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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2004-10-30
Page Count
32
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishing
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780873588720
Lexile
AD0
Themes
bilingual

My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz

Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by Rafael Lopez

This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa.

 

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My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

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My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz: Criss Cross

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My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz: Word Search

After reading My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz by Monica Brown use this printable and...

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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2004-10-30
Page Count
32
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishing
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780873588720
Lexile
AD0
Themes
bilingual
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