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(0)Rene Colato Lainez
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Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Young René's mother has sent him a new pair of shoes from the United States. He loves his new shoes. "They walk everywhere I walk. They jump every time I jump. They run as fast as me. We always cross the finish line at the same time." René-with his new shoes-and his father set off on the long journey to meet his mother in the United States. He says goodbye to his friends in El Salvador, and "Uno, dos, tres, my shoes and I are ready to go." The trip...
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Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Description
"Hi! ¡Hola! A friendship story in English and Spanish! ¡Un cuento de amistad en ingl?s y espa?ol! Hi. / Hola. My name is Joe. / Mi nombre es Jos?. Let's paint. / Pintemos. Two boys, an English speaker and a Spanish speaker, meet at school. They paint together and learn about colors. In the end, they declare, "Let's be friends. / Seamos amigos. Rene Colato Lainez, a teacher in a bilingual kindergarten classroom, has crafted an ingenious story that...
Author
Publisher
Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"On the first day at my new school, my teacher, Miss Soria, gave me a sticker that said René Colato. The sticker was missing my second last name. Maybe Miss Soria's pen ran out of ink. I took my pencil and added it. Now it looked right: René Colato Laínez."
Young René is from El Salvador, and he doesn't understand why his name has to be different in the United States. When he writes Colato, he sees his paternal grandparents, René and Amelia.
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