The Adventures of Connie and Diego / Las aventuras de Connie y Diego

By Maria Garcia, Malaquias Montoya
Paperback: $10.95

Bilingual English/Spanish. This folktale follows Connie and Diego who, tired of being teased, set out to find a new home and encounter all different animals along the way.

Description

Tired of being teased because they were born with different colors all over their bodies, Connie and Diego leave the Land of Plenty. They journey through a forest and meet a big brown bear. “You can’t live with us,” growls the bear. Then they reach the ocean and beg the mother whale to take them into her family. “Impossible,” she says. A swooping eagle loves their beautiful colors and invites them to fly home with her. But alas, they cannot fly. Finally, the tired children stumble through a scary jungle where a wise tiger helps them understand that their home is with human beings.

About the Creators

Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia

Maria Garcia was born in Kennedy, Texas in 1944. When she wrote this story, she lived in San Jose, California and worked in Oakland for the Comité de México y Aztlán (COMEXAZ) an educational research service which gathered news about Chicanos and Mexicanos in California and the Southwest.

Malaquias Montoya
Malaquias Montoya

Malaquias Montoya was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1938. As a child he remembers following the fruit harvest in California's San Joaquin Valley and learning to draw on the paper trays which were used to hold the grapes while they were drying. "Not having anything to play with," he says, "we used the creativity we were all born with."

Awards

  • Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

    Texas Library Association (TLA)

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892391240
  • Price $10.95
  • Publication Date Mar 01, 2016
  • Trim Size 9.5 × 9 × 0.26 in
  • Weight 0.25 lbs
  • Page Count 32

    • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Legends, Myths, Fables / General
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Diversity & Multicultural
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Action & Adventure / General
  • Themes Bilingual, Bullying, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Conflict resolution, Courage, Empathy / Compassion, Environment / Nature, Families, Fantasy, Fiction, Folktale / Folklore / Traditional Literature, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Overcoming Obstacles, Persistence / Grit, Siblings, Similarities and Differences, Tolerance / Acceptance

    • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades PreK - 3
  • Guided Reading O
  • Spanish Guided Reading O
  • ATOS Book Level 3.1
  • DRA 28
  • Interest Level Grades PreK - 4
  • Reading Level Grades 3 - 4
  • Bebop Reading Fluent

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