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by Kitty Felde (Author), Jorge Flores González (Translator)
Todos estaban molestos con todos en Capitol Hill. Y ahora, alguien está escondiendo serpientes en las bolsas de gimnasio y los botes de basura de cualquier legislador que se atreviera a hablar con algún miembro de cualquier otro partido. Está en las manos de Fina Mendoza, la hija de un congresista, encontrar a la verdadera serpiente en el césped.
Fina es la determinada y astuta protagonista Latina de diez años que resuelve misterios en el capitolio de EEUU con la ayuda de un gran perro anaranjado... y le enseña civismo a los niños. Libro 3 en Los Misterios de Fina Mendoza.
The West Wing conoce a Nancy Drew.
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Everybody's mad at everybody on Capitol Hill. Members call each other names on the floor of the House of Representatives. A former Speaker elbows a fellow lawmaker. And anybody who dares to work with someone in the other political party is punished. Now somebody's putting snakes in lawmaker gym bags and trash cans.
It's up to 10-year-old Fina Mendoza, the daughter of a Latino congressman, to find the real snake in the grass.
Snake in the Grass is book 3 in a great series for CIVICS EDUCATION.
Teachers, Librarians, and Homeschoolers, the Fina Mendoza Mysteries Series of Books and Podcasts provide a multidisciplinary approach to civics education for elementary school readers. As our amateur detective learns about the U.S. legislative branch, the electoral process, and civic engagement--and solves mysteries on Capitol Hill after school--your students learn through the series' multimedia sources.
Also available in English! Look for Snake in the Grass by Kitty Felde, translated by Jorge Flores González.THE WEST WING meets NANCY DREW
FREE DOWNLOADABLE CURRICULUM AVAILABLE:
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Build reading skills while teaching integrated lessons in:
- ELA, social studies, and history designed for grades 3-5 Common Core Standards
- NCSS curriculum standards, C3 Social Studies Readiness
- California Public Schools' History-Social Science content standards.
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Promote deeper learning through:
- active engagement
- reading comprehension
- content knowledge
- creative and analytical thinking
- Designed for use by elementary school teachers, parents, homeschoolers, scout leaders, and community educators.
INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS AND MULTIMEDIA SOURCES:
- Helps address students' diverse learning needs and supports the use of technology in the classroom.
- The Fina Mendoza Mysteries FREE podcast is based on the books and current events.
- The Facts Behind the Fiction blog and newsletter offer historical and civics context for both the books and podcast.
Introduce civics to your students with "The Fina Mendoza Mysteries" series!
THE FINA MENDOZA MYSTERIES SERIES:
Book 1 - Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza
Book 2 - State of the Union: A Fina Mendoza Mystery
Book 3 - Snake in the Grass
Libro 1 - Bienvenida a Washington Fina Mendoza
Libro 2 - Estado de la Unión: Un Misterio de Fina Mendoza
For fans of the Greenglass House stories, The Secret Lake mystery adventures series, The National Park Mystery Series, and Angela Cervantes' The Cursed Moon.
Author Biography
Award-winning writer and public radio journalist Kitty Felde covered Capitol Hill for nearly a decade, explaining government to grownups. Now, she explains it to kids in a series of mystery novels and podcasts set inside the U.S. Capitol called The Fina Mendoza Mysteries. She also writes the companion newsletter and blog, Facts Behind the Fiction, available for free on the Chesapeake Press website (www.chesapeakepress.org).
Her Fina Mendoza titles have been named a Teacher Favorite by the Children's Book Council and honored by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) with the Spark Award. And Kitty's Spanish editions of Los Misterios de Fina Mendoza have all won International Latino Book Awards.
The native Angeleno created the Washington bureau for Southern California Public Radio (now LAist), and has reported on everything from war crimes trials to OJ Simpson to baseball, and hosted a daily talk show in Los Angeles. She was named Los Angeles Radio Journalist of the Year three times in three years by the Society of Professional Journalists and the L.A. Press Club.
Kitty also hosts the Book Club for Kids podcast. With more than 2 million downloads, the show has been named one of the top 10 kidcasts in the world by The Times of London. She has a remarkable talent for talking to kids and has shared her super power in a TEDx talk.
