Antonio Sacre

This book shares cultural wis - dom through a simple story com - prised of proverbs. A young boy takes steps towards independence and responsibility with the sup - port and guidance of his family and community

A wonderfully woven story about the traditions of the Cuban holiday, La Noche Buena, as told through a child’s eyes.

The book is a story of many proverbs. A little boy learns many life lesson from getting mangoes off a tree. The books falls under determining importance because the children have to pick out the meaning behind the proverb while hearing about the mangoes.

2nd Grade
This book would be great for order of importance because Francisco's journey took a lot of twists and turns. The story is practical and the main character shows determination which is an added bonus for the children that read the book. Also, on each page there are words in Spanish that have the translations right after and in they're included in glossary at the end.