Sananes Adriana
22) I'm new here
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Walk in the shoes of three elementary-school-aged immigrants as they learn how to balance becoming American with being Guatemalan, Korean, and Somalian as well!
Author
Series
Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 1
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Storytime @ Home: Exercise
Storytime @ Home: Summer Olympics
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Storytime @ Home: Exercise
Storytime @ Home: Summer Olympics
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Lucha Libre champion Niño has no trouble fending off monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his skills.
Author
Language
English
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2nd Grade Rocks
Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
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Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
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How did Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela end up with such a long name? As Daddy tells the story of her many names, Alma can almost feel herself grow into them.
Author
Language
English
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Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of Amalia Hernández, dancer and founder of El Ballet Folklórico de México.
Published in time for the 100th anniversary of Hernández's birth, Danza! is the first picture book about the famous dancer and choreographer.
Danza! is a celebration of Hernández's life and of the rich history of dance in Mexico. As a child, Amalia always thought she would grow up to be a teacher,...
Author
Language
Español
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Ezra Jack Keats Award and Honor Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - Spanish & Bilingual Kids
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
Hispanic Heritage Month - Spanish & Bilingual Kids
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
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Description
Alma quiere saber por qué su nombre es tan largo, así que Papi le cuenta a su pequeña la gran historia.
Author
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
National Hobby Month - Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
National Hobby Month - Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Formats
Description
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Author
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL! Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule-until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream. Inspired...
Author
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL! Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule-until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream. Inspired...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Almost ten years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a whites-only school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Siete años antes de Brown v. Board of Education, la familia Méndez luchó para acabar con la segregación en las escuelas de California. Descubre su increíble historia en este libro para niños del galardonado creador Duncan Tonatiuh. ¡Mención de Honor del Premio Pura Belpré al Ilustrador! Cuando su familia se mudó al pueblo de Westminster, California, la pequeña Silvia Méndez estaba entusiasmada con inscribirse en la escuela de su vecindario....
Author
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Women's History - Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Women's History - Children
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Description
"A gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpré, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--
Author
Language
English
Description
As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than you might ever imagine! Based on the true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California, Maybe Something Beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation-and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something big. Pick up a paintbrush and join the celebration!
Author
Language
English
Description
Cuando llegó a Estados Unidos, en 1921, Pura traía los cuentos folclóricos de su querido Puerto Rico. Al encontrar un nuevo hogar en la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York como asistente bilingüe, convirtió sus historias populares en libros y esparció semillas de historias por todo el país. Hoy, esas semillas se han convertido en un frondoso bosque, a medida que generaciones de niños y cuentistas continúan difundiendo sus historias y celebrando...
35) Viva Frida
Author
Language
English
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Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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Description
Via spare text, examines Kahlo's creative process.
Author
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Women's History - Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Women's History - Children
Formats
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
Language
English
Description
As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than you might ever imagine! Based on the true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California, Maybe Something Beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation-and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something big. Pick up a paintbrush and join the celebration! Experience the story now with this dual English and Spanish version.
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Language
English
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Description
In his most stunning novel yet, the voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. But Frankies talent is touched by the gods, and his amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the 20th...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up to plan a wedding and end up finding a spark of their own in the first audio original from author duo Christina Lauren, a full-cast sequel to their New York Times bestseller The Unhoneymooners.
Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her...
Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her...