Arthur Dorros
1) Ant cities
Author
Language
English
Description
Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.
2) Abuela
Author
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.
5) Isla
Author
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A young girl and her grandmother take an imaginary journey to the Caribbean island where her mother grew up and where some of her family still lives.
10) City chicken
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Egged on by the cat next door, a chicken from the city visits the country to see what she's been missing, and finds that it's not "all it's cracked up to be."
11) Papá and me
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A bilingual boy and his father, who only speaks Spanish, spend a day together.
12) Ten go tango
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In this counting book, ten groups of animals indulge in ten different dances, from one osprey dancing ballet to ten flamingos doing the tango.
13) Feel the wind
Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Explains what causes wind and how it affects our environment. Includes instructions for making a weathervane.
14) Abuelo
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Together, a young boy and his abuelo (grandfather) go camping, ride horses, and even confront a mountain lion. Soon, the boy's family moves to the city from the country, away from Abuelo, and it is the boy's memories that help him adjust to his new life"--
15) This is my house
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations depict the different types of houses lived in by children all over the world. On each page "This is my house" will appear in the appropriate native language.
17) Mamá and me
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A girl and her mother spend a day together gardening, making cookies, and visiting a neighbor. Includes Spanish words interspersed in the text.
20) Me and my shadow
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Explains what shadows are, how and when they exist, and how they reveal the size and shape of things around us.
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