RESOURCE GUIDE - Reading Is Fundamental

H I S P A N I C B O O K C O L L E C T I O N
People and Homes
Mr. Peabody’s Apples / Las Manzanas
del Sr. Peabody
by Madonna
In a small American town, a boy learns about the
power of words when he starts a rumor about a
beloved teacher and baseball coach.
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine / Sam, Bangs, y
hechizo de luna
by Evaline Ness
Sam, a girl with an active imagination, tells outlandish
stories, which her father refers to as “moonshine.”
S T O R Y
B O O S T E R S
Crow Boy / Niño Cuervo
by Taro Yashima
A young boy in a Japanese village is teased for being
different, but he begins to earn the respect of his
classmates.
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience
School / Querida Sra. LaRue: Cartas desde
la Academia Canina
by Mark Teague
Ike, a mischievous dog, writes letters to his owner
trying to convince her to let him return home from
obedience school.
Eloise
by Kay Thompson
This is the first book of a series about a precocious
6-year-old girl who lives in New York’s Plaza Hotel
and refuses to be bored.
Encounter / Encuentro
by Jane Yolen
In a retelling of the story of Christopher Columbus, a
young boy tries to warn his people against welcoming
the strangers who have arrived in great ships.
■ Read Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine and Dear
Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School.
Have the children create a Venn diagram
(provided on page 23 in the Handout
section) in which they compare the two
stories and how the characters imaginatively
described their circumstances.
■ Eloise, Crow Boy, and Encounter are great
books that can help you teach your children
tolerance in a multicultural world. The
stories help children understand how
unique and worthy of respect we all are.
Discuss with the children how our
experiences make us unique and how we
can be more understanding of one another.
■ To expand your children’s vocabulary,
have them create a
synonym-antonym
dictionary of the
new words they
discover.
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