Sara Palacios
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes."--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association."--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"A retelling of the Caribbean folktale La cucaracha Martina where Martina, in an effort to escape her noisy tías, slips away to a warm familiar island where she can play in peace and quiet--but is she home at last?"--
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A scarecrow stood in the garden. Tall, proud, and smiling. Every day a girl brought her favorite books to the garden and she read to him. He heard tales of courage and of hope. And when she said, "The End," the scarecrow always felt a little bit taller and braver. Year after year, she came and she read to him. Until one spring, two different hands picked him up from the garden shed and placed him in the garden. He waited, but she didn't come to read...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to twist her own braids into a scarf and balance the empty panye atop her head, but realizes it's much harder than she thought"--
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trail-blazers, and rabble-rousers. From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history. In this book, you will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a prehistoric...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes."--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Henry Holton's whole family is Hockey Mad. Everyone, that is, except Henry....When he holds a hockey stick, Henry becomes a menace to the game-and an embarassment to his athletic family. It's not until he sees his first ice-dancing performance that Henry realizes there's something he can do on the ice that doesn't involve boarding and body checking. Henry is ready to hang up his gear and try on some figure skates,but first he has to convince his...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Multiple
Formats
Description
Latin Grammy Award-winning children's musical duo 123 Andrés brings us a bilingual friendship song in board book form!--Amazon.com.
¡Esta canción divertida y vivaz de 123 Andrés, incluida en su album ganador de un Grammy, cobra vida de un modo totalmente nuevo, perfecto para la hora del cuento! Por su parte, Sara Palacios anima esta popular canción con ilustraciones frescas y vibrantes que involucrarán a los pequeños y a sus padres.--Amazon.com....
20) 'Twas nochebuena
Author
Publisher
Viking, Published by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".