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La mariquita Lara

To be honest, I’m not particularly a fan of the Rookie Ready to Learn series in general:  I find the activities in the back of each are often formulaic and only tenuously related to the story; each one ends by telling you someone’s version of what you just learned by reading this story (besides being patronizing, they often don’t hit the mark).  But if you do like this kind of thing, or you’re willing to ignore the extra features that don’t enhance them, the central stories are often good little stories, with redeeming qualities of their own.  This one tells of a ladybugs search for her missing spots.  It uses repetitive and rhyming text that is supported by the illustrations, and invites the reader to interact with the illustrations by helping in the search for the spots.