(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez. “Me llamo La Chiva. That’s me! Beep, beep, beep!” But this chiva is not a goat, it’s a bus (helpfully explained in an author’s note) decorated with bright patterns that travels through a town in the Andes. Cheerful rhyming text follows the bus on its way to a market in town, including a stop for a flat tire that the passengers help fix. Painterly digital illustrations in vibrant colors feature a smiling bus, diverse community, and playfully exaggerated steep mountain roads. Also available in Spanish as ¡Me llamo la Chiva!: El colorido bus de los Andes.

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(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez. Purple-haired "one-girl sensación" Carmen loves to perform for her family. She usually ignores her little brother--until she realizes how much Eduardo adores her. Although the conflict is tame, this is a lively romp about a budding diva told in direct, winking text sprinkled with Spanish. Reflecting Carmen's personality, the digital illustrations are a vivacious riot of bright colors and swirling lines.

Reviewer: Amy Seto Forrester