Gabriela Baeza Ventura Books
The bakery lady
By Pat Mora
Monica, who wants to be a baker like her grandmother, finds the doll hidden in the bread on the feast for the Three Kings and thus gets to bake cookies for the next fiesta.
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Benjamin And The Word Benjamin Y La Palabra
By Gabriela Baeza Ventura, Daniel A. Olivas
Kirkus Reviews: When Benjamin defeats his friend James in a game at school, James calls him a name, the "word" of the title. While the name itself is never mentioned, Benjamin's talk with his fathe...
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The remembering day
By Pat Mora
Long ago in what would come to be called Mexico, as Mama Alma and her granddaughter, Bella, recall happy times while walking in the garden they have tended together since Bella was a baby, Mama Alm...
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A bean and cheese taco birthday
Five-year-old Ariel wants a very simple birthday celebration at the park with bean and cheese tacos and bubbles, despite his older brother Dario's preference for big birthday parties.
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The place where you live
By James Luna
Simple rhyming, repetitive text describes "the place where you live," from the warm and sunny kitchen smelling of tortillas and hot chocolate to the yard, neighbors, school, library, and front porch.
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