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Monica Brown, John Parra
A celebration of one of the world's most influential painters, Frida Kahlo, and the animals that inspired her art and life-now available in paperback!
Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor , 2018…
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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…
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Margarita Engle
Eloaisa's struggles fade away when she sits by the window and listens to the neighbor's radio, and one magical day young musicians gather outside and turn the neighborhood into a…
John Parra
Today Juanito is accompanying his father who is in the landscaping business, and he takes his sketchbook along to draw anything that catches his eye, and gets to help his…
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El galardonado artista John Parra nos trae un conmovedor y enganosamente simple cuento infantil ilustrado inspirado por su propia ninez, sobre el lazo entre padre e hijo, el valor de…
Roseanne Thong
For use in schools and libraries only. A little girl discovers things that are round, square, and rectangular in her Hispanic American neighborhood.
Monica Brown,John Parra
Frida Kahlor y sus animalitos cuenta la vida de Frida – desde la infancia hasta su asceniaon como una de las pintoras maas influyentes del mundo – captando la bellleza…
Containing a biography in narrative format, the artist Frida Kahlo’s love of her pets and painting them is explored.
Pat Mora
In a series of poetic sentences, a young boy (biracial Mexican/Caucasian) tells about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.
Monica Brown
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…
The second in this new bilingual picture book biography series focuses on Gabriela Mistral, a teacher, poet, and the first Latina woman to win the Nobel Prize.
Phil Bildner
A man sings and dances his way through the French Quarter in New Orleans, keeping his beloved city clean, until Hurricane Katrina’s devastation nearly causes him to lose his spirit.
A beautiful and lively picture book for teaching numbers and exploring both Spanish words and Hispanic culture.
Michael Genhart
An intergenerational story of family ties, cultural pride, and spelling bee victory following a young boy who bonds with his beloved abuela over a love of Spanish.
A little girl discovers things that are round, square, and rectangular in her Hispanic American neighborhood.
Susan Verde
Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and his grandmother’s memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, cngel and others paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless…
Roseanne Greenfield Thong
In this lively picture book, children discover a world of shapes all around them: Rectangles are ice-cream carts and stone metates, triangles are slices of watermelon and quesadillas.
Lesa Cline-Ransome
The inspiring story of Ethel Payne, a groundbreaking African American journalist known as the First Lady of the Black Press.
Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and Abuela Addy’s memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, a boy and his neighbors paint the big wall that had been cold, empty…
Roseanne Thong,Roseanne Greenfield Thong
A little girl discovers all the bright colors in her Hispanic American neighborhood.
Brittany Parra
Cayden John loves dinosaurs. Join him on a journey through his imagination and discover dinos that Stomp, Fly and Rawr! But Wait! Did you hear that? I think it's Mommysaurus…
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Tony Johnston (Lecturer at West Highland College Uhi)
Facts about Mexico and its people are introduced letter by letter.
