Tia Isa Quiere un Carro (Tia Isa Wants A Car)

Medina, Meg

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Candlewick Press

Annotation: Tia Isa wants a car. But with all their extra money set aside to help faraway relatives, will she and her niece ever have enough?

Genre: [Foreign languages]

Reviews: 3

Catalog Number: #5246691

Format: Paperback

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Edition Date: 2012 Release Date: 02/28/12

Illustrator: Munoz, Claudio,

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 0-7636-5751-4

ISBN 13: 978-0-7636-5751-2

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2010040128

Dimensions: 28 cm.

Subject Heading:
Automobiles. Fiction.
Aunts. Fiction.
Money. Fiction.
Families. Fiction.
Hispanic Americans. Fiction.
Spanish language materials.
Automoviles. Novela. slem.
Tias. Novela. slem.
Dinero. Novela. slem.
Familias. Novela. slem.
Hispanos. Novela. slem.
Materiales lectura en idioma espanol. slem.

Language: Spanish

Reviews:

Horn Book

Tma Isa wants a car so that she can drive her niece to the beach. This story, narrated by the unnamed niece, is about Tma Isa's dreams, but it's also about the dreams of immigrant families who are often separated for financial reasons, working to be reunited. Just as in the English version, this Spanish edition speaks to the emotional experience of immigration.

School Library Journal (Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2012)

PreS-Gr 2 Aunt Isa wants a car so she can drive her niece to the beach. This story, narrated by the unnamed niece, is not just about Aunt Isa achieving her dreams, but is also about the dreams of immigrant families who are often separated for financial reasons, working until they can be together again. A lovely book that speaks to the emotional experience of immigration.

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School Library Journal (Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2012)
Wilson's Children's Catalog

Word Count: 1,086

Reading Level: 3.3

Interest Level: P-2

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.0 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 143926SP / grade: Lower Grades

Lexile: 680L

Guided Reading Level: N

Fountas & Pinnell: N

A little girl pitches in to help her tía save up for a car and take the whole family to the beach.

Tía Isa quiere un carro brillante que sea del mismo color verde del océano. Pero el dinero no alcanza, sobre todo porque lo que ganan se divide en dos partes: una para gastar aquí y otra para enviar a la familia que vive lejos, con la esperanza de verse algún día nuevamente.
Mientras tía Isa raciona el dinero, su sobrina trata de ayudar con los ahorros en su propia forma. ¿Pero podrán ahorrar lo suficiente para un carro?

While Tía Isa wants to save money for a car that will take the whole family to the beach, her niece does odd jobs for neighbors. But it’s hard to save enough when half the money is set aside to bring family members who live far away to join them someday. Meg Medina’s simple, genuine story about keeping in mind those who are far away is written in lovely, lyrical prose and brought to life through Claudio Muñoz’s charming characters.

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