Isabel and her Colores Go to School

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English, with its blustery blues and whites, just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers the warm oranges and pinks of Spanish. As she prepares for class at a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn--and she would rather not! Her first day is uncomfortable, until she discovers there's more than one way to communicate with friends. This is a universal story about feeling new and making new friends.

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AUTHOR

Alexandra Alessandri

ILLUSTRATOR

Courtney Dawson

THEMES

Friendship · Empathy · School

PUBLISHER

Sleeping Bear Press

ISBN-13

978-1534110632

ADDITIONAL PRAISE

"Alessandri melds Spanish and English in a narration filled with varying color words, and bubbles on each page offer the corresponding text entirely in Spanish. Dawson’s expressive digital art emphasizes the big-eyed characters’ emotions amid a classroom of students with differing skin tones. This synesthesia-inflected tale helps teach colors while simultaneously buoying those nervous about language barriers.” [Publisher's Weekly]