A Season for Mangoes
by Regina Hanson and Eric Velasquez
Sareen is attending her first sit-up, a Jamaican tradition that celebrates the life... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African (Global)
Year Published 2005
Word Count 1,527
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 87527
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Grandmothers
- Jamaica--Fiction
- Blacks
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Fiction
- Jamaica
- Stage fright--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Blacks--Jamaica--Fiction
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Storytelling--Fiction
- Storytelling
- Stage fright
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Eric Velasquez
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Authors 4
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Eric Velasquez
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Interview with Eric Velasquez
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Américas Award, 1993-2021
Honor, 2005
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