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24 • SepteMBer 2020 • OfficialKidsMag.com campout - carlos & carmen series (Reader) author: Kristen Mcdonald age: 2nd-3rd grade The Garcias are spending the afternoon at the pool in the park. The twins are having fun in the shallow end until Carlos gets water in his eyes. Just when it seems like the fun will be over, Carmen figures out how to let everybody have a splashing good time. Saraí Y La feria alrededor del Mundo (early chapter Book) author: saraí Gonzalez and Monica Brown age: 2nd-4th grade When Sarai outgrows her bike, she worries she'll never get to travel anywhere. But when Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary host their first Around the World fair, Sarai learns that with a little imagination you can go anywhere you want! Owl Diaries/ Diario de una lechuza (early chapter Book) author: Rebecca elliott age: 2nd-3rd grade I just love Eva, her adventures and friends! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. In book #5, it's almost Warm Hearts Day! Everyone is busy making gifts for their loved ones. Eva LOVES crafting, so she creates all sorts of fun gifts and treats for her friends. She is excited to give out her homemade gifts at the big party at the Old Oak Tree. But then Eva realizes she forgot to make gifts for her family! Will she be able to make the gifts in time? Luciana: Misión submarina (early chapter Book)-spanish edition author: erin teagan age: 2nd-4th grade Luciana is at the youth astronaut training camp. She hopes to be chosen to dive to an underwater habitat where real astronauts train for life in space. But when Luci accuses her diving partner of sabotage, no one believes her and her chances of making the diving team sink fast. Things hit rock bottom when Luci has an underwater crisis. Suddenly, making the dive team isn't her biggest worry. She'll have to conquer her fears if she ever wants to make it to Mars. If she can't, will she have to kiss her dreams of becoming an astronaut good-bye? Ghost squad (chapter Book) author: claribel a. Ortega age: 2nd-6th grade Ghosts are more than the family business for Lucely Luna. When Lucely and her best friend Syd cast a spell accidentally waking malicious spirits just before Halloween, the ghosts start wreaking havoc through their town of St. Augustine, Florida. They'll need to join forces with Syd's witch grandmother Babette and the tubby tabby Chunk to fight the ghosts head on and reverse the curse to save the town. stella Díaz Never Gives Up (chapter Book) author: angela Dominguez age: 2nd-6th grade Stella gets a big surprise when her mom plans a trip to visit their family in Mexico! Stella loves marine animals, and she can't wait to see the ocean for the first time … until she arrives and learns that the sea and its life forms are in danger due to pollution. Stella wants to save the ocean, but she knows she can't do it alone. It's going to take a lot of work and help from old and new friends to make a difference, but Stella Díaz never gives up! Love sugar Magic: a Dash of trouble (chapter Book) author: anna Meriano age: 3rd-6th grade Leonora Logroño's family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any occasion. And no occasion is more important than the annual Dia de los Muertos festival. Leo hopes that this might be the year that she gets to help prepare for the big celebration—but, once again, she is told she's too young. Sneaking out of school and down to the bakery, she discovers that her mother, aunt, and four older sisters have in fact been keeping a big secret: they're brujas—witches of Mexican ancestry—who pour a little bit of sweet magic into everything that they bake. Leo knows that she has magical ability as well and is more determined than ever to join the family business—even if she can't let her mama and hermanas know about it yet. And when her best friend, Caroline, has a problem that needs solving, Leo has the perfect opportunity to try out her craft. It's just one little spell, after all… what could possibly go wrong? the storm Runner (chapter Book) author: J.c. cervantes age: 4-8th grade Zane Obispo spends his time exploring the sleeping volcano in his backyard. "The Beast," the name he calls the volcano, is the only place he can escape to because the other kids make fun of him for his limp and walking with a cane. When a plane crashes and a girl named Brooks tells him the sleeping volcano is actually a prison housing the Mayan god of death, Zane can't believe what he's hearing. Especially when she tells him it's related directly to his own fate. Magic is real, and Zane is at the center of prophecy that could destroy the world. Mañanaland (chapter Book) author: Pam Muñoz Ryan age: 4-8th grade Maximiliano Córdoba loves the stories that Buelo tells him, especially about the mythical gatekeeper who guides brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow. Max would love to see tomorrow to know if he's made the fútbol team, or ever meet his mother who disappeared when he was a baby. His Papá doesn't talk about her much, but when he finds a network of guardians that lead people fleeing danger to safety, he goes on a journey to find answers on his own. Max will be going on a journey to find where his true heart lies.

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