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Arco Iris De Poesia : Poemas De Las Americas Y Espana
RESUMEN: Este libro recoge una treintena de poemas de autores de America Latina, Espana y Estados Unidos.
2009 Américas Award Commended Title
39 p. 2008
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Alarcon, Francisco X.
Poemas Para Sonar Juntos = Poems to Dream Together
RESUMEN: Esta coleccion de poemas bilingues celebra los lazos que unen a los ninos con sus familias, comunidades y con todos los seres vivientes.
SUMMARY: This collction of bilingual poems celebrates the connections children share with their families, communities, and all living things.
2005
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Anzaldua, Gloria
Prietita and the Ghost Woman = Prietita Y La Llorona
RESUMEN: Prietita se pierde mientras que busca una hierba que se nececita para curar su madre y recibe ayuda de la Llorona, una fantasma de leyenda.
SUMMARY: Prietita becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman.
1995
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Bersanetti, Sandra
Los Regalos De Tia Terciopelina
Tia Terciopelina posee realmente solo lo que ha donado, pero para comprenderlo tiene que emprender un largo viaje.
31 p. 2002
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Blume, Judy
Superfudge
Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother, Fudge.
159 p. 1996
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Byng, Georgia
Molly Moon Detiene El Mundo
RESUMEN: Viaja a Hollywood con Molly y su perra Petula. Alli os enfrentareis a un malvado hipnotizador. Solo Molly podra salvar el mundo.
SUMMARY: Believing that she has been sent to Los Angeles by her librarian friend, Lucy Logan, to stop an evil plot by the wealthy Primo Cell, Molly Moon and her friend Roger, orphans with unusual hypnotic powers, find themselves in danger from an unsuspected source.
334 p. 2003
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Carlson, Lori Marie
You're On! : Seven Plays in English and Spanish
Plays by distinguished authors Oscar Hijuelos, Gary Soto, Federico Garcma Lorca, Pura Belpri, Elena Castedo, Alfonsina Storni, and Denise Ruizare featured in this impressive collection. The plays appear in both English and Spanish, and can be used by those who are learning either language. The selections are diverse: Some plays are short and simple, some more complex; some are humorous, some poignant. There's a play for everyone in this varied collection.
139 p. 1999
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Child, Lauren
Ana Tarambana : Lios De Ortografia
RESUMEN: Ana Tarambana quisiera ser actriz y escritor. Se mete en lios cuando trata de ayudar a un amigo con la ortografia.
SUMMARY: Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.
194 p. 2007
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Cohn, Diana
Si, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can!
Carlitos' mother is a janitor. Every night, he sleeps while his mother cleans in one of the skyscrapers in downtown L.A. One night, his mama explains that she can't make enough money to support him and his abuelita unless she makes more money as a janitor. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike. Carlitos wants to help but he cannot think of a way until his teacher, Miss Lopez, explains in class how her own grandfather had fought for better wages for farmworkers when he first came to the United States. The children in his class make posters and Carlitos joins the marchers with a very special sign for his mom! English and Spanish.
31 p. 2002
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Creech, Sharon
Abu Torrelli Hace Sopa
RESUMEN: Con la ayuda de su sabia abuela, Rosi de doce anos logra solucionar unos problemas de relaciones con su mejor amigo y vecino, Bruno.
SUMMARY: With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.
128 p. 2005
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Dubovoy, Silvia
Ecos Del Desierto
RESUMEN: Miguel es un adolescente que no tiene oportunidades de crecimiento en Cuicatlan, su pueblo natal, asi que decide cruzar la frontera norte de Mexico en busqueda de mejores condiciones de vida.
SUMMARY: Miguel, a teenager from Cuicatla´n, travels to northern Mexico in search of a better life, with his flute. On his way, he faces an uncertain future and an extraordinary adventure.
63 p. 2007
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Garza, Carmen Lomas
En Mi Familia = In My Family
RESUMEN: La autora describe como era crecer en una comunidad mexicanoamericana en Kingsville, Texas, cerca de la frontera con Mexico.
SUMMARY: The author describes her experiences growing up in a Mexican American community in Kingsville, Texas, near the border with Mexico.
1996
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Gonzalez, Lucia M.
The Storyteller's Candle = La Velita De Los Cuentos
RESUMEN: Pura Belpre fue la primera bibliotecaria puertorriquena en la Ciudad de Nuevo York. Durante los primeros dias del Gran Depresion, ella invito a la poblacion inmigrante del Barrio a venir y usar la biblioteca, y alli dio la primera Fiesta de los Tres Reyes para ellos.
SUMMARY: During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpre´, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.
30 p. 2008
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Grindley, Sally
Querido Max
RESUMEN: D. J. Lucas es una autora famosa, y Max adora sus libros. Cuando Max decide escribir tambien un libro, le envia una carta a D.J. para pedirle ayuda. Asi comienza una divertida correspondencia entre max y D.J. no solo sobre libros e historias, sino acerca de la ida diaria de Max.
SUMMARY: As Max--who is almost ten--and his favorite author, D.J. Lucas, exchange letters, the two writers help each other with their new books and develop a special friendship.
143 p. 2006
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Griswold del Castillo, Richard
Cesar Chavez: The Struggle for Justice
A simple biography of the man who worked to win fairer treatment of the migrant farm workers in California in the 1960s and to establish the United Farm Workers union. English and Spanish.
2002
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Hayes, Joe
Dance Nana Dance = Baila Nana Baila : Cuban Folktales in English and Spanish
A collection of stories from Cuban folklore, representing the cultures of Spain, Africa, and the Caribbean. Each story is presented in both Spanish and English.
128 p. 2008
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Jimenez, Francisco
Cajas De Carton: Relatos De La Vida Peregrina De Un Nino Campesino
In an unforgettable fashion, Francisco Jimenez describes the harsh lives of migrant farm workers in this series of semi-autobiographical stories. Readers witness his difficult adjustment to a new culture and a new language. Although he suffers through poverty and hunger, his prose is filled with hope.
125 p. 2000
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Joseph, Lynn
El Color De Mis Palabras
Ana Rosa is a 12-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic. When life gets difficult, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better -- until the life-changing events on her 13th birthday. Spanish.
107 p. 2002
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Lazaro Leon, Georgina.
Pablo
Explores the life of famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, including his childhood in Chile, his poetry, and the many political causes he fought for.
32 p. 2008
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Lowry, Lois
El Dador
RESUMEN: Jonas vive en una comunidad totalmente controlada. Sus habitantes no sufren ni carecen de nada, pero a cambio estan privados de libertad. El va a dudar si hay que renunciar al amor y a la libertad par evitar el sufrimiento y la tristeza.
SUMMARY: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
172 p. 1996
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