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Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Pat Mora’s Elena, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…
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A Study Guide for Pat Mora’s Uncoiling, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…
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Inspired by Edgar Lee Masters’s Spoon River Anthology and Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Pat Mora brings us the poetic monologues of Encantado, an imagined southwestern town. Each poem forms a…
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A collection of haiku focusing on fourteen foods native to the Americas, celebrating the fun of the foods as well as their origins.
From the author of Tomas and the Library Lady, an amazing, true story about the quest for knowledge that inspired one of Mexico’s most famous and beloved poets, Sor Juana…
Wine-sipping syllables, a communion of bones, impetuous pinches of chile, and parrot-sassy guacamole. With a mC)lange of aromas and tastes, colors and sounds, award-winning poet Pat Mora invites readers into…
Drawing on oral and lyrical traditions, this book honors the grace and spirit of mothers, daughters, lovers, and goddesses. From a tribute to Frida Kahlo to advice from an Aztec…
Pat Mora here recounts her family story, focusing upon their triumphs and the gifts they bring one another in ritual, language, stories and recipes.
Based on the workshop, Nurturing Creativity: Seven Practices for Educators and Students, this book affirms the conviction that creative teachers are effective teachers and emphasizes that every child’s creative self…
Doana Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind…
A collection of essays that explores personal issues and political responsibilities.
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Thirteen Latino poets celebrate their bonds with their mothers and grandmothers.
Libby and her great-aunt, Lobo, both learn the Pledge of Allegiance–Libby for school, and Lobo for her U.S. citizenship ceremony –
This first title in a four-book bilingual series introduces a loving Hispanic family who sits for a traditional dinner and discovers what it really means to be rich. Full color.
Shh, shh, close your eyes.Shh … shh … Cierra los ojitos. Outside, the rabbits are sleeping,Afuera, los conejitos estan durmiendo and the birds, and the squirrels. junto con…
An award-winning author and a rising-star artist have put a festive Latino twist on The Twelve Days of Christmas, populating it with piatas in place of partridges, plus burritos bailando…
This third collection of poetry by Pat Mora builds upon her previous writings and new experiences to provide a healing voice, additional depth and maturity, and an international perspective in…
Winner of the Southwest Book Award and the Best Book of Poetry from the El Paso Times.
In Borders, Mora explores the political, cultural, social, and emotional borders that divide people, forming their individual identities.
A Study Guide for Pat Mora’s Legal Alien, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
Pat Mora y Domi han creado una adaptacion poetica de la version maya de la queridisima fabula de la tortuga y la liebre. El arrogante venado que se jacta de…
A whoosh from her grandfather’s blowgun causes Luna, the moon, to tumble from the sky and fall to pieces in the dark ocean. To save herself, she enlists the help…
One night a gust from her grandfather’s blowgun causes Luna, the moon, to tumble from the sky and fall into pieces in the dark ocean below. With the help of…
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This bilingual account of animals of the Southwestern desert and the sounds they make feature double-page spreads with text written in both English and Spanish. Ideal for reading aloud. Full-color…
Pat Mora,Libby Martinez
Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, New York, in 2014 –Copyright page.
Pat Mora,George Ancona
Who doesn’t love a good celebration? Whether you’re marching in a pet parade or planning a masquerade, enjoying good times is always fun, especially when you can strut and ballyhoo…
More than sixty poems, some with Spanish translations, include such titles as The Young Sor Juana, Graduation Morning, Border Town 1938, Legal Alien, Abuelita Magic, and In the Blood.
Celebrates the relationship between the beloved Saint and the animals he adored. Written with full-colour woodcut illustrations, this book aims to encourage readers young and old to join in with…
Translated by Pat Mora with contributions from native Spanish-speaking poets and authors –T.p. verso.
An inspiring collection of Pat Mora’s own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, and singing –
From bestselling Latina author Pat Mora comes a collection of poems celebrating a young child’s growth and everyday experiences throughout the seasons of a year.
Now in paperback: In a series of poetic verses in both English and Spanish, readers learn about the movement and moods of water around the world and the ways in…
A poetic depiction of the desert as the provider of comfort, food, spirit, and life.
With the help and interference of her cat Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt’s ninetieth birthday.
Based on a true story, the story of a boy called Tomas who, when he tires of hearing his grandfather’s stories over and over again, finds a whole new world…
In a series of poetic sentences, a young boy (biracial Mexican/Caucasian) tells about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.
Always amigos! My Singing Nana is a compassionate tribute to families dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease. This story celebrates the ideals of family, heritage, and happy memories, showing kids that no…
Though she died in 1695, Sor Juana InZs is still considered one of the most brilliant writers in Mexico’s history. The recipient of the Tom+s Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book…
Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El daia de los nianos, or Children’s Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico’s annual celebration of children and…
A Mexican-American first-grader experiences the difficulties and pleasures of being different when she wears a tulip costume with all the colors of the rainbow for the school’s May Day parade…
Recipient of a 1995 Skipping Stones Award. Included in the Houston Area Independent School Library Network (HAISLN) Recommended Reading List for 1999.
Esta galardonada biografia sobre la inspiradora vida de Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz esta disponible de nuevo.
A rhyming text weaves together numbers from one to ten in English and Spanish as two sisters gather presents for their mama’s birthday from a Mexican market. –ALA Booklist. Full…
Pat Mora,Amy Diane Prince
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
In Spanish. The renowned poet Pat Mora celebrates the culture and landscape of the Southwest through the eyes of a Mexican American girl.
