Monica Brown
1) Drama queen
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"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
Lola Levine volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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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.
Author
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Writing - Youth
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Writing - Youth
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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
Lola Levine volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
National Hobby Month - Tweens
Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
National Hobby Month - Tweens
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"A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together...and learn they have more in common than they thought"--
Author
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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.
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Series
Language
Español
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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
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Description
A vibrant bilingual picture-book biography that portrays the musical and cultural phenomenon of Tito Puente, Mambo King.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023], c2022.
Language
Español
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Description
"Un cuento bilingüe basada en la vida, los sueños y los logros de tres generaciones de niñas artísticas, creativas e imaginativas a medida que crecían en la familia de la autora. "--
"A bilingual story based on the lives, dreams, and accomplishments of three generations of creative, imaginative, artistic girls as they grew up in the author's family. "--
Author
Series
Marisol McDonald volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Description
Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
Marisol McDonald no combina. Es pelirroja y morena; su ropa es de varios colores; juega a los piratas futbolistas; y le gusta ser única.
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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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"--
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 5
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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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
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
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 BibliBurro to return. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a note on the true story of Columbia's BiblioBurro and mobile libraries in other countries.
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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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
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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DeSTEMber - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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.
"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. A...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
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Bee City USA, Pollinators & Wildflowers - Children
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Description
While she and her classmates wait for the caterpillars they are raising to be transformed into Monarch butterflies, Julianita's grandfather tells her about the annual migration of these butterflies to his hometown in Mexico.
Author
Series
Marisol McDonald volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
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Description
"A unique, spunky, multiracial, bilingual girl plans a one-of-a-kind birthday party and hopes her abuelita (grandma) will be able to come from Peru to join the festivities. Includes an author's note and glossaries"--
18) Maya's blanket
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
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Description
"When a little girl's cherished baby blanket becomes old and worn, it is made into a dress, and over the years it is made into even smaller and smaller items, eventually ending up as a bookmark and inspiring the creation of a book. Includes an author's note and a glossary"--