3rd Grade

At Christmas, a girl panics when she thinks she has lost her mother's ring in the tamale dough.

This biography introduces librarian and storyteller Pura Belpre through books, puppets, and bilingual service.

Children in a rural village wait for the traveling library donkeys that bring books, stories, and possibility.

This cumulative bilingual tale follows farm workers, ingredients, and a shared stew pot from field to table.

Marisol loves being loud, mixed up, and fully herself, even when adults want her to match.

This picture-book biography recounts how Sylvia Mendez and her family helped end school segregation in California.

A boy runs through the city trying to catch the paletero before his neighborhood treat is gone.

A girl who left the Dominican Republic as a baby rebuilds the place through family and neighborhood stories.

Big Anthony learns the hard way that magical pasta is not something to experiment with lightly.

One quilt follows a family across generations, carrying memory, migration, and celebration.