Just Like Home

By Elizabeth I. Miller, Mira Reisberg (illustrator), Teresa Mlawer (translator)

Book cover of Just Like Home: Como en Mi Tierra

Book description

In both English and Spanish, a young girl shares the story of how she and her family arrived in the United States. She describes her experiences as being "just like home" or "not like home."


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I like this book because the protagonist compares her food, traditions, and weather of her native country and her new country. In both English and Spanish, a young girl shares the story of how she and her family arrived in the United States. She describes her experiences as being "just like home" or "not like home".

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