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Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
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[United States] : Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
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eBook
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1 online resource (40 pages)
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From three-time Pura Belpré Winner Yuyi Morales, a delightful alphabet picture book about a Día de los Muertos skeleton who must find the perfect birthday gift (or gifts!) A 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year Winner of the 2009 Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration A Pura Belpré Honor Book for Narrative Yuyi Morales takes us on a new journey with Señor Calvera, the skeleton from Day of the Dead celebrations. Señor Calvera is worried. He can't figure out what to give Grandma Beetle for her birthday. Misunderstanding the advice of Zelmiro the Ghost, Señor Calvera decides not to get her one gift, but instead one gift for every letter of the alphabet, just in case. Una Acordéon: An accordion for her to dance to. Bigotes: A mustache because she has none. Cosquillas: Tickles to make her laugh . . . . . . only to find out at the end of the alphabet that the best gift of all is seeing her friends. Morales's art glows in this heart-warming original tale with folklore themes, a companion book to her Pura Belpré-winning Just a Minute. In English with Spanish vocabulary words

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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781250229960, 1250229960
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 2.3, 0.5 Points
Lexile code:
AD: Adult Directed
Lexile measure:
530

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From three-time Pura Belpré Winner Yuyi Morales, a delightful alphabet picture book about a Día de los Muertos skeleton who must find the perfect birthday gift (or gifts!) A 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year Winner of the 2009 Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration A Pura Belpré Honor Book for Narrative Yuyi Morales takes us on a new journey with Señor Calvera, the skeleton from Day of the Dead celebrations. Señor Calvera is worried. He can't figure out what to give Grandma Beetle for her birthday. Misunderstanding the advice of Zelmiro the Ghost, Señor Calvera decides not to get her one gift, but instead one gift for every letter of the alphabet, just in case. Una Acordéon: An accordion for her to dance to. Bigotes: A mustache because she has none. Cosquillas: Tickles to make her laugh . . . . . . only to find out at the end of the alphabet that the best gift of all is seeing her friends. Morales's art glows in this heart-warming original tale with folklore themes, a companion book to her Pura Belpré-winning Just a Minute. In English with Spanish vocabulary words
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APA Citation (style guide)

Morales, Y. (2018). Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book. [United States], Roaring Brook Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Morales, Yuyi. 2018. Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book. [United States], Roaring Brook Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Morales, Yuyi, Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book. [United States], Roaring Brook Press, 2018.

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Morales, Yuyi. Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book. [United States], Roaring Brook Press, 2018.

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