Mi escalera 
By Sally Derby
Illustrated by Adjoa J. Burrowes
9781880000748
As the young narrator of this delightful story points out, the front steps can be one of the best places for city kids to play. Each season brings new experiences, from the long, hot-through-your-shoes days of summer to the discovery of leaf prints in autumn. Best of all, whenever you come back from away, setting foot on the front steps means you're finally home.
Translated from My Steps, Mi escalera is an intimate portrait of children at play and a lovely tribute to all the seasons of a child's world.
Teacher's Guide
- Awards
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Best Children's Books Winner
Child Magazine
"Choices"
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
- Interest Level
- Grades K - 2
- Reading Level
- Grades 2 - K
- Themes
- African/African American Interest, Environment/Nature, Games & Toys, Neighbors, Sharing & Giving
- Accelerated Reader
- Level: 3.3
Points: .5
Sally Derby books for children include The Mouse Who Owned the Sun and King Kendrick's Splinter, an International Reading Association-Children's Book Council Children's Choices Selection. The mother of six grown children, she lives in Wyoming, Ohio, with her husband.
Adjoa J. Burrowes has illustrated many books for children, including two published by Lee & Low: My Steps, a Child magazine Best Book of the Year, and Grandma's Purple Flowers, which she also wrote, an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" selection. In addition, Burrowes has written and illustrated several books for LEE & LOW’s Bebop Books educational imprint. Burrowes received a Fine Arts degree from Howard University and currently lives with her children in Herndon, Virginia. To find out more about Adjoa Burrowes, visit her Web site: www.adjoaburrowes.com
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