Bøger af Rene Colato Lainez

"Two friends, an English speaker and a Spanish speaker, go to the park for a day filled with games and making new friends"--

As Old MacDonald sings of farm animals that moo and woof, Seänor Pancho sings of those that jii and guau, until the animals realize they understand each other and get together for a fiesta.

Bilingual English/Spanish. In this lighthearted bilingual immigration story, a young girl sees the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien card and concludes that her mother is from another planet--until the girl finds out that the word has more than one meaning.

Award-winning children's book author René Colato Laínez teams up again with illustrator Fabricio Vanden Broeck to explore the experiences of newcomers in U.S. schools and affirm that yes! They do belong here.

Bilingual English/Spanish. This nuanced picture book tackles the difficult and timely subject of family separation and deportation.

Young Rene's teacher is calling role one morning, and Rene is dismayed to hear someone else answer to his name. It's not only that he thought he was the only person with that name, but also that the new student who answers is a girl. That afternoon his classmates tease, "Rene has a girl's name." After discussing it with Mama and Papa, Rene decides his name is so beautiful that a girl copied it from him, not the other way around. But the next day at school the new girl sits by him ... is behind him every time they line up ... shares her apple with him ... and at recess tells him she wants to be his best friend ... everywhere he turns, there's Rene the girl. One day at the library, Rene discovers a book called The Meaning of Names. With the book tucked under his arm, Rene endeavors to win the first writing contest of the school year. Complimented by playful illustrations, this bilingual picture book follows Colato Lainez's own experiences, when he was faced with a challenge to his own name as a child. This witty story about a young boy's odyssey to find out the meaning of his name will challenge readers aged 3 to 7 to chart cross-cultural differences by gaining an understanding about themselves and the people around them.

Two boys, an English speaker and a Spanish speaker, paint together and learn about colors at school.

Together a little boy and his grandma discover a world of language and realize that loved ones have special ways of understanding each other.

Together a little boy and his grandma discover a world of language and realize that loved ones have special ways of understanding each other.