Alma and How She Got Her Name
by Juana Martinez-Neal • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2018
Word Count 341
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 490L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 195946, 0.5 AR Points
- Phonics & Phonolgical Awareness
- Any Vowel Sounds
- Long E
- OverDrive Digital Book Details Explore on Marketplace
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE FICTION--People & Places--Caribbean & Latin America
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- JUVENILE FICTION--Social Themes--Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Names, Personal--Fiction
- Names, Personal
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Names, Personal--Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic Americans
- Families
- Families--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION--Family--Multigenerational
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 14
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Awards & Distinctions 10
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 2019
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Honor, 2019
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Self-Identity Selection, 2019
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2019
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2019
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
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