What Can You Do with a Paleta?
by Carmen Tafolla and Magaly Morales
“Where the big velvet roses bloom / red and pink and fuschia, / where the accordion... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2009
Word Count 251
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 133835, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life
- Vida urbana--Novela juvenil
- Ice pops--Juvenile fiction
- Ice pops--Fiction
- Mexicano-americanos--Novela juvenil
- Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
- Spanish language materials--Bilingual
- Postres congelados--Novela juvenil
- City and town life
- Ice pops
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- City and town life--Juvenile fiction
- Mexicano-americanos--Novela
- City and town life--Fiction
- Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Winner, 2010

Américas Award, 1993-2022
Winner, 2010

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2023
Winner, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2022
First Place Winner, 2010
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