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AN
OKRI-DOKEY DAY, #116
When Maya realizes that their neighbors Greg and
Isoka Okri don't have any children of their own, she concludes
that their life must be horribly empty – after all,
her parents are always saying how Maya and Miguel are the
light of their life. So Maya engineers things so she and Miguel
spend the better part of a weekend with the Okris. However,
between roller coaster rides, kid-friendly restaurants, homemade
facial treatments, and breakfast in bed, the Okris get a lot
more than they bargained for.
Vocabulary
words: breakfast, lunch,
dinner, snack |
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CHRISSY'S
BIG MOVE, #117
Maya's friend Chrissy discovers that her father
has been transferred and is moving the whole family to Hong
Kong. Chrissy is so distraught that she doesn't want to go.
Eager to help her friend adjust to a very different culture,
Maya enlists Miguel and the gang to "introduce"
Chrissy to Hong Kong. They stage an imaginative (and homemade)
"voyage" to show her a variety of interesting places:
a restaurant that serves dim sum, a pink dolphin-watching
cruise, and the dragon boat races. By the end, Chrissy is
so enchanted that she can't wait to move to Hong Kong. Unfortunately,
the transfer falls through... and Chrissy doesn't move. But
at least "Las Tres Amigas” get to stay together!
Vocabulary words: move,
moving, country,
city |
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CAREER
DAY, #118
It’s Career Day in Maya and Miguel’s
class, and each kid gets to spend a whole day with a classmate’s
parent or grandparent as a “mentor.” While Miguel
lucks into spending the day with an astronaut, Maya ends up
with Mort, an insurance salesman who has lost his belief in
himself. Maya takes it upon herself to find Mort a new career,
but ultimately discovers that what he really needs is simply
some help restoring his confidence.
Vocabulary
words: salesman, repairman,
astronaut |
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I'VE
GOT TO BE MI-GUEL, #119
Tito really admires his big cousin Miguel. So much
so, in fact, that he begins to feel bad about himself –
after all, Miguel does everything so well, it’s sometimes
hard to measure up. But at Maya’s inadvertent suggestion,
Tito realizes there is one way to be just as cool as Miguel:
to imitate everything Miguel says, does, and wears, from his
sneakers to his haircut. Miguel is flattered by this new “mini-Miguel,”
but Maya gradually finds the whole thing annoying, and even
more so because the flattery is clearly going to Miguel’s
head. It’s only when Tito — in helping Maya and
Miguel in an emergency — discovers some of his own talents
that he goes back to being just plain Tito. Everyone is thrilled
to have him back.
Vocabulary
words: Opposites - big/small,
short/tall |
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