Monica Brown
Author
Series
Lola Levine ; 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Second-grader Lola has a wonderful family, a great teacher, and the best friend ever, Josh, and they all help her feel better after she is teased and forbidden to play team sports at recess for having accidentally hurt classmate Juan during a soccer game.
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Language
English
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When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana's excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the Biblioburro to return. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a note on the true story of Columbia's Biblioburro and mobile libraries in other countries.
Ana ama las historias. Pero en su pequeño pueblo, hay pocos libros y ella ya los ha leído todos. Una mañana, Ana...
Author
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishing Llc
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Description
This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia "[a]n exuberant picture-book biography . . . a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music."
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
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Description
A new Spanish and English bilingual edition of the stunning picture book biography of Pablo Neruda, one of the world's most enduring and popular poets, from the acclaimed Monica Brown.
Había una vez un niño llamado Neftalí, quien amaba las cosas salvajes locamente y las cosas tranquilas serenamente. Desde el momento en que aprendió a hablar, se rodeó de palabras. Neftalí descubrió la magia oculta entre las páginas de los libros.
Cuando
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Language
English
Description
Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito, who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Los estudiantes están cansados de comer espaguetis con albóndigas los lunes en la cafetería. La administración de la escuela dice que pueden ayudar a crear un nuevo menú. Así que todos preparan puestos con las especialidades de su familia para ver cuáles recetas lograrán formar parte del menú escolar.
The students are sick and tired of Spaghetti-and-Meatball Mondays in the cafeteria. The administration says they can help create a new menu,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)
A fascinating bilingual picture book biography of Peruvian archaeologist and national icon Julio C. Tello, who unearthed Peru's ancient cultures and fostered pride in the country's Indigenous history.
Growing up in the late 1800s, Julio Tello, an Indigenous boy, spent time exploring the caves and burial grounds in the foothills of the Peruvian Andes. Nothing
...Author
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
Series
Publisher
NorthSouth Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles Frida's life -- from her childhood to her rise as one of the world's most influential painters -- capturing the beauty and strength of Frida's creative spirit, which carried her through tragedy and triumph, and the animals that inspired her along the way." -- Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
Description
My name is Marisol McDonald, and I don’t match. At least, that’s what everyone tells me.
Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. And don’t even think of asking her to choose one or the other activity at recess she’ll just be a soccer-playing pirate princess, thank you very much. To Marisol McDonald, these seemingly...
Author
Series
Lola Levine ; 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Lola is ecstatic to learn that their family will visit her favorite aunt in Peru, where she and Ben discover the wonderful adventures to be found in Lima while struggling to stay out of trouble.
Author
Series
Sarai ; 3
Language
English
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Description
"When cuts in the school budget threatens the band program, Sarai organizes a benefit concert to raise money, and gains the attention of her favorite singer, Sparkles Sanchez." --
Author
Series
Lola Levine ; 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Lola upsets her best friends by playing Halloween tricks on them but with help from her family, she may still be able to enjoy her favorite holiday.
Author
Series
Lola Levine ; 2
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Lola Levine is given a non-speaking part after getting stage fright during her class play audition. She saves the play after a couple of obstacles with the help of her grandmother." --
Author
Series
Sarai ; 1
Language
English
Appears on list
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Description
"Fourth grader Saraí Gonzalez can do anything. She can bake, dance, and run her own cupcake business. But when Saraí's grandparents are forced to move, even Saraí's not sure what to do. So she hatches a super-awesome plan with her younger sisters and cousin to buy back the house. Will Saraí find a way to save the day?" --
Author
Series
Lola Levine ; 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Lola Levine finally gets a kitten, but when the family learns that Ben is allergic, they will have to find a new home for the pet"--
