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Cox, Judy

Carmen Learns English

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Angela Dominguez. Mexican American Carmen reminisces about struggling to learn English at school. Her teacher speaks terrible Spanish, but she's sensitive enough to suggest that if the class can help Carmen learn English, she can help them learn Spanish. Carmen's earnest first-person narration can sound stilted ("But school was not all the time good"). Dominguez's ink, watercolor, and acrylic illustrations are warm-hearted. Glos.

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