My Fantástica Family

by Jacqueline Jules

  the sun

  excelente —

  great

  gracias —

  thank you

  lo siento —

  I’m sorry

  mamá —

  mom

  mañana —

  tomorrow

  me gusta —

  I like it

  muy bonito —

  very pretty

  no más —

  no more

  oh dios mío —

  oh my goodness

  papá —

  dad

  perfecto —

  perfect

  por favor —

  please

  por qué —

  why

  qué bien —

  how nice

  sí —

  yes

  silencio —

  silence

  tía —

  aunt

  tío —

  uncle

  tres —

  three

  vámonos —

  let’s go

  yo sé —

  I know

  About the Author

  Jacqueline Jules is the award-winning author of thirty children’s books, including No English (2012 Forward National Literature Award), Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off (2010 CYBILS Literary Award, Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Honor Award, and ALSC Great Early Elementary Reads), and Freddie Ramos Makes a Splash (named on 2013 List of Best Children’s Books of the Year by Bank Street College Committee).

  When not reading, writing, or teaching, Jacqueline enjoys time with her family in Northern Virginia.

  About the Illustrator

  Kim Smith has worked in magazines, advertising, animation, and children’s gaming. She studied illustration at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Alberta.

  Kim is the illustrator of the upcoming middle-grade mystery series The Ghost and Max Monroe, the picture book Over the River and Through the Woods, and the cover of the forthcoming middle-grade novel How to Make a Million. She resides in Calgary, Alberta.

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  Sofia Martinez is published by Picture Window Books,

  a Capstone Imprint

  1710 Roe Crest Drive

  North Mankato, MN 56003

  www.capstoneyoungreaders.com

  Copyright © 2017 by Picture Window Books

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available on the Library of Congress website

  ISBN 978-1-5158-0746-9 (paperback)

  ISBN 978-1-5158-0747-6 (ebook)

  Summary: Sofia Martinez loves her familia! Her cousins, aunts, uncles, and abuela are a huge part of her life. Whether they are at a sunny beach or stuck in a dark house without electricity, the Martinez family knows how to make the best of every situation.

  Designer: Kay Fraser