15258
MY FAVORITES
BUY THIS BOOK
Age Range
4 - 7
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1997-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Lee & Low
Grade Level
Pre-K - 2nd
ISBN
9781880000892
Lexile
580
Themes
celebrations
family traditions
latino culture

The Birthday Swap

Written and Illustrated by Loretta Lopez

A five-year-old Mexican American girl who will not be six until December has a great deal to celebrate when her sister swaps birthdays with her in the summer. The perfect birthday gift, as well as a story of family relationships and Mexican American culture along the border.

ADD ALL
Support Materials
1030

The Birthday Swap: Word Search

After reading The Birthday Swap by Loretta Lopez, use this printable and interactive Word Search...

MY FAVORITES
1030

The Birthday Swap: Memory Match

After reading The Birthday Swap, use this Memory Matching puzzle to help students build familiarity...
MY FAVORITES
1030

The Birthday Swap: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle aligns with The Birthday Swap by Loretta Lopez.

MY FAVORITES
1031

The Birthday Swap: Teacher's Guide

The Teacher’s Guide provided by Lee & Low Books includes a book summary, background, discussion...

MY FAVORITES
1031

The Birthday Swap: Guide for Educators

The Birthday Swap printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking...

MY FAVORITES
1032

The Birthday Swap: Guide for Families

The Birthday Swap printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension...

MY FAVORITES
1032

The Birthday Swap: Guide for Community Coordinators

The Birthday Swap printable Community Coordinator guide is designed to be used with multiple age...

MY FAVORITES
1032

The Birthday Swap: Extension Activities for Educators

The Birthday Swap printable Extension Activities for Educators provides project based lessons for...

MY FAVORITES
1034

The Birthday Swap: Vocabulary Scaffold

The Birthday Swap printable Vocabulary Scaffold guide pairs 10 challenge words from the story with...

MY FAVORITES
Can’t find the resource you’re looking for?
REQUEST A RESOURCE
Age Range
4 - 7
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1997-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Lee & Low
Grade Level
Pre-K - 2nd
ISBN
9781880000892
Lexile
580
Themes
celebrations
family traditions
latino culture
Additional Book Resources
15828

Owl at Home

Written by Arnold Lobel
Whether Owl is inviting Winter in on a snowy night or welcoming a new friend he meets while on a...
K - 3rd
16188

Night Owl: A Picture Book

Written by Toni Yuly
Night Owl loves the nighttime! He can see everything, but when he doesn't see Mommy Owl, he starts...
Pre-K - K

Take the Key and Lock Her Up

Written by Ally Carter

For the past three years, Grace Blakely has been desperate to find out the truth about her mother's...

7th - 12th
20009

¡Perros! ¡Perros! Dogs! Dogs!

Written by Ginger Foglesong Guy and Illustrated by Sharon Glick
A delightful, fully-bilingual story of dogs of every size, shape and activity level. "Short, breezy...
Pre-K - 3rd
18697

Pony Scouts: The Camping Trip (I Can Read Level 2)

Written by Catherine Hapka and Illustrated by Anne Kennedy
When Meg goes camping for the first time, she doesn't know what to expect. Unprepared for lots of...
Pre-K - 3rd
17370

You Bring the Distant Near

Written by Mitai Perkins
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City...
7th - 12th
16730

Young Widows Club

Written by Alexandra Coutts
Seventeen-year-old Tamsen Baird didn't set out to become a teenage widow. All she did was fall in...
7th - 12th
20816

Agent Darcy & Ninja Steve: Robot Rumble

Written by Grant Goodman
When the mecha-moles launch an attack on the Bureau of Sneakery, Darcy finds herself on a perilous...
4th - 7th
17031

Los musicos de Bremen ( Bremen Town Musicians ) ( Read It Readers En Espanol: Fairy Tales Green )

Written by Eric Blair and Illustrated by Bill Dickson
While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find...
K - 3rd
16102

The Toy Brother

Written by William Steig
Yorick Bede has always considered his younger brother, Charles, a first-rate pain in the pants, and...
Pre-K - 3rd
18269

Chicken Sunday

Written by Patricia Polacco
A young white girl and her two black "brothers" devise a plan to raise money to buy the boys'...
1st - 4th
15666

White Socks Only

Written by Evelyn Coleman and Illustrated by Tyrone Geter
When Grandma was a little girl living in Mississippi, she went into town on a hot summer day. She...
Pre-K - 3rd