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Presents a child's eye view of family life in two vastly different households--that of the little girl's father and grandmother, which is quiet and full of beautiful and expensive things, and that of her other grandmother's house where her cousin also lives, which is alive with many people dropping by.
By Elisa Amado and Luis Garay (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780888994592 | Groundwood Books, March 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A girl observes family life in two different households--that of her father and grandmother, which is quiet and full of beautiful things, and that of her other grandmother's house where her cousin also lives, which is alive with many people dropping by.

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Presents a child's eye view of family life in two vastly different households--that of the little girl's father and grandmother, which is quiet and full of beautiful and expensive things, and that of her other grandmother's house where her cousin also lives, which is alive with many people dropping by.
By Elisa Amado and Luis Garay (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780888995483 | Groundwood Books, March 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A girl observes family life in two different households--that of her father and grandmother, which is quiet and full of beautiful things, and that of her other grandmother's house where her cousin also lives, which is alive with many people dropping by.

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When his friend's father is arrested and an army captain visits the school and asks them to write a paper on 'What my family does at night,' nine-year-old Pedro must make a difficult decision.

Hardcover:

9780888993908 | Groundwood Books, May 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When a government official comes into a third grade classroom and tells the students to write a composition entitled 'What My Family Does at Night,' Pedro must decide how he feels about the military dictatorship that is running his country.

Paperback:

9780888995506 | Groundwood Books, February 1, 2003, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: When his friend's father is arrested and an army captain visits the school and asks them to write a paper on 'What my family does at night,' nine-year-old Pedro must make a difficult decision.

Reinforced:

9780606279727, titled "Composition" | Demco Media, April 1, 2002, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: When his friend's father is arrested and an army captain visits the school and asks them to write a paper on 'What my family does at night,' nine-year-old Pedro must make a difficult decision.

Retells the Carib legend about the great flood, when Kaputano descended from Heaven to ask for help in building a great canoe to carry the Caribs and the animals while the earth was covered with water.
By Elisa Amado (trans), Gloria Calderon (illustrator) and Maria Elena Maggi (editor)

Hardcover:

9780888994448 | Groundwood Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Retells the Carib legend about the great flood, when Kaputano descended from Heaven to ask for help in building a great canoe to carry the Caribs and the animals while the earth was covered with water.

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When a pesky mosquito interrupts their sleep, AndrTs and Juliana flee to the jungle to escape the sound and find help, but the animals they find--a monkey, a snake, and a crocodile--are all fast asleep, and when an owl takes them back home, they discover a frog on the windowsill who has the perfect solution.

Hardcover:

9780888994301 | Groundwood Books, May 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When a pesky mosquito interrupts their sleep, Andrâes and Julliana flee to the jungle to escape the sound and find help, but the animals they find--a monkey, a snake, and a crocodile--are all fast asleep.

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In their Guatemalan village, it's been a tradition for Juan and his grandfather to build and fly a big kite every November 2, the Day of the Dead, to honor deceased loved ones, but now that his grandfather has died, Juan must fly it alone.

Hardcover:

9780888993663 | Groundwood Books, November 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Juan, a Quiche Indian boy from Guatemala, his brother, and his friends make a giant kite to fly on the Day of the Dead

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Juan, a Quichâe Indian boy from the village of Santiago Sacatepâequez, Guatemala, his brother, and his friends make a giant kite to fly on the Day of the Dead in memory of Juan's grandfather, who taught him how to make the traditional kites.

Hardcover:

9780888993670 | Groundwood Books, November 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A Quiche boy makes a giant kite

Paperback:

9780888993816 | Groundwood Books, November 1, 1999, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A Quiche boy makes a giant kite

Juan, a Quichâe Indian boy from the village of Santiago Sacatepâequez, Guatemala, his brother, and his friends make a giant kite to fly on the Day of the Dead in memory of Juan's grandfather, who taught him how to make the traditional kites.

Reinforced:

9780606175708 | Demco Media, June 1, 1999, cover price $15.80 | About this edition: A Quiche boy makes a giant kite

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