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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1996-06-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780689805301
Lexile
AD630
Themes
multicultural
food

Jalapeño Bagels

Written by Natasha Wing and Illustrated by Robert Casilla

While trying to decide what to take for his school's International Day, Pablo helps his Mexican mother and Jewish father at their bakery and discovers a food that represents both his parents' backgrounds.

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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1996-06-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780689805301
Lexile
AD630
Themes
multicultural
food
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