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Series
Marisol McDonald volume 1
Language
English
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Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"In sharp, crystalline verses, written in both Spanish and English versions, antes que isla es volc̀n daringly imagines a decolonial Puerto Rico. Salas Rivera unfurls series after series of poems that build in intensity: one that casts Puerto Rico as the island of Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest, another that imagines a multiverse of possibilities for Puerto Rico's fate, a 3rd in which the poet demands his right to a future and its immediate...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Two boys, an English speaker and a Spanish speaker, are on the same soccer team. They have their uniforms and their cleats. They can both juggle the ball. At first, the boys must wait on the bench. But when the coach lets them in the game, both Joe and Još score goals. "We win," says Joe. "Ganamos," says Još."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
Napí, una niña mazateca, recuerda el tiempo en que su familia y otras familias tuvieron que abandonar el pueblo, debido a la construcción por el gobierno de una presa que inundaría todas las casas. Lo que Napí recuerda con más intensidad es el roce que su papá tuvo con la muerte al momento de la cosecha.
When the government builds a dam that will flood Napí's Mazatec village, the people must move to a new site far away, where they burn the...
Author
Publisher
LQ
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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"Fabio flies through the streets of Bogotá on his bicycle, the children of his neighborhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right-where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again. = Fabio vuela por las calles de Bogotá en us bicicleta, seguido por los niños de su barrio. Es allí donde la vida es genial, donde el mundo...
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Series
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Juana Inés de la Cruz was acclaimed in her time as the "Phoenix of Mexico", America's tenth muse; a generation later she was forgotten. Rediscovered 300 years later, her works were reissued and she is now considered one of the finest Hispanic poets of the seventeenth century. Her works speak directly to our concern for the freedom of women to realize themselves artistically and intellectually. This anthology contains a selection of her poems.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Gabriela is super excited when her gift from Titi Sylvia finally arrives. She loves the colorful, glittery butterfly wings! She stands in the middle of her room and flaps and flaps her new wings, but nothing happens. She jumps off her bed, vigorously moving the wings up and down, but again, nada. She hops down the hallway and the stairs, but she still can't fly! Disappointed, Gabriela goes to the garage, digs into her father's toolbox and sets about...
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Like all kids, Josefina loves to eat sweets. She loves warm chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven, cupcakes and candy! One night, while eating a piece of flan, Mami asks her to consider giving up sweets for Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter. 'That's impossible!' Josefina says. When Mami promises to teach her how to make her favorite dessert, habichuelas con dulce, she agrees to give it a try. Josefina can't wait to end her fast and eat...
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Tu perro, mi gato. Esto es mío. ¡Toma eso! Pero quizás turnarse sea mejor que jugar solo... más amigos. ¡Más diversión!"--
When one toddler in a childcare setting takes all the toy animals for herself, she discovers that monopolizing all the toys can be a bit lonely. Will offering one of the animals to another child help bridge the gap? In this gentle exploration of early friendship, toddlers will recognize the tension between wanting everything...
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Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
Español
Description
Una biografía ilustrada de Julio C. Tello, considerado el fundador de la arqueología peruana moderna y quien llegó a ser el científico social indígena más distinguido del siglo XX.
"A picture biography of Julio C. Tello, considered to be the founder of modern Peruvian archaeology, that traces his life from an early interest in Peru's ancient cultures to his rise as the most distinguished Indigenous social scientist of the twentieth century....
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"La autora de bestsellers Lesľa Newman ofrece un tierno y oportuno cuento de una nįa puertorriquęa que enfrenta un hurac̀n y su preocupaci̤n por los amados coqu̕es de su isla natal. Despǔs de acurrucarse en la cama cada noche, Alicia escucha las formidables voces de los diminutos coqu̕es que viven en todo Puerto Rico y le cantan para que se duerma. Co-qu̕, co-qu̕ cantan las ranitas. Co-qu̕, coqu̕. Un d̕a un terrible hurac̀n viene a Puerto...
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Abue nada más se quiere acostar, pero todavía se puede jugar--maguillala bien y hazla brillar! --
Birdie provides instructions on how to give her tired grandma a makeover, complete with facial hair removal, cosmetics application, massage, and accessorizing.
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"One of Latin America's greatest poets, Roque Dalton was a revolutionary whose politics were inseparable from his art. Born in El Salvador in 1935, Dalton dedicated his life to fighting for social justice, while writing fierce, tender poems about his country and its people. In Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle, he explores oppression and resistance through the lens of five poetic personas, each with their own distinct voice. These poems show a...
Author
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Presente a sus pequeños lectores a la ciudad de Nueva York, el área metropolitana más poblada de los Estados Unidos.
"Introduce your little readers to the hustle and bustle of New York City, the most populous metropolitan area in the United States. Your little ones will explore the five boroughs--Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx--all with a history and culture of their own. They will ice skate under the eye of Rockefeller...
18) Vamonos à Havana
Author
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"VAMONOS: Havana will introduce your little ones to the beautiful city of Havana in Cuba!"--
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lupita is excited about dancing la raspa, a Mexican folk dance, with her first-grade class at a celebration of Children's Day. But she's devastated when she learns right before the show that her partner Ernesto sprained his right ankle. She had been practicing for weeks. And now her family won't get to see her, swishing and swaying in her beautiful dress full of colorful ribbons. Lupita sadly watches the other dancers from backstage behind the blue...
20) Alicia and the hurricane: a story of Puerto Rico = Alicia y el huracán : un cuento de Puerto Rico
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
A young girl's love of the coquíes' nightly song helps her survive a destructive hurricane with her family. Includes author's note and a glossary of terms.
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