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Staff -- School Library Journal, 08/01/2000

CHIN-LEE, Cynthia & Terri de la Peña.
A Is for the Americas.
illus. by Enrique O. Sánchez. Orchard. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-531-30194-X; PLB $16.99. ISBN 0-531-33194-6.

An alphabetical exploration of the Americas introduces young readers to the wide range of people, places, and cultures that make up our hemisphere. A brief description and brightly colored illustration accompany each letter and the corresponding word; for example, j is for jalapeño...k is for kayak...l is for Lake Titicaca. Young children will gain a good sense of both the immensity and the diversity of the Americas as a whole. (K-Gr 3)