This week First Grade is staying in South America with a quick jump over to Chile!
A Pen Pal for Max by Gloria Rand is a lovely story about young Maximiliano, a boy growing up on a Chilean vineyard. Max decides to see what might happen when he sneaks a note into a crate of grapes bound for the United States, and a lovely international friendship is born!
And the Amharic Word of the Week is BOOK:
