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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass By Meg Medina Candlewick Press • 2013 • 272 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN 978-0-7636-5859-5 Ages 14 and up Piedad “Piddy” Sanchez has always liked school.  It’s easy when you’re smart—even…
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The Trouble with Half a Moon

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The Trouble with Half a Moon By Danette Vigilante Putnam • 2011 • 181 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-0-399-25159-7 Ages 9-12 Like most 13-year-olds, Dellie has a lot on her mind: school, parents, friends, and boys. But Dellie's…
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Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White

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Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White Written & Illustrated by Lila Quintero Weaver University of Alabama Press • 2012 • 264 pages Paperback ($24.95) ISBN: 9780817357146 Ages 14 and up Weaver's remarkable memoir of her youth…
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Maisy Series

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Maisy’s Food/Los alimentos de Maisy Written & Illustrated by Lucy Cousins Candlewick Press • 2009 • 14 pages Board Book ($5.99) ISBN: 9780763645199 Ages 18 months-5 years Maisy’s Animals/Los animales de Maisy Written…
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The Immigrant Advantage

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For immigrants, living in the U.S. is a precious opportunity to learn about new cultures and their traditions. Beyond the struggle to adapt to a new language or certain values in the American culture, this is a welcoming country, a “melting…
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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours

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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours Written & Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh Abrams • 2011 • 34 pages Hardcover ($16.95) ISBN: 9780810997318 Ages 7 and up Diego Rivera was one of the most popular artists of the 20th century. Known…
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The Queen of Water

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The Queen of Water By Laura Resau & María Virginia Farinango Delarcorte /Random House • 2011 • 352 pages Paperback ($9.99) ISBN: 9780375859632 Ages 12 and up From a very young age, María Virginia Farinango experienced a heartbreaking…
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The Latino Children’s Literature Movement

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Last month, something happened that ignited a movement among a small group of Latinas. Motoko Rich, a writer for the New York Times, wrote an article sharing what so many of us Latina moms already knew: Our Latino children don’t have sufficient…
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Children’s Book Awards You Should Know About

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It’s award season, and while many of us are glued to our TV screens to find out who’s won a Golden Globe or been nominated for an Oscar, let’s remember that this is also book award season. From the Caldecott, to the Newbery, to the…