Chato's kitchen

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The work Chato's kitchen represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Chato's kitchen

Statement of responsibility

by Gary Soto ; illustrated by Susan Guevara

Title variation

Chatos kitchen

Creator

• trueSoto, Gary

Contributor

• Guevara, Susan

Illustrator

• Guevara, Susan

Subject

• trueSalsas (Cooking)
• trueFood habits
• trueFriendship
• trueGhettoes, Hispanic American
• Juvenile works
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueLos Angeles, California
• trueMexican Americans
• Mexican Americans -- Fiction
• Mice
• trueMice
• Mice -- Fiction
• Mice -- Juvenile fiction
• trueBeans
• California -- Los Angeles
• trueCats
• Cats
• Cats -- Fiction
• Cats -- Juvenile fiction
• trueChildren's literature
• trueCooking, Mexican
• trueCooking, Mexican American
• trueDinners and dining
• trueDogs
• trueEnchiladas
• trueFajitas
• Fiction
• Fiction
• trueFood

Genre

• Juvenile works
• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• Children's literature

Language

eng

Summary

To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• Pura Belpre Award for Illustration, 1996.
• Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 1996.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1996

Awards note

• Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 1996
• Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, 1996.
• ALA notable book.
• Parents' Choice award winner.
• Américas Award Honorable Mention, 1995

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[E]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Interest level

• Grades K-4
• LG

LC call number

PZ7.S7242

LC item number

Ch 1995

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• -1
• 2

PerformerNote

Read by Willie Colón

Reading level

• 3.6
• 4.5 L740:
• 3.6

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader
• Reading Counts RC:
• Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

juvenile