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Dominguez, Angela.
STELLA DIAZ HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
 New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018
IL 3-6
ISBN 9781626728585

(2 booktalks)
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Booktalk #1

Stella Diaz, a marine animal lover, starts a new school year with her best friend in another class. Stella sometimes gets nervous talking in front of people because she accidentally speaks Spanish instead of English and pronounces words wrong. Will Stella be able to overcome her fears of making new friends and speaking in front of the whole class? Find out in Stella Diaz Has Something to Say!
(Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2019-2020)

Booktalk #2

Stella Diaz loves marine life and spending time with her family and best friend Jenny. But Jenny is in another class this year, and Stella spends most of her time in school quiet, afraid to accidentally speak Spanish when she wants to speak English. Sometimes she daydreams of going back to Mexico, somewhere she hasn’t been since she was a baby, but she worries about not fitting in there either. If things weren’t awkward enough, Stella’s teacher assigns a big class project, complete with a presentation in front of the whole class! Can Stella make new friends and prepare for her big presentation while staying true to herself? (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021)



SUBJECTS:   Hispanic American children -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Bashfulness -- Fiction.





 
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