Mamá the Alien by René Colato Laínez; Laura Lacámara (Illustrator)Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .O4125 M36 2016
Lexile measure AD560L; Ages 5-7; K-Gr.3; Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Commended Title, 2017.
Bilingual English/Spanish. In this lighthearted bilingual immigration story, a young girl sees the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien card and concludes that her mother is from another planet until the girl finds out that the word has more than one meaning.