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The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

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The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind Meg Medina Candlewick Press • 2012 • 246 pages Hardcover ($17.99) ISBN: 978-0-7636-4602-8 Ages 13 and up Sonia Ocampo is not a typical small-town teenager. She was born during a terrible storm…
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Summer of the Mariposas

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Summer of the Mariposas Guadalupe Garcia McCall Tu Books • 2012 • 355 pages Hardcover ($19.95) ISBN 978-1-60060-900-8 Ages 12 and up Mothers and daughters. As our girls grow up, the relationship becomes more difficult to navigate;…
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I See The Sun In Mexico/Veo el Sol en México

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I See The Sun In Mexico/Veo el Sol en México By Dedie King • Illustrated by Judith Inglese Translated by Julio Ortiz Manzo Satya House Publishers • 2012 • 40 pages Paperback ($12.95) ISBN: 978-1-9358741-4-0 Ages: 5-8 A delightful…
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Picasso: I the King, Yo el rey

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Picasso: I the King, Yo el rey By Carmen T. Bernier-Grand • Illustrated by David Diaz Amazon Children’s Publishing • 2012 • 64 pages ISBN: 978-0761461777 Hardcover ($19.99) Ages 10-15 This biography, told in a selection of…

Nocturne: Dream Recipes

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Nocturne: Dream Recipes Written & Illustrated by Isol Groundwood Books • 2012 • 32 pages Spiral Bound ($17.95) ISBN: 978-1-55498-179-3 Ages 4-8 This book, which includes twelve glow-in-the-dark pictures that become visible…
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Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller

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Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller Written and Illustrated by Xavier Garza Cinco Puntos • 2011 • 207 pages Paperback ($12.95) ISBN: 978-1-933693-98-9 Ages 8-12 Eleven-year-old Max…
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Marriage Survival Guide for Parents of Children With Special Needs

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The birth or diagnosis of a child with special needs may strain a marriage. Following are some steps to help the couple survive as such. A mother may face feelings of depression, disappointment or sadness more intensely than a father or…
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CNN Hero Catalina Escobar Restrepo: Helping Cartagena’s Teen Moms

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Actress Meryl Streep once said that “motherhood has a very humanizing effect. It gets reduced to the essentials.” And Catalina Escobar Restrepo—the award-winning businesswoman and entrepreneur with the soul of a social activist—literally…
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“Mami-Approved” Dolls for Your Latina Daughter

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No sooner had I taken down our Halloween decorations and removed the rotting pumpkins that I forgot to carve (in my haste to prepare for Hurricane Sandy’s crash into NYC), when I got a call from my super-organized sister, Margie, asking…