Stella Diaz Has Something to Say

Posted on 17 March 2017 by Angela Dominguez

In her first middle grade novel, award winning picture book author and illustrator Angela Dominguez tells a heartwarming story based on her own experiences growing up Mexican American.Stella Diaz loves marine animals, especially her betta fish, Pancho But Stella Diaz is not a betta fish Betta fish like to be alone, while Stella loves spending time with her mom and brother and her best friend Jenny Trouble is, Jenny is in another class this year, and Stella feels very lonely.When a new boy arrives in Stella s class, she really wants to be his friend, but sometimes Stella accidentally speaks Spanish instead of English and pronounces words wrong, which makes her turn roja Plus, she has to speak in front of her whole class for a big presentation at school But she better get over her fears soon, because Stella D az has something to say Stella D az Has Something to Say introduces an infectiously charming new character with relatable writing and adorable black and white art throughout Simple Spanish vocabulary is also integrated within the text, providing a bilingual element. New Read Kindle ePUB Stella Diaz Has Something to Say author Angela Dominguez – kino-fada.fr Stella Diaz feels like an outsider her best friend is no longer in the same class she s terrified of public speaking a school bully is fixated on her she s a legal alien, but she is not a full citizen she wants to befriend new to school Stanley and her father is kind when he s thinking of her family , but is mostly absent from her life There s a part of Stella s life that will resonate with any reader, marking Dominguez s first foray outside of picture books as a smart and captivat...E ARC from Edelweiss PlusStella, her brother and their radio executive mother live in Chicago Stella s father lives in Colorado and does not get in touch very often Stella loves learning about marine animals and has a betta fish for whom she enjoys caring It s a tough year at school, since Stella s best friend Jenny isn t in her class any, and Stella is still seeing a speech teacher to work on her language skills, which are fairly solid but which could use some improvement and make Stella E ARC from Edelweiss PlusStella, her brother and their radio executive mother live in Chicago Stella s father lives in Colorado and does not get in touch very often Stella loves learning about m...I received a copy of this from netgalley to review For fan s of Clementine and Gooney Bird Greene, Stella Diaz is an eight year old with a lot of heart She is shy and worried about her alien status She s bullied but learns to rise above She s incredibly creative and curious and loves learning all she can about marine life Her parents are divorced and her father doesn t always know the best way to connect with Stella and her brothe...This book is great It definitely fills in many holes green card holders, divorced parents, making new friends, being shy, being bilingual I would recommend this to well read 2nd graders 3rd grade Can t wait to share Stella with my patronsFor middle grade readers of realistic fiction, Stella Diaz is a wonderful character She is smart, but shy She worries over speaking in front of others because her words come out wrong sometimes, even though she has been in speech class for three years Part of her confusion comes from the different sounds that letters make in Spanish and in English even though her family moved to Chicago from Mexico City when she was very young, those sounds are still giving her trouble in the third grade An For middle grade readers of realistic fiction, Stella Diaz is a wonderful character She is smart, but shy She worries over speaking in front of others because her words come out wrong somet...I could have rated this book 3 stars if a Spanish speaking editor or someone well versed in the Spanish language had edited the scant Spanish used in the story Beginning with p.8 where the mom says Ayi, mi favorito , which does not make sense, was an immediate red flag I kept on reading because I assumed it was just a typo, but other mistakes in Spanish, like no problema could have been avoided.The story in itself is not bad, although it could have been a whole lot better The main chara I could have rated this book 3 stars if a Spanish speaking editor or someone well versed in the Spanish language had edited the scant Spanish used in the story Beginning with p.8 where the mom says Ayi, mi favorito , which does not make sense, was an immediate red flag I kept on reading because I assumed it was just a typo, but other mistakes in Spanish, like no problema could have been avoided.The story in itself is not bad, although it could have been a whole lot better The main character, Stella, a latina child, is being bullied by a student who picks on her because of shyness speaking in class Stella goes to Speech therapy with a pretty strict teacher why not ESL , and she stays away from a new student who is obviously trying to be friendly There is some mentioning of Stella having a green card, and no mention of how her family was able to travel from Mexico to the US for a few days during Thanksgiving without having to get any special Visas The author tells...Stella Diaz loves fish and underwater life, loves spending time with her mom and brother, and loves spending time with her best friend Jenny She s also incredibly shy and can t find the words she wants to use, so she tends to stay quiet, afraid she ll speak Spanish instead of English, or pronounce her words wrong Either way, she s made fun of by the class Mean Girl When her teacher assigns presentations that means Stella will have to speak in front of the class including the new boy that sh Stella Diaz loves fish and underwater life, loves spending time with her mom and brother, and loves spending time with her best friend Jenny She s also incredibly shy and can t find the words she wants to use, so she tends to stay quiet, afraid she ll speak Spanish instead of English, or pronounce her words wrong Either way, she s made f...Stella Diaz Has Something to Say will reach a unique audience A transitional chapter book told from the point of view of a child alien not from this country who also struggles with speech and language development The voice of this book provides perspective from an often under represented point of view We needbooks such as this one Stella is an elementary age student who deals with the normal struggles of this age with the addition of speech troubles I had a difficult time reading th Stella Diaz Has Something to Say will reach a unique audience A transitional chapter book told from the point of vie...I received an eARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley I really enjoyed this little chapter book I think my students will enjoy it, as well Stella is a very relatable little girl She is a pretty good student, and a great artist, but is in speech therapy and struggles with her Spanish although her mother and brother are fluent She struggles with shyness, and is terrified to speak ...Stella Diaz, a third grader, lives with her divorced mom and older brother Nic in Chicago They moved here from Mexico three years ago Stella struggles with both Spanish and English sounds and thus is in a speech class, but also struggles with shyness and now the class is assigned a five minute oral presentation on an animal What will this creative girl have to say Newly independent readers will be attracted to the book cover and the book size It looks very grown up, yet has multiple black a Stella Diaz, a third grader, lives with her divorced mom and older brother Nic in Chicago They moved here from Mexico three years ago Stella struggles with both Spanish and English sounds and thus is in a speech class, but also struggles with shyness and now the class is assigned a five minute oral presentation on an animal What will this creative girl have to say Newly independent readers will be attracted to the book cover and the book size It looks very grown up, yet has multiple black an...

17 March 2017

Angela Dominguez