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1) Amuleto
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Auxilio Lacouture, "madre de todos los mexicanos," uruguaya de nacimiento y residente en México D. F., está abonada a los trabajos humildes y esporádicos durante el día e incansablemente inmersa en la bohemia de la ciudad durante la noche. Todo cambia para ella el 18 de septiembre de 1968, cuando el ejército toma posesión del campus de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y ella queda encerrada en los baños de la facultad de filosofía...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
"En las elecciones de Faguas -- país imaginario que aparece en las novelas de Gioconda Belli -- ha triunfado el PIE (Partido de la Izquierda Erótica). Sus atrevidas integrantes tienen un propósito inclaudicable: cambiar el rumbo de su país, limpiarlo como si se tratara de una casa descuidada, barrerlo hasta sacarle brillo. Pero nada de esto resulta fácil para la presidenta Viviana Sansón y sus ministras, sometidas a constantes ataques por parte...
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
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Eleven-year-old Francisco, whose family recently arrived from Guatemala, is assigned to write his autobiography. His story is about a young boy's immigrant experiences in the United States.
"Paco llegó hace poco a este pais, por eso su autobiografia nos habla de nostalgias y miedo, per también de alegria y optimismo"--Cubierta.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
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Description
"Tía Isa quiere un carro brillante que sea del mismo color verde del océano... Mientras tía Isa ahorra, su sobrina apila naranjas y alimenta gatos para sumar el dinero que gana a la pila. Así podrán comprar el carro perfecto-- ¡uno que pueda llevar a todos a la playa!"-- Back cover.
Tìa Isa and her niece try to save enough money to buy a car to take the whole family to the beach.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Español
Description
Account of Latino displacement throughout the world; decentralization manifested in movement, transference and substitution. The principle characters circulate and circumnavigate within multiple geographic, political, historical and social spheres pertaining to the ever-changing Hispanic reality.
Author
Series
Pepita books volume 5
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Pepita no quiere empaquetar a sus juguetes ni despedirse de sus vecinos porque la despedida le hace llorar.
As her family prepares to move to a new home, Pepita refuses to pack her toys or say goodbye to anyone, because saying goodbye might make her cry.
Author
Series
Pepita books volume 7
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
After a mean-spirited girl bullies her for three days in a row, Pepita no longer wants to go to her new school.
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
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
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Description
Una niña no entiende la palabra ajena en la Tarjeta de Residente de su madre y dejar que de su imaginación, llegando a la conclusión de que su madre es desde el espacio exterior. Incluye notas y glosario de autor.
"A young girl misunderstands the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien Card and let's her imagination run wild, coming to the conclusion that her mother is from outer space. Includes author's note and glossary"--
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Series
Flaca files volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
After receiving the perfect Christmas gifts (a fingerprint-taking kit, a flashlight, and police tape to block off crime scenes), junior detective Flaca is reluctant to travel to Puerto Rico to spend Three Kings Day with her grandmother, until Flaca finds a mystery to solve involving the holiday's traditions.
13) Hairs =: Pelitos
Author
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
Español
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Description
A girl describes how each person in the family has hair that looks and acts different, Papa's like a broom, Kiki's like fur, and Mama's with the sweet smell of bread before it's baked.
Author
Series
Flaca files volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
Second-grader Flaca investigates three mysteries, from her missing flip flop, to who put a food she is allergic to in her lunch, to how she will find her dancing ability before performing salsa at her sister's quinceañera.
15) Little Chanclas
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
Lily Lujan is known as Little Chanclas because she wears her chanclas, or flip flops, wherever she goes, especially to parties, so when the chanclas come apart while she's dancing at a family barbecue and Chewcho the bulldog eats one, Lily's inconsolable until Granny Lola arrives with a solution.
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"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
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Born into a family of over-achievers, Allie has never finished first in anything, but she is determined to win the Trailblazer contest with an entry about her great grandfather, her town's first Congressional Medal of Honor winner.
No hay nada mejor que subir a un podio y levantar un trofeo en lo alto. Al menos eso es lo que piensa Allie Velasco, que nunca ha ganado un premio. Todos en su familia son especiales de alguna manera: su hermana pequeña...
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Language
Español
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
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Description
This board book celebrates Latino culture through its traditional music, food, and more.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Muchos anos despues, frente al peloton de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendia habia de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevo a conocer el hielo. Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras Más información...literarias mas fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares deCien anos de soledadleidos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando...
Author
Series
Marisol McDonald volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Multiple
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Description
"A spunky, bilingual, multiracial girl finds her own way to conquer her fear of the nighttime monster that mysteriously appears in her home. Includes author's note and glossary" --
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