Rubia and the Three Osos

Rubia and the Three Osos by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, Disney Hyperion Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4231-1252-5
This is simply the retelling (mostly) of The Three Little Bears, with a few Spanish words thrown in, but it is one of my new favorite books! I read this with first graders and they had the best time figuring out what the Spanish words meant (they could figure out that osos meant bears because they were familiar with the classic fairy tale). What a clever idea, and it made the students feel smart too!
I read this along with Mice and Beans in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to reading both of these books to students again!
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