Santiago's Dinosaurios

by Mariana Ríos Ramírez (Author) Udayana Lugo (Illustrator)

Santiago's Dinosaurios
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Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
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2023 International Latino Book Awards SILVER, The Mariposa Award (Best debut author)
2023 Best Books for Kids & Teens starred selection, The Canadian Children's Book Centre

Santiago finds a way to connect to his classmates--through dinosaurios!

Santiago is new to the United States, and he doesn't speak English. On his first day of school, how will he connect with his peers? Santiago learns that even when you don't speak the same language, some interests--like dinosaurs--are universal.

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A rawr-ing good depiction of being the new kid.

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2023 International Latino Book Awards Silver, The Mariposa Award

2023 Best Books for Kids & Teens starred selection, The Canadian Children's Book Centre

Mariana Ríos Ramírez
Mariana Ríos Ramírez is a Mexican author living in Anderson, South Carolina. She worked as a high school teacher and co-owned an online business before discovering her passion for writing. Mariana is a member of SCBWI, Storyteller Academy, Rate your Story, and Las Musas.

Sara Palacios was the recipient of the 2012 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Award for her work on Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match. A native of Mexico, Sara graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City and went on to earn BFA and MFA degrees in illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She illustrates for companies in both the United States and Mexico.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807572306
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
October 27, 2022
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Library of Congress categories
Dinosaurs
Immigrants
Picture books
Schools
Language and languages

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