First Day in Grapes
by L. King Perez and Robert Casilla
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- Grade
- PK-4
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2002
Word Count 1,652
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 570L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 64289, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- California--Fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- First day of school--Fiction
- Mexican Americans
- Migrant labor
- Self-confidence--Fiction
- Schools
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- California
- Migrant labor--Fiction
- First day of school
- Self-confidence
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Robert Casilla about First Day in Grapes
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Routines to Reinforce Phonemic Awareness
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Lesson Plan from Lee & Low
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Vocabulary Resources 1
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2004

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
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