Classic Teen Books: Must-Reads for the Modern Young Adult
Book News & Features, Books
With blockbuster franchises like Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games, there is no shortage of books to get teens excited about reading. But so much media hype and fan frenzy over the movies and the actors who star in them makes it…
Books to Celebrate All The Holidays, Not Just Christmas!
Book News & Features, Books
As more and more of us are marrying into non-Latino families and blending together different cultural traditions, our children are likely to be exposed to a number of different year-end holidays beyond Christmas and New Year’s.
To help…
The Missing Link: Latinos in Books & Publishing
Book News & Features, Books
Earlier this week the New York Times ran an article citing the Pew Hispanic Center study that says Latino children make up a quarter of students enrolled in public schools around the country. Yet they do not have nearly enough books available with…
Count Me In! A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and Spanish
Bilingual Books, Books
Count Me In! A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and Spanish
By Cynthia Weill • Illustrated by The Aguilar Sisters
Cinco Puntos Press • 2012 • 32 pages
Hardcover ($14.95)
ISBN: 978-1-935955-39-9
Ages 3-6
With the…
3 Simple Steps to Start A Book Club
Book News & Features, Books, Life
Do you love reading? Do you wish you could be part of a book club where you could get together with other book lovers and talk character and plot lines? Don’t wait for an invitation. Start your own book club. It’s easier than you think!
That’s…
Spike the Mixed-up Monster
Books, Life, Picture Books
Spike the Mixed-up Monster
By Susan Hood • Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books • 2012 • 40 pages
Hardcover ($16.99)
ISBN: 978-1442406018
Ages 4-8
Meet Spike, the axolotl, and his three amigos—a…
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind
Books, Life, Young-Adult-Books
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…
Summer of the Mariposas
Books, Life, Young-Adult-BooksSummer 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;…
I See The Sun In Mexico/Veo el Sol en México
Bilingual Books, Books, Life
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…