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Alicia’s Fruity Drinks • Sofía and the Purple Dress • A Day Without Sugar

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A Day without Sugar/Un día sin azúcar Diana de Anda • Illustrated by Janet Montecalvo Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Piñata Books • 2012 • 32 pages ISBN: 978-1-55885-702-5 Hardcover ($17.95) Ages 5-8 Sofía and the…
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I Love to Eat • I Love to Sleep

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I Love to Eat/J’aime manger/Me encanta comer Written & Illustrated by Amélie Graux Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 •12 pages ISBN: 978-0547848426 Board Book ($9.99) Ages 0-3 I Love to Sleep/J’aime dormir/Me encanta dormir Written…
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The Wild Book

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The Wild Book By Margarita Engle Houghton Mifflin • 2012 • 133 pages ISBN: 978-0-547-58131-6 Hardcover ($16.99) Ages 10-14 A good number of us have had some experience with the topic of this book, so I will share mine: One of my…
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A Mummy in Her Backpack/Una momia en su mochila

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A Mummy in Her Backpack/Una momia en su mochila By James Luna Piñata Books • 2012 • 112 pages ISBN: 978-1-55885-756-8 Trade Paperback ($9.95) Ages 8-12 Fourth-grader Flor returns home from a family trip to Mexico, only to find…
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JLo Casts Lead Actresses for Her New TV Drama

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Hollywood stars all want a piece of JLO. Meet the Fockers star Teri Polo and Rescue Me actress Sherri Saum have officially been cast for lead roles in Jennifer Lopez’s upcoming ABC drama pilot The Fosters currently in pre-production,…
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Single Women: Between a Rock & a Hard Place

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I married at 43, to the collective relief of my friends, who feared I’d be the last, lonely single gal among them. Still, I remember well my decades of single life, and the struggle to stay strong and independent and not “need” a man,…
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What’s Next, Arizona? Banning Women’s Studies?

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Everyone knows that Arizona is the center of the anti-immigrant movement. But not enough people know that it is fast-becoming the center of the anti-intellectual movement too. And just like Arizona’s anti-immigrant laws spread, so too will…
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Sofia Vergara Has an Emmy Awards Wardrobe Near Miss!

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Sofia Vergara isn't afraid of "revealing" herself to her fans. Always the first to poke fun at herself, unbeknownst to Emmy viewers, right before going on stage to accept the award for best comedy series with her Modern Family cast mates,…
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How to Know If You’re Ready to Find New Love After Divorce

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Can you find love again after a divorce? The answer is yes! You just have to open your heart to new experiences. This can be quite frightening because of the emotional scars we all bear after a divorce. Divorce may cause you to have doubts…