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Sae
Latinos and the changing face of America
This report uses data from the 2000 census to examine the contemporary demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the diverse groups that form the Latino population, as well as the changes that these groups have undergone during the 1990s.
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Non-fiction - JH & HS
398.2
CUE
Cuentos folklóricos latinoamericanos : fábulas de las tradiciones hispanas e indígenas
Presents a collection of over one hundred Latin American folktales from the Hispanic and Indian traditions.
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Non-fiction - JH & HS
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Non-fiction - JH & HS
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Non-fiction - JH & HS
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COO
Cool salsa : bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States
Celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of growing up Latino in America. Includes works by poets such as Sandra Cisneros, Mart’n Espada, Gary Soto, Ed Vega, and others.
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Non-fiction - JH & HS
Audio
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Cis
The house on Mango Street
A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.
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Audiobooks - JH & HS
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Blanco
The prince of Los Cocuyos : a Miami childhood
"A ... memoir from the first Latino and openly gay inaugural poet, which explores his coming-of-age as the child of Cuban immigrants and his attempts to understand his place in America while grappling with his burgeoning artistic and sexual identities"--Amazon.com
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Biography - JH & HS
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Manzano
Becoming Maria : love and chaos in the South Bronx
"Pura Belpre Honor winner for The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano and one of America's most influential Hispanics--'Maria' on Sesame Street--delivers a beautifully wrought coming-of-age memoir. Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. This is Sonia's own story rendered with an unforgettable narrative power. When readers meet young Sonia, she is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and nosy neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real-life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an alcoholic father. But it is Sonia's dream of becoming an actress that keeps her afloat among the turbulence of her life and times. Spiced with culture, heartache, and humor, this memoir paints a lasting portrait of a girl's resilience as she grows up to become an inspiration to millions"-- Provided by publisher.
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Biography - JH & HS
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Sotomayor
My beloved world
"An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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Biography - JH & HS
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Sotomayor
YA
The beloved world of Sonia Sotomayor
"An adaptation for middle graders based on the bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, in which the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's details her achievements, which serve as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. Includes an 8-page photo insert"-- Provided by publisher.
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Biography - JH & HS
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Español
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Sotomayor
Mi mundo adorado
La primera latina y tan sólo la tercera mujer designada a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor se ha convertido en un icono americano contemporáneo. Ahora, con un candor e intimidad nunca antes asumidos por un juez en activo, Sonia nos narra el viaje de su vida -- esde los proyectos del Bronx hasta la corte federal -- en una inspiradora celebración de su extraordinaria determinación y del poder de creer en uno mismo.
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Español - Books in Spanish
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Ace
The closest I've come
Marcos Rivas is desperate to escape the projects, his neglectful mother, and her abusive boyfriend, but when he is picked for a class at his high school targeting smart students who are underperforming, he initially resists.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Cor
Labyrinth lost
"Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back"-- Provided by publisher.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Romiette & Julio
Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Ewi
Party girl
The death of her best friend Ana in a drive-by shooting causes fifteen-year-old Kata to question her position in the Los Angeles gang life.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Juv
Juventud! : Growing up on the border
In eight stories and sixteen poems, a wide range of authors explores issues that confront young people along the US-Mexico border.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Med
Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass
Amidst searching for the father she has never met, keeping her grades up, and working a part-time job, Piddy Sanchez is faced with the harassment of Yaqui Delgado and her gang. Although Piddy is mostly able to avoid Yaqui and her gang, when the harassment escalates and her personal life begins to suffer, she must reexamine her priorities in order to prevent these bullies from determining the type of person she will be.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Mol
No good deed
Gregor Maravilla wants to feed starving children, so going to a new summer camp, Camp Save the World, for teen activists sounds like a great idea; but the various causes the teens are representing are so varied and frankly, strange, (Boycott Camp, Eat Dirt are just two) that it is hard to get a handle on what is going on--and as the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Old
Shadowshaper
When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her, Sierra Santiago realizes that something strange is going on--then she discovers her Puerto Rican family are shadowshapers and finds herself in a battle with an evil anthropologist for the lives of her family and friends.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Wri
Putting makeup on the fat boy
Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk-rocker classmate.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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TON
Separate is never equal : the story of Sylvia Mendez and her family
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
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Per
Pinatas and paper flowers : holidays of the Americas in English and Spanish = Pinatas y flores de papel : fiestas de las Americ‡s en ingles y espanol
Brief descriptions of several Hispanic holidays as they are celebrated in North, Central, and South America.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
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HEI
Día de los muertos
Discusses the history of All Souls' Day and how it is celebrated.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
J
398.2
HAY
The day it snowed tortillas = : El día que nevaron tortillas : folktales told in Spanish and English
Presents ten classic folktales from New Mexico, including "Pedro and Diablo," "The Cricket," "La Llorona," and "Juan Camison," presented in English with Spanish translations on facing pages.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
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398.2
RYA
Nacho and Lolita
A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water, which the swallows can easily find when returning from their annual migration.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
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Growing up with tamales = : Los tamales de Ana
Six-year-old Ana looks forward to growing older and being allowed more responsibility in making the tamales for the family's Christmas celebrations.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
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ENG
Bravo! : Poems About Amazing Hispanics
"Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways."--Provided by publisher.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
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HER
Portraits of Hispanic American heroes
"Showcases twenty Hispanic and Latino American men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the arts, politics, science, humanitarianism, and athletics."--Provided by publisher.
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Non-Fiction - Elementary
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ENGLE
Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings: a memoir
"In this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War."--Amazon.
