An immigrant boy stands "in the middle of a whirlwind of children," and wonders where he is supposed to go. Finally, a woman speaks to him in a language he doesn't understand and takes him to his classroom. A boy named Carlos helps orient him, but later when he reads aloud, everyone laughs at him. And when he gets an "F" on an assignment, he is sure "I do not belong here."

But gradually the boy begins to learn English. He works hard. He always

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Two boys, an English speaker and a Spanish speaker, paint together and learn about colors at school.

As Old MacDonald sings of farm animals that moo and woof, Senor Pancho sings of those that jii and guau, until the animals realize they understand each other and get together for a fiesta.

When a young boy and his mother come to the United States from El Salvador, leaving his father behind, the boy misses his father very much and wants to do something special to show him how much he cares. Cuando un niño pequeño y su madre vienen a los Estados Unidos de El Salvador, dejando a su padre atrás, el niño extraña a su papá mucho y quiere hacerle un presente para mostrarle cuánto lo quiere.

"A young girl misunderstands the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien Card and let's her imagination run wild, coming to the conclusion that her mother is from outer space. Includes author's note and glossary"--