade novels available in both English and Spanish (including translations and classic titles). Audience: school age children, teachers, and parents. Created by Klem-Marí Cajigas, Family Literacy Coordinator, BBTL. Last updated: December 2023---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Novelas juveniles y novelas para estudiantes de grados intermedios disponibles en inglés y español (incluyendo traducciones y obras clasicas). Audiencia: niños de grados escolares, maestras y maestros, y padres de familia. Creado por Klem-Marí Cajigas, Family Literacy Coordinator, BBTL. Ultima actuualizacion: diciembre 2023.

21) Charlie and the chocolate factory

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, eAudiobook, CD audio book, Kit

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Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

22) El maravilloso mago de Oz

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Book, eAudiobook

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After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas.

23) The wonderful Wizard of Oz

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Mackin classics

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book

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Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Liontheyre now as beloved a part of American folklore as Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan. Since its first publication in 1900, L. Frank Baum's story of a little girl carried away by a tornado to the strange and beautiful Land of Oz has had an extraordinary emotional impact on wide-eyed readers young and old. As Dorothy journeys down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, hoping the Great...

24) La telarana de Carlota

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Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

25) Charlotte's web

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Book, Talking Book, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book, Kit

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Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

26) Stef Soto, la reina del taco: una novela

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Torres, Jennifer

Description

Estefania "Stef" Soto, sólo quiere ser una típica chica de séptimo grado. Quiere tener amigos, ser aceptada, y tener un poco de independencia de sus sobreprotectores padres inmigrantes. Stef sabe muy bien que no puede tomar el autobús para ir a la escuela, porque sus padres lo consideran demasiado peligroso. Su papi insiste en recogerla cada día en su viejo camión de tacos llamado Tia Perla. Todos los días le pregunta, "¿Aprendiste...

27) Stef Soto, taco queen

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Torres, Jennifer

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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"Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of her life"-- Provided by publisher.

28) De cómo Tía Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse

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The Tia Lola Stories

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Julia Alvarez’s heartwarming novel—now in Spanish.
De cómo tía Lola vino de visita a quedarse, una novela juvenil de Julia Alvarez, cuenta la deliciosa historia de una familia dominicana, instalada en Vermont, que recibe la visita de una pariente muy especial. La irresistible, incontrolable e incluso mágica tía Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pañuelos, vestidos alegres, tacones,...

29) How Tía Lola came to visit stay

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Tia Lola stories volume 1

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Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.

30) De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez (How Aunt Lola Ended Up Starting Over Spanish Edition)

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The Tia Lola Stories

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Bienvenidos al bed & breakfast de tía Lola!
Con la ayuda de sus sobrinos y de las tres hermanas Espada, tía Lola abrirá las puertas de la majestuosa casa Antigua del coronel Charlebois a visitants de todas las procedencias. Pero pronto se darán cuenta de que poner a funcionar este pequeño hotel no resulta tan fácil como pensaron en un principio. ¡Y menos cuando todo parece indicar que...

31) De cómo Tía Lola salvo el verano

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The Tia Lola Stories

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A Miguel Guzmán no le emociona mucho el verano que tiene por delante, ahora que su mamá ha invitado a toda la familia Espada—el papá, sus tres hijas y su perro (ipor los menos uno que no es niña!)—a que se queden en su casa mientras deciden si se trasladan a vivir a Vermont. Pero Miguel no sabe que su tía Lola pondrá a funcionar toda su magia para hacer de estas vacaciones las mejores de...

32) How Tía Lola saved the summer

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Tia Lola stories volume 3

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes Tía Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.

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Punto de encuentro

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Diciembre es el mes en el que se celebra la Ceremonia anual, en la que los Doce reciben sus asignaciones vitalicias determinadas por el Comité de Ancianos. Pero Jonás, un niño que cumple doce años, ha sido elegido para algo muy especial.

34) La primera regla del punk: una novela

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Pérez, Celia C

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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After María Luisa O'Neill-Morales moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago, she violates her school's dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurns the school's most popular girl to start a band with like-minded friends.

35) The first rule of punk

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Pérez, Celia C

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Playaway

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Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.

36) Forest world

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Engle, Margarita

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Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous.

37) Isla de leones: el guerrero cubano de las palabras

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Engle, Margarita

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Asia, África, Europa: los ancestros de Antonio chocaron y se mezclaron en la hermosa isla de Cuba. El país lucha por independizarse de España. Los esclavos africanos y los chinos bajo servidumbre por endeudamiento son forzados a trabajar largas horas, rompiéndose el lomo en los campos de cultivo. Por eso Antonio se siente afortunado de haber conseguido trabajo como mensajero, haciendo que su rica mezcla cultural sea una ventaja. A traves de...

38) Lion Island: Cuba's warrior of words

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Engle, Margarita

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A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.

39) Luna fortuna

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Fifth grader Luna Ramos has a great many cousins, mostly on her father's side, but one of them, Claudia, is a source of constant annoyance; their current feud begins when Luna is punished for locking Claudia in the restroom at another cousin's quinceanera--but when there's a bullying situation at school, Luna realizes that, despite their disagreements, cousins have to stand up for each other.

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Fifth grader Luna Ramos has a great many cousins, mostly on her father's side, but one of them, Claudia, is a source of constant annoyance; their current feud begins when Luna is punished for locking Claudia in the restroom at another cousin's quinceanera--but when there's a bullying situation at school, Luna realizes that, despite their disagreements, cousins have to stand up for each other.