Saraí Y La Feria Alrededor del Mundo (Sarai and the Around the World Fair) - by Sarai Gonzalez & Monica Brown (Paperback)

About the Book

"Saraâi ha crecido mucho y su bicicleta le queda chica. Por esa razâon piensa que nunca mâas podrâa ir a ningâun sitio hasta que no tenga una bicicleta nueva. Pero, cuando la Escuela Primaria Martin Luther King Jr. hace un Feria Alrededor del Mundo, Saraâi aprende que con un poco de imaginatiâon se puede viajar a donde uno quiera." -- From back cover.

Book Synopsis

The fourth book in the Sarai Gonzalez illustrated chapter book series inspired by the life of 11-year-old viral video sensation and social activist Sarai Gonzalez.

Los estudiantes están cansados de comer espaguetis con albóndigas los lunes en la cafetería. La administración de la escuela dice que pueden ayudar a crear un nuevo menú, así que todos preparan puestos con las especialidades de su familia para ver cuáles recetas lograrán formar parte del menú escolar.The Spanish edition of Sarai Around the World!The students are sick and tired of Spaghetti-and-Meatball Mondays in the cafeteria. The administration says they can help create a new menu, so students throughout the school make booths with their family's specialties for Around-the-World Day. It's a head-to-head battle between Sarai's Peruvian chicken and Valeria's tamales. Who will win the big cook-off and get their grandparents' recipes on the cafeteria menu?

About the Author

Eleven-year-old Sarai Gonzalez became an overnight sensation after appearing in Bomba Estero's "Soy Yo," a music video about embracing yourself and loving your flaws. The video garnered over 30 million views and the New York Times called Sarai a Latina icon. Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome was the first book in her new chapter book series inspired by her life. Sarai lives in New Jersey with her family.
Monica Brown is the award-winning author of super-awesome books for children, including the Lola Levine chapter book series, Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/no combina, Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, and Waiting for the Biblioburro. She is a professor of English at Northern Arizona University, specializing in Latinx and African American Literature. She lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, with her husband and her dogs, Lola and Finn. Visit her at monicabrown.net.