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What country did Renata go to in Chapter One? (Ch. 1)
Colombia
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 1)
She ate quinoa to become strong and lifted 3 Jeeps/Yipaos. Under the Jeeps, there is a chick (pollito), a puppy (perrito), and a Chupacabra. Renata gives the chick and puppy a kiss, but not the Chupacabra. When she sees the Chupacabra, she gets scared and runs away
What is a Chupacabra? (Ch. 1)
A legend from South America, means goat(cabra) sucker (chupa)
What country did Renata go to in Chapter 2? (Ch. 2)
Spain (España)
Who does Renata meet in Chapter 2? (Ch. 2)
A bull fighter (matador)
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 2)
The bull fighter gives her 3 flowers, one small, one medium sized, one big. The small and medium flowers smell good (huele bien), but the big flower smells bad (huele mal)
What country did Renata go to in Chapter 3? (Ch. 3)
Argentina
What does she see? (Ch. 3)
A park (parque) with three gifts, one big, one medium sized, and one small
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 3)
She opens the gifts. In the biggest gift, there is the Ratón Pérez. In the medium sized gift, there is an ucumar. In the smallest gift, there is a big baby that smells bad, which confuses Renata
What is the Ratón Pérez? (Ch. 3)
The Spanish version of the tooth fairy
What is an ucumar? (Ch. 3)
A hairy ape-like creature that is said to live in the mountains of Chile and Argentina
What country did Renata go to in Chapter 4? (Ch. 4)
Venezuela
What does she see? (Ch. 4)
A zoo (zoológico) with a baby capybara (capibara)
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 4)
The capybara throws (tira) an apple (manzana) at Renata’s head, which makes her mad. Renata throws a coconut (coco) at the capybara’s head. The capybara isn’t happy, so it throws a TV at Renata and it hits her foot. Renata then throws a refrigerator (refrigerador) and hits the capybara’s foot. The capybara cries, which makes it’s mom come, and the mom picks up two elephants. Renata gets scared and runs away
What country did Renata go to in Chapter 5? (Ch. 5)
Mexico (México)
What did she see? (Ch. 5)
The flowers, one big, one medium sized, and one small
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 5)
The flowers all smell bad. She jumps and smashed the big and medium flowers, but underneath the small flower there is a mini luchador. When she jumps on the flower, she doesn’t smash it, and the luchador throws her
What country did Renata go to in Chapter 6? (Ch. 6)
Guatemala
What does she see? (Ch. 6)
A library (biblioteca)
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 6)
She is a curious girl so she reads three books, one about Guatemalan culture, one about animals in Guatemala, and one legends from Guatemala. When she reads the one about culture, a quetzal pops out. When she reads the one about animals, a jaguar pops out. When she reads the one about legends, the llorona pops out. She gets scared and runs
What is a quetzal? (Ch. 6)
A bird in Guatemala with a very long tail (cola). It is also what their currency is called
What is the llorona? (Ch. 6)
A Latin American legend, she is a weeping woman that is crying because she lost her children
What did Renata look for in her refrigerator? (Ch. 7)
Cheese (queso), chocolate, and churros, but she couldn’t find any
Where did Renata go to in Chapter 7? (Ch. 7)
New York/Nueva York
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 7)
She looked for a Mexican restaurant (restaurante Mexicano), a Chinese restaurant (restaurante Chino), and an Italian restaurant (restaurante Italiano), but she couldn’t find any. She then found the restaurant for people who are very hungry (restaurante para personas con mucha hambre), where she ordered an ostrich (avestruz)
What country did Renata go to in Chapter 8? (Ch. 8)
Ecuador
What did she see? (Ch. 8)
The mountains (montañas), one skinny (flaco), one fat (gorda), and one tall (alta)
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 8)
She climbs (sube) the skinny mountain and it is sunny (hace sol), and she sees a dancing penguin (pengüino). She is confused and goes down (baje) the mountain. She climbs the fat mountain and it is windy and raining (hace viento y llueve), and she sees a baby. She is confused and goes down the mountain. She goes up the tall mountain and sees a glasses bear (oso de anteojos). She gives it a kiss (da un beso) but the bear doesn’t like it. It throws (tira) two toilets (inodoros) at Renata, which makes her scared, and she runs down the mountain
What country did Renata go to in Chapter 9? (Ch. 9)
Spain (España), specifically Galicia
Where is she? (Ch. 9)
The beach (la playa)
What happened? (Ch. 9)
She is bored so she throws a rock (roca), and it sinks (se hunde). Then, she throws a pencil (lápiz), and it floats (flota). Then, she throws a coin (moneda), and it sinks. Then, she throws a soccer ball (pelota de fútbol) and it floats. Then, she throws a toilet (inodoro) and it sinks. Suddenly (de repente), an octopus (pulpo) pops out of the water and throws everything Renata threw back at her. But then, a chef comes and wants to eat the octopus, so it escapes (escapa) into the sea (el mar)
Where is Renata in Chapter 10? (Ch. 10)
Her house
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 10)
Renata’s mom is reading, and Renata has an idea. She turns off the lights (apaga la luz) and hides (se esconde) in the closet (clóset). Her mom is mad and turns the lights on (prende la luz). This happens twice. The third time she does it, she sees a calavera in the closet, which is really her mom. She gets nervous and runs back to her room.
What is a calavera? (Ch. 10)
A skull/skeleton that is commonly seen related to the Day of The Dead
Where is Renata in Chapter 11? (Ch. 11)
Her house
What happened? [Summarize] (Ch. 11)
Her cat, Frida, likes to escape. The first time, she runs and a bicycle crashes into her (Frida corre y se choca con un bicicleta). The bicycle smashes (aplasta) her, but she lives. This happens 5 more times, but with a motorcycle (moto), car (carro), bus (bus), tractor (tractor), and a tank (tanque). After all 6 times, Renata gets nervous and closes the window
How many lives do cats have according to Spanish speaking regions?
7 lives
What does Renata want? (Ch. 12)
A boyfriend (novio)
Where is Renata in Chapter 12? (Ch. 12)
Spanish class (Clase de Español)
What does she see? (Ch. 12)
Three guys, one small and skinny (pequeño y flaco), one fat and strong (gordo y fuerte), and one tall and skinny (alto y flaco). She goes up to their desks (pupitre) and greets them, but the first two are dirty and smell bad (sucio y huele mal). When she goes up to the third one, he reveals that he is the Silbon from Venezuela. Renata gets scared and runs.
What is the Silbon? (Ch. 12)
The Silbon is a legend from Colombia and Venezuela
What does Renata do to the piñata? (Ch. 12)
She never hits it again
