Ada, Alma Flor

Overview

Works:	993 works in 2,263 publications in 4 languages and 71,040 library holdings
Genres:	Juvenile works Fiction Picture books Children's audiobooks Nursery rhymes Folklore Poetry High interest-low vocabulary books Epistolary fiction Board books
Roles:	Author, Translator, Other, Editor, Narrator, Author of introduction, Teacher
Classifications:	PZ7.A1857, E

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Alma Flor Ada

Under the royal palms : a childhood in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Island treasures : growing up in Cuba : includes Where the flame trees bloom, Under the royal palms (winner of the Pura Belpré Award), and the new collection Days at La Quinta Simoni by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Where the flame trees bloom by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Bajo las palmas reales : una infancia cubana by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Vivir en dos idiomas : memoria by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

Something about the author( )
Alma Flor Ada : an author kids love by Michelle Parker-Rock( Book )
Alma Flor Ada and you by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Island treasures : growing up in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada( Recording )
Allá donde florecen los framboyanes by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Tesoros de mi isla : una infancia cubana by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Hispanics in the USA : making history by Arnhilda Badía( Book )
Hispanos en EE. UU. : biografías haciendo historia by Arnhilda Badía( Book )
Meet the authors( Book )
Under the royal palms : a childhood in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada( Recording )
Social justice and action : Alma Flor Ada, Pam Muñoz Ryan, and Paul Yee( Visual )
Tesoros de mi isla : una infancia Cubana : incluye los libros Allá donde florecen los framboyanes, Bajo las palmas reales (ganador del Premio Pura Belpré), y la nueva colección de relatos, Días en la Quinta Simoni by Alma Flor Ada( Book )
Escribiendo desde el corazon by Alma Flor Ada( Visual )
Meeting an author, Alma Flor Ada( Visual )
Where the flame trees bloom by Alma Flor Ada( Recording )

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Most widely held works by Alma Flor Ada

My name is María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

34 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in Spanish and English and held by 1,938 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La quatrième de couverture indique: "For María Isabel Salazar López, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the teacher doesn't call her by her real name. "We already have two Marías in this class", says the teacher. "Why don't we call you Mary instead?" But María Isabel has been named for her Papá's mother and for Chabela, her beloved Puerto Rican grandmother. Can she find a way t make her teacher see that if she loses her name, she's lost the most important part of herself?"

Gathering the sun : an alphabet in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

25 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in English and Spanish and held by 1,813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A book of poems about working in the fields and nature's bounty, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet

I love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

11 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in English and Spanish and held by 1,652 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A young girl enjoys the similarities and the differences between her English-speaking and Spanish-speaking grandparents

Dear Peter Rabbit by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

19 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and Spanish and held by 1,620 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents letters between such fairy tale characters as Goldilocks, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and the Three Pigs

Pío peep! : traditional Spanish nursery rhymes by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

10 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of more than two dozen nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations

Daniel's mystery egg by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

12 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and held by 1,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When he finds an egg, Daniel and his friends try to guess what is inside

Yours truly, Goldilocks by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

13 editions published between 1998 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 1,390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the correspondence of Goldilocks, the three pigs, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and Little Red Riding Hood as they plan to attend a housewarming party for the pigs and avoid the evil wolves in the forest

With love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

5 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in English and held by 1,192 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A series of letters describe the actions of Goldilocks, Peter Rabbit, the Three Pigs, Little Red Hen, and other storybook characters when Little Red Hen and her chicks become the target of the unsavory Wolf and his cousin, Fer O'Cious

Guía para padres y maestros de niños bilingües by Alma Flor Ada( )

26 editions published between 2001 and 2017 in Spanish and English and held by 1,170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

En esta clara guía, Alma Flor Ada, Isabel Campoy y Colin Baker, ofrecen una perspectiva realista de las alegrías y dificultades de educar a niños bilingües y claras respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes sobre el tema. Esta versión revisada y adaptada al bilingüismo español-inglés, incluye información sobre el bilingüismo en la era digital e incorpora investigaciones recientes sobre la mezcla de idiomas , el efecto que los hermanos tienen en la elección del idioma familiar, los efectos intelectuales del bilingüismo, y sus consecuencias en la personalidad, la identidad, y la auto estima. Además añade (a) una sección dirigida a los educadores sobre cómo mejor apoyar la interacción hogar-escuela; (b) el desarrollo de la lecto-escritura en el hogar; y (c) sugerencias de lecturas para adultos y niños.

Daniel's pet by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

14 editions published between 2002 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A young boy takes good care of his pet chicken, and when she is grown up she gives him a surprise

Tales our abuelitas told : a Hispanic folktale collection by F. Isabel Campoy( Book )

7 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,059 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the authors' retellings of twelve traditional tales accompanied by information on origins and different versions

The invisible hunters : a legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua = Los cazadores invisibles : una leyenda de los indios miskitos de Nicaragua by Harriet Rohmer( Book )

5 editions published between 1987 and 1993 in English and Spanish and held by 1,057 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life." --

The lizard and the sun = la lagartija y el sol : a folktale in English and Spanish by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

33 editions published between 1997 and 1999 in English and Spanish and held by 1,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A traditional Mexican folktale in which a faithful lizard finds the sun which brings light and warmth back to the world

¡Muu, moo! : rimas de animales = Animal nursery rhymes( Book )

4 editions published in 2010 in 3 languages and held by 969 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of animal-themed nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations

Cuentos que contaban nuestras abuelas : cuentos populares Hispánicos by F. Isabel Campoy( Book )

4 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in Spanish and English and held by 924 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the authors' retellings of more than ten traditional tales accompanied by information on origins and different versions

The gold coin by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

13 editions published between 1991 and 1994 in English and Chinese and held by 871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Determined to steal an old woman's gold coin, a young thief follows her all around the countryside and finds himself involved in a series of unexpected activities

Mamá Goose : a Latino nursery treasury = un tesor de rimas infantiles( Book )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 867 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents lullabies, finger plays, nursery rhymes, games, riddles, proverbs, and more in Spanish and English. -- Presenta arrullos, juegos y canciones infantiles, adivinanzas, proverbios y más, en español e inglés

Ten little puppies / Diez perritos ; adaptación de una canción infantil tradicional by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

6 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 825 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ten little puppies are lost, one by one, for different reasons, until only one little puppy remains

Mediopollito by Alma Flor Ada( Book )

16 editions published between 1995 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 823 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Mexican folk tale which explains why the weather vane has a little rooster on one end that spins around to let us know which way the wind is blowing

The napping house by Audrey Wood( Book )

6 editions published between 1995 and 2012 in Spanish and English and held by 782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cuando una pulga despierta sube a la cama, todos que duermen reciben una sorpresa

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