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Zombie Baseball Beatdown

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Zombie Baseball Beatdown By Paolo Bacigalupi Little Brown · 2013 · 304 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-0-316-22078-1 Ages 10 to 13 The boys who read this—and its readers will be mostly boys—will love the frenetic action and…
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Faster! Faster! / ¡Más rápido! ¡Más rápido!

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Faster! Faster! / ¡Más rápido! ¡Más rápido! Written and Illustrated by Leslie Patricelli Candlewick Press • 2013 • 30 pages Board Book ($6.99) ISBN: 978-0-7636-6611-8 Ages 2-5 “Faster! Faster! / ¡Más rápido! ¡Más rápido!”…
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Under the Mambo Moon

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Under the Mambo Moon is really two books in one. One book tells a story in words and magnificent black and white illustrations: It’s the story of a young girl named Marisol, who helps her dad at his music store. All day long, people enter…
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I Am Latino: The Beauty in Me

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I Am Latino: The Beauty in Me By Sandra L. Pinkney • Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney. Little, Brown and Company • 2013 • 28 pages. Board Book ($6.99) ISBN 978-0-31623385-9. Ages 3-6 This little book packs a lot of punch! Close…
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PICKLE: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School

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Sixth-grader Ben Diaz thinks it's quite a coup when the local pizza parlor lets him have all the old smelly balls from the ball-pit (more than a dozen bags full!) if he'll just take them away. But when his father refuses to let him keep them…
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Mi Familia Calaca/My Skeleton Family: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish

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“In Mexico the skeleton is a beloved and humorous figure. Its origins go back to pre-Columbian times,” explains the final page of Mi Familia Calaca/My Skeleton Family. The book introduces readers to Anita’s skeleton family. Each family…
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Whiskers, Tails and Wings: Animal Folktales from Mexico

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In this collection, Judy Goldman retells five folktales from the Tarahumara, Seri, Huichol, Triqui and Tseltal people of Mexico. The introduction shares information about these indigenous peoples, which are far lesser known than the country’s…
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Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

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In this slender anthology, stories, poems and autobiographical essays (including one in comic book form) tangle with what it's like to be a hyphenated American. Most of the authors approach the subject with a strong dose of humor, following…
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Señor Pancho Had a Rancho

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“Old MacDonald had a … rancho?” Well, in this book, his friend, Señor Pancho, does! Based on the beloved children’s song, this retelling with a Spanish twist has one page with the original English language verse: “Old MacDonald had…