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
Imagination and True Facts
Mi planta de naranja lima
by José Mauro de Vasconcelos
This required book in almost every Latin American
country describes the hardships of a boy who builds a
fantasy world to deal with his difficult life.
Mi primera gran enciclopedia
by Neil Morris
This encyclopedia for children includes information
about science, the human body, and world cultures.
Ni era vaca ni era caballo…
by Miguel Ángel Jusayu
A shepherd boy discovers a strange creature.
S T O R Y
B O O S T E R S
¡Bravo, Rosina!
by María José Thomas
Set in 1930s Chile, Rosina develops a love of music and
opera listening to her grandfather’s gramophone.
Cuentos de Apolo
by Hilda Perera
A young boy is eager to learn more about the world
around him.
El deseo de Aurelio
by Rafael Freyre Martínez
Two squirrels learn about poverty, ignorance,
inequality, sickness, and pollution on their journey
to the ocean.
■ Read aloud Cuentos de Apolo, El deseo de
Aurelio, and Mi planta de naranja lima.
Lead discussions on how people who may
not have material advantages can still find
success regardless of their difficulties
growing up.
■ Have the children read Bravo, Rosina! Play
recordings of radio shows and have the
children write and perform a script of
their own.
■ Let children do a research
project on subjects that
interests them using either
technology,
such as the
Internet, or
by visiting a
local library.
El Principito
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A little prince meets and befriends a pilot whose plane
has crashed in the desert.
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