Papacito

by Craig Klein Dexemple

Valeria has fallen hard for Juan Carlos, a handsome boy from her high school. She is willing to do whatever it takes to win his heart. Unfortunately, her schemes often end up putting her into awkward and hilarious situations. How will she convince her strict parents to let her have a boyfriend? What will her jealous frenemy, Malina do next to sabotage her attempts to make Juan Carlos fall deeply and madly in love with her? Set in beautiful and historic Cartagena, Colombia and filled with cultural references throughout; ¡Papacito! has 130 unique words and numerous cognates. Written in the present tense and with dramatic illustrations on every page, ¡Papacito! is a compelling and comprehensible novel for Novice level readers and above.

Genres: School, Spanish Literature

120 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2018

Reviews

[clara ❤︎︎ · Rating 2 out of 5]

ignore this i read this for spanish in school 😭

[Cameron Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Malina u a cnt 😒

[eleanor :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s essentially the Spanish version of Dork Diaries. Este libro es de facíl lectura. Es súper divertido. It definitely helped me understand Spanish more! Thanks Señora Flores :)

[jehan · Rating 4 out of 5]

juan carlos blink twice if you need help

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a very silly story, but its intent is to help one get used to reading in Spanish. In my opinion, it does a good job of combining simple sentences with pictures in order to make reading in a second language more fun. This book is definitely geared towards beginners.

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super simple Spanish, great for my students. I hope they enjoy it as much as I did!

[bella rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

i read this for school.

[Dearer James III · Rating 2 out of 5]

Free Juan Carlos

[Diana Ayala-Saracay · Rating 5 out of 5]

We read this in the month of February in class and it was a hit!!! My high schoolers were laughing and raging with the main character 🤣

[Jayde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute, super quick and easy read for someone learning Spanish.

[Timothy Koch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this to my 5yo daughter (translated it in the fly). She LOVED it. Tracked with the story and laughed at the funny parts. Good stuff. Really helpful and instructive for a beginner like me.

[Megan Will · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story, easy to read for Spanish III. My students found it funny, engaging, and that it kept them wanting more.

[Bryna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very fun read. Read this in my Spanish 2 class.