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Biography - Elementary
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MARTIN
Martín de Porres : the rose in the desert
An illustrated biography for children of St. Martin de Porres, canonized in 1962, the first black saint in the Americas, illegitimate child of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, born in Lima, Peru in 1579, and educated in Ecuador as a barber/doctor, and describes his entrance into the Dominican Order and his life of service and healing.
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Biography - Elementary
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NERUDA
Pablo Neruda : poet of the people
Describes the life of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, covering his childhood, his decision to use a pen name and change his name from Neftalí, his love of people, and his poetry.
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Biography - Elementary
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SORIANO
Biblioburro : a true story from Colombia
Luis has so many books in his little house in Colombia that he buys two donkeys and travels throughout the land bringing the joy of reading to children.
Due 01/06/20
Biography - Elementary
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CAL
Charlie Hernández and the league of shadows
"Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world"--Provided by publisher.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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FLO
90 miles to Havana
Julian's parents, hoping to protect him from the dangers of the turmoil in Cuba, send him to the United States in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, not realizing that life in a Miami refugee camp holds its own perils.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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GON
The red umbrella
In 1961 after Castro has come to power in Cuba, fourteen-year-old Lucia and her seven-year-old brother are sent to the United States when her parents, who are not in favor of the new regime, fear that the children will be taken away from them as others have been.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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GUI
Bella Balistica and The Temple of Tikal
What happens when you're 11, being bullied, and discover you have mystical powers? Join Bella Belistica and her guide, the Quetzal bird, as they venture from Bella's adoptive home in London to her birth country, Guatemala, where they encounter evil treasure-hunters at the ancient Temple of Tikal. Unfotunately for Bella, a familiar adversary is lurking in the shadows.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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LOR
A handful of stars
When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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RYA
Becoming Naomi Leon
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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RYA
The dreamer
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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RYA
Esperanza rising
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Due 01/06/20
Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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SOT
Taking sides
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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VAN
The Gecko & Sticky : the greatest power
When the diabolical Damien Black robs a bank and steals a tiger-eye of great sentimental value, he is pursued by thirteen-year-old Dave Sanchez and his sidekick, a talking gecko named Sticky, who are armed with a magical Aztec armband.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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WOO
Harbor me
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--Provided by publisher.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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ZEM
My life in pictures
When budding artist Bea Garcia's best friend moves to Australia and a loud, rambunctious boy moves into her old house, Bea must learn to make new friends.
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Fiction (Chapterbooks) - Elementary
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ARE
Marta! big & small
In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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BRO
Marisol McDonald doesn't match
Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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BUN
Going home
Although a Mexican family comes to the United States to work as farm laborers so that their children will have opportunities, the parents still consider Mexico their home.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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DOR
Papá and me
A bilingual boy and his father, who only speaks Spanish, spend a day together.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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DOR
Radio Man = : Don Radio : a story in English and Spanish
As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and help connect him to all the different places in which he lives.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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EST
Manuela's gift
Manuela wants a new dress for her birthday, but times are hard and she is disappointed when she receives a hand-me-down instead.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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GON
My colors, my world = Mis colores, mi mundo
Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset. Presented in English and Spanish.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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GON
Antonio's card / La tarjeta de Antonio / cuento, Rigoberto González ; ilustraciones, Cecilia Concepción Álvarez
With Mother's Day coming, Antonio finds he has to decide about what is important to him when his classmates make fun of the unusual appearance of his mother's partner, Leslie. Presented in English and Spanish.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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KLE
Max goes to the dentist
Max keeps his smile looking great by having regular check-ups with the dentist.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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MAN
Pedro's big goal
Pedro would love to be the goalie in the team's first game, but another boy is bigger--so all his friends come over to help him practice before the tryout.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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MOR
Doña Flor : a tall tale about a giant woman with a great big heart
Doña 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 the huge noise.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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MOR
Tomas and the library lady
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tom‡s finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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MOR
Little Night
At the end of a long day, Mother Sky helps her playful daughter, Little Night, to get ready for bed.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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MOR
Nino Wrestles the World
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.
Due 12/19/19
Picture Book - Elementary
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PER
My diary from here to there
A young girl describes her feelings when her father decides to leave their home in Mexico to look for work in the United States.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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SOE
Ladder to the moon
Suhaila's wish to know her deceased grandmother is granted when a golden ladder appears at her window and Grandma Annie invites her on a journey to the moon, where they welcome people who are facing tragedy. Includes facts about the painting and the woman who inspired the story.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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THO
Green is a chile pepper : a book of colors
A little girl discovers all the bright colors in her Hispanic American neighborhood.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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TON
Dear Primo : a letter to my cousin
Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, the boys are very similar at heart.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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TON
Pancho Rabbit and the coyote : a migrant's tale
When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte, his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by a coyote. Includes author's note.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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WHI
Sand sister
When lonely Paloma goes to the beach and wishes that she had a sister to play with, the girl she draws in the sand comes magically alive, and at day's end her parents give her the good news of a new baby on the way.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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His
Hispanic Americans : one or many cultures?
Summary : "Three Hispanic Americans -- New York Justice Frank Torres, a Puerto Rican; Cuban-born former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez; and Mexican restauranteur Gordino Velasco -- discuss what divides and unites Hispanics" of different cultural backgrounds. Hosted by actor Hector Elizondo.
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Movie (VHS or DVD)
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Unl
Unlearning homophobia series : three award-winning documentary films
Contains three short documentary films on sexual orientation, homophobia, family and love.
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Movie (VHS or DVD)
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His
Hispanics in America
A history of the recent immigration of Hispanics to the United States, beginning with the Cuban exiles in 1959.
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Movie (VHS or DVD)
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Stand and deliver
Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who pushes and inspires 18 inner-city Hispanic students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.
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Movie (VHS or DVD)