When Christmas Feels Like Home
by Gretchen Griffith and Carolina Farías
For young Eduardo, the move from his unnamed Latin American homeland to the United... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Holiday
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,097
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 164192, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- Expectation (Psychology)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- North Carolina--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
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Awards & Distinctions 2

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
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