Lucas and His Loco Beans: A Bilingual Tale of the Mexican Jumping Bean (English and Spanish Edition)

2003 IPPY Book Award for Multicultural Fiction Juvenile/Young Adult category

2003 Latino Book Award in the category of Best Educational Children's Book

Adopted by the National Science Teachers Association for curriculum development

A bilingual tale of the Mexican Jumping Bean with snappy, rhyming text in English and Spanish. Infused with a wonderful explanation of the biological life cycle of the moth inside these jumping beans.

"This is an enchanting children's story that is so well presented any parent would be delighted to read along with their children all about these loco beans.

Edward James Almos, actor producer and community activist.

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