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TITO'S MEXICAN
VACATION, #111
Maya notices something’s wrong with Tito.
He’s not interested in playing soccer or eating ice
cream. Is he sick? It turns out he’s homesick. It all
starts when Tito gets a postcard from his cousins in Mexico.
Tito misses them and misses his former home. Maya, eager to
help her cousin feel better, decides that if they can’t
take Tito back to Mexico, they’ll bring Mexico to Tito!
Maya ropes the rest of the gang into helping her with the
research and acquisition of Mexican objects, foods, and information.
Events escalate with typically Maya-esque results, and pretty
soon the Community Center is packed with all things Mexican.
Unfortunately, one thing leads to another, and the entire
display is destroyed… right before Tito gets to the
Center. Maya is mortified, but Tito is happy. Seeing how much
everyone cared about him helped to lift his homesickness.
After all, he is home with Maya, too. Just then the big surprise
appears: Tito’s cousins, brought from Mexico!
Vocabulary
words: family, cousins,
aunt, uncle |
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PRINCE TITO, #112
To help Tito overcome his stage fright, Maya convinces
him to audition for a community theater performance called
“The Doubtful Prince.” Maya promises Tito that
she’ll get the female lead and be right with him onstage
the whole time. But when the director casts Tito in the lead
and Maya in a bit part, Tito is bound for stardom –
but only if Maya can find a way to keep him from freezing
up in front of the audience on opening night.
Vocabulary
words: actresses, director,
curtain, play |
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THE BULLY AND
THE BUNNY, #113
A hulking new kid named Jimmy McCorkle moves in
across the street and – at least it seems to Miguel
and his friends – begins to bully everyone around. He
kicks Miguel’s soccer ball over their building, rips
apart Maya’s favorite video game, and commands Theo
to remember his name…or else. Maya, however, is not
so sure; she thinks maybe Jimmy’s not so bad. When Jimmy
buys Maya and Miguel’s favorite bunny rabbit from the
pet store, Maya decides they have to find out once and for
all whether Jimmy really is a bully, or just misunderstood.
Vocabulary words: mother,
father, brother,
sister |
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FAMILY TIME,
#114
Noticing that everyone in her family is overworked,
overtired, and overstressed, Maya concludes that they all
have been missing "family time" – quality
time spent alone as a family. Maya and Miguel plan a camping
trip to a state park – and do all the planning and packing
themselves to make things easier on their very busy parents
and grandmother. But when they arrive at their campsite, the
kids have forgotten some essentials, and rain, wildlife, and
a capsized boat threaten to make their escape a disaster.
In the end, however, the Santos family discovers the only
thing they really need is time together.
Vocabulary
words: mountain, lake,
tree |
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SURPRISE, SURPRISE,
#115
Chrissy is down in the dumps because the pop star
Enrique has not answered the hundreds of fan letters she has
sent. So Maya decides to cheer her up with a surprise birthday
party. When all the party preparations — from the cake
to the décor to the entertainment — go awry,
Maya reasons there’s only one way to salvage things:
get Enrique himself to show up! With Miguel and Abuelita at
her side, Maya braves hordes of Enrique-maniacs in an effort
to convince the megastar to make an appearance at her friend’s
birthday.
Vocabulary
words: party, present,
cake, decorate |
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