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1) Dreamers
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Language
English
Description
"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
What if you dreamed of a new life, and it came to you? What if that new life led you to a new country, where no one spoke your language, where you felt alone and ignored? What if you had to make that new place your home? What if you found that home in a world of books? And what if it all were true? -- From dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
2015
Language
Español
Description
"El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras el defiende el verdadero ruisenor de la novela clasica de Harper Lee un hombre negro acusado de violar a una nina blanca. A traves de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la decada de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios, violencia...
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Pub. Date
2015
Language
Español
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"Originally written in the mid-1950s, 'Go set a watchman' was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before 'To kill a mockingbird.' Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. 'Go set a watchman' features many of the characters from 'To kill a mockingbird' some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch--Scout--struggles with issues both personal and political,...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2004
Language
Español
Description
Angeles Mastretta nacio en Puebla (Mexico) en 1949. Curso estudios de periodismo en la Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales de la UNAM. Con Arrancame la vida ha obtenido un enorme exito de publico y el fervoroso reconocimiento de la critica. Publico Mujeres de ojos grandes (relatos, 1991), Puerto libre (relatos autobiograficos, 1994) y Mal de amores (novela, 1996). Con maestria inigualable, Angeles Mastretta narra en estas paginas el inicial...
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Language
English
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Description
Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's 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
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Español
Description
La travesia de Enrique cuenta de un nino abandonado por su madre que se marcha a los Estados Unidos en busca de una mejor calidad de vida. Sonia Nazaro, galardonada con el Premio Pulitzer por esta historia real, nos presenta la realidad que viven los inmigrantes en su peregrinar para lograr el sueno americano. La historia comienza en Honduras y narra el viaje de Enrique en busqueda de su madre a los Estados Unidos, sin dinero y sin ningun otro recurso...
11) Viva Frida!
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Language
English
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With spare text and vibrant illustrations, this book examines Frida Kahlo's creative process.
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When a farm maiden decides to get out her cazuela and cook arroz con leche, the farm animals join in to help in this playful cumulative tale that introduces Spanish words throughout. Inspired by the nursery rhyme "The House That Jack Built," this bilingual readalong will have kids merrily chanting along in English and Spanish as the animals all work together to create a delicious dish for the fiesta.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio Originals
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...