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Peep and Egg: I’m Not Trick-or-Treating

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Peep and Egg: I’m Not Trick-or-Treating
by Laura Gehl (Author) and Joyce Wan (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Peep can’t wait to go trick-or-treating with Egg. But Egg is NOT trick-or-treating! No way, no how. With monsters, witches, and mummies out there, it is just too scary. Even when Peep tells Halloween jokes to soothe Egg’s fears, Egg is not cracking. How can Peep help Egg realize that trick-or-treating isn’t so scary when you have someone you love by your side?

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Somos como las nubes

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Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds (English and Spanish Edition)
by Jorge Argueta (Author) and Alfonso Ruano (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. Hear their voices in this bilingual book of poetry.

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El desierto

Voy corriendo por el desierto
con mi mami.
Ella me toma
la mano.

Yo miro las estrellas.
Cada una de ellas
como su manos,
me guía con su luz.

The Desert

I am running through the desert
with my mother.
She takes
my hand.

I look at the stars.
Each star,
like her hand,
guides me with its light.

Copyright © 2016 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.