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Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Just A Minute

Bibliographic Information: Morales, Yuyi. (2003). Just a minute. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books LLC.

Annotation: This is a counting book, both in English and Spanish, in which grandma tricks death himself into giving her more time.

Genre: Trickster

Grade Level: N-3

Readers Who Will Like This Book: People who have a sense of humor and like trickster tales.

Personal Response and Rating: I rate this book a 4. I enjoyed Grandma's ability to trick death long enough to spend her birthday with grandchildren with counting to ten in both Spanish and English interwoven throughout the text.

Prereading Question: Who knows how to count in Spanish?

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