Burro's Tortillas

What do you get when you cross The Little Red Hen with a burro and his friends? Burro's Tortillas! In this humorous Southwestern retelling of a childhood favorite, Burro finds it difficult to get any help from his friends as he diligently works to turn corn into tortillas. Young children will love the repetition; older children will enjoy the book's many puns. In addition to its Southwestern "flavor," the delightful story imparts an accurate picture of the traditional way that tortillas are made. A Spanish/English glossary and a simple recipe for making tortillas are included in the "For Creative Minds" section. This fictional story with rhyming text includes a 3-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 27-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Burro's Tortillas is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Published: 06/20/2007
ISBN: 9780976882398
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 10.24h x 8.74w x 0.41d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2007 pg. 498
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 298 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 117979 / Burro's Tortillas
Reading Level: 3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5