The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano By Sonia Manzano Scholastic • 2012 • 224 pages ISBN: 978-0545325059 Hardcover ($17.99) Ages 10-14 Like Pam Muñoz Ryan, who so beautifully and eloquently captures the essence of the Mexican-American experience, and Julia Alvarez, who does the same for Dominican-Americans, Sonia Manzano sheds some light on the history of Puerto […]
The Napping House/La casa adormecida By Audrey Wood • Illustrated by Don Wood Translated by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 • 32 pages ISBN: 978-0547719207 Board Book ($6.99) Ages 0-3 Audrey Wood’s delightful cumulative tale has been available for years in an excellent Spanish translation entitled La casa […]
Border Town: Crossing the Line Malín Alegría Scholastic Point • 2012 • 182 pages ISBN: 978-0-545-40240-8 Paperback ($5.99) Ages 12 and up
Return of the Library Dragon By Carmen Agra Deedy • Illustrated by Michael P. White Peachtree • 2012 • 32 pages ISBN: 978-1-56145-621-5 Hardcover ($16.95) Ages 4-8 Are e-books the way of the future? Will cyber libraries replace the brick and mortar ones? This timely sequel to the The Library Dragon (Peachtree, 1994) invites readers […]
Love, Amalia By Alma Flor Ada & Gabriel M. Zubizarreta Atheneum • 2012 • 127 pages ISBN: 978-1-4424-2402-9 Hardcover (15.99) Ages 8-12 Love, Amalia is an arrow aimed right at the heart of upper-elementary grade school girls. Sixth-grader Amalia is heartbroken when her BFF Martha unexpectedly shares news of her family’s imminent move from Chicago […]
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors Francisco X. Stork Scholastic • 2012 • 344 pages ISBN: 978-0-545-15134-4 Paperback ($9.99) Ages 14 and up The ancient Roman ideal consisted of “a sound mind, in a sound body.” When teenagers D.Q. and Pancho meet each other at a children’s home in Las Cruces, N.M., it takes […]
Monkey See, Look at Me! Written & Illustrated by Lorena Siminovich Dial Books for Young Readers • 2012 • 32 pages ISBN: 978-0-8037-3737-2 Hardcover ($16.99) Ages 3-8 A friendly little monkey wearing plaid pants and yellow suspenders is the main character in this repetitive tale that children will enjoy reading and re-reading. (Repetitive books are […]
Martín de Porres, The Rose of the Desert By Gary D. Schmidt • Illustrated by David Diaz Clarion Books • 2012 • 32 pages ISBN 978-0-547-61218-8 Hardcover ($16.99) Ages 6 and up Martín de Porres was the child of a black slave and a Spanish conquistador in 17th century Peru. He lived a life of […]
Time for Bed/Es hora de dormir By Mem Fox • Illustrated by Jane Dyer Translated by F. Isabel Campoy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 • 28 pages ISBN: 978-0547719078 Board Book ($6.99) Ages 0-3 Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes/Diez deditos de las manos y diez deditos de los pies By Mem Fox • […]