Lectorum Catalog 2024

183 • prices in red reflect a 20% discount • Folklore, Legends and Fairy Tales LA GALLINITA ROJA The Little Red Hen Auria G. Galcerán Grades K-2 CUMULATIVE The cumulative sequence of events in this story will help children learn how wheat is made into bread...and, more importantly, a gentle lesson about responsibility and family. After all, the mother hen has made the bread single-handedly, but she is only joking when she says she gets to eat all of it herself. Sp. HC (ING45672) 9788494294983 $20.99/16.80 ¡QUÉ COSAS DICE MI ABUELA! AR:2.9/ The Things Grandma Says! GR: N/AD700L Ana Galán Illustrated by Pablo Pino Grades K-2 PROVERBS/MANNERS Three children share their grandmother’s proverbs and saying about manners. This book is great to teach culture and character education. Sp. PB (SO39179) 9780545328630 $4.99/4.00 CHIVOS CHIVONES Tattletale Billy Goats Olalla González Grades K-2 BULLYING/SIZES This fresh adaptation of the Three Billy Goats Gruff promises to delight with its amusing illustrations. Young readers will learn about comparative sizes, as well as not to be afraid of bullies. Sp. HC (KA34986) 9788496388550 $17.99/14.40 CELESTE, LA CENICIENTA Celeste, Cinderella Annamaria Gozzi Grades K-2 MODERN FAIRY TALE In this modern twist on Cinderella, Celeste lives in a large city with her stepmother and two stepsisters. When the invitation to the palace ball arrives, she wants to go, but she has nothing to wear. Mother Liu, the owner of the laundry, comes to her rescue. Celeste captures the eye of a tightrope walker outside the palace very close to midnight. Will this fairy tale have a happily-ever-after ending? Sp. PB (ENL45809) 9789585497580 $13.99/11.20 EL SOL, LA LUNA Y EL AGUA GR: F The Sun, the Moon, and the Water Laura Herrera Grades K-2 AFRICAN LEGEND According to this Nigerian legend, many, many years ago, the Sun and the Moon lived on Earth. Children will love seeing how they ended up living in the sky. Sp. HC (EK41041) 9788494303883 $18.99/15.20 LAS NIETAS DE BABA Baba’s Granddaughters Ina Hristova Grades K-2 FABLE In this Eastern European fable, a grandmother named Baba outsmarts a hungry wolf by promising to give him her granddaughters if he lets her go free. When he goes to her house to claim his prey, he realizes he has been fooled. Sp. HC (ABP45676) 9788417555597 $21.99/17.60 ISSUN BÔSHI Issun Boshi: One-Inch Boy Icinori Grades K-2 JAPANESE INTEREST Every day, while walking in the fields, a couple sings that they would love to have a child no matter the size. Their wish comes true when Issun Boshi, the one-inch boy, comes into their lives. When the boy who never grew turns 15, he decides it’s time to explore the world. Readers will delight in discovering what becomes of his life, especially after he outwits a giant ogre. Sp. HC (EK40048) 9788494208140 $19.99/16.00 LOS TRES CABRITOS The Three Cabritos Eric A. Kimmel Grades K-2 SOUTHWESTERN INTEREST In this retelling of the Three Billy Goats Gruff, set in the Southwest, the goats must cross a bridge guarded by the dreaded Chupacabra. Children will love to see how they do it. Sp. PB (MC38753) 9780761459613 $9.99/8.00 ¡CORRE, PEQUEÑO CHASKI! Run, Little Chaski! Mariana Llanos Illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson Grades K-2 THE INCAS Little Chaski has to deliver a message before the sun sets, but, along the way, he stops to help animals in need. Will he make it on time? This book teaches readers about Incan culture and the Quechua language. Sp. PB (BFP45506) 9781646862177 $9.99/8.00 EL FUERTECITO ROJO GR: L The Little Red Fort Brenda Maier Grades K-2 MODERN FOLK TALE In this modern version of The Little Red Hen, Ruby asks her brothers for help building a little red fort in the backyard, but they all refuse and even laugh at her. Once it’s completed, of course, they all want to play in it. It’s a perfect choice for units on folklore and STEM. Sp. PB (SO43270) 9781338269017 $4.99/4.00 EL PUENTECITO AZUL GR:L/AD400L The Little Blue Bridge Brenda Maier Grades K-2 MODERN FOLK TALE In this modern twist on The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Ruby wants to pick berries on the other side of the stream for a pie, but her brothers leave her behind saying she’s too small to cross over. When the three boys reach the water, Santiago does not want to let them cross. When Ruby gets there, she teaches all four boys a lesson. Sp. PB (SO46316) 9781338849134 $7.99/6.40 LA GALLINITA ROJA The Little Red Hen Pilar Martínez Grades K-2 CHARACTER EDUCATION This folktale perfectly illustrates the expression what goes around comes around. None of the farm animals would help the little red hen plant, sow or mill her wheat, but they all want to eat the bread she makes from the flour. She gives them what they deserve. Sp. HC (KA40851) 9788492608683 $17.99/14.40 HABÍA UNA VEZ GR: I Once Upon a Time Madalena Matoso Grades K-2 FAIRY TALES/REBUS This book presents rebus adaptations of eight classic fairy tales including Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, and Rapunzel. Sp. HC (GS43401) 9788469847213 $22.99/18.40 UNA CAPERUCITA AL REVÉS Riding Hood Backwards Susanna Mattiangeli Grades K-2 FAIRY TALE Children will love this version that begins with a very full wolf and ends with Little Red Riding Hood getting ready to visit Grandma. Sp. PB (ENL45807) 9789585497573 $13.99/11.20 FÁBULA DE LA RATONCITA AR:4.0/ PRESUMIDA GR:K/AD1110L The Fable of the Presumptuous Mouse Aquiles Nazoa Grades K-2 FABLE A charming fable in rhyme about a mouse that learns a lesson when she snubs a suitor of her own kind, hoping to marry someone more important. Sp. HC (EK1729) 9789802570744 $9.99/8.00