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Let Me Help!/¡Quiero ayudar!

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Let Me Help!/¡Quiero ayudar! By Alma Flor Ada • Illustrated by Angela Domínguez Lee & Low Books • 2012 • 32 pages Paperback ($8.95) ISBN: 978-0-89239-239-1 Ages 8-10 Precious lessons are bundled in this fun read that presents…
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On My Block: Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists

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On My Block: Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists Editied by Dana Goldberg Lee & Low • 2012 • 30 pages Paperback ($8.95) ISBN: 978-0892392407 Ages 6 and up On My Block is a true celebration of diversity in words and pictures.…
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The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos

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The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos By Lucía González • Illustrated by Lulu Delacre Lee & Low Books • 2012 • 32 pages Paperback ($9.95) ISBN: 978-0892392377 Ages 6-8 Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican…
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Growing Vegetable Soup/A sembrar sopa de verduras

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Growing Vegetable Soup/A sembrar sopa de verduras Written & Illustrated by Lois Ehlert Translated by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 • 32 pages Board Book ($4.99) ISBN: 978-0-547-73497-2 Ages…
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I Know the River Loves Me/Yo sé que el río me ama

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I Know the River Loves Me/Yo sé que el río me ama Written & Illustrated by Maya Christina González Lee & Low Books • 2012 • 24 pages Paperback ($8.95) ISBN: 978-0-89239-236-0 Ages 5-7 This follow up to González’s…
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Why Julián Castro & Many Other Latinos Don't Speak Spanish

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Regardless of political affiliation, I would find it very hard to believe that any Latino out there didn’t think San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro‘s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention was inspiring. Castro spoke so…
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Help Your Kids Embrace Their Mixed Heritage #BilingualPlus

[Mamiverse's Bilingual Plus is an online channel devoted to bringing parents and educators the bilingual learning tools they need in the form of digital picture books, sing-alongs, and free curriculum-based family activities.] As the…
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Dreaming in Spanish & Speaking in English

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The words tumbled out fast, no halting. No searching my brain for the right word. No Spanglish. Just rapido, rapido, pan, pan, pan, palabras, palabras, palabras. In my dream I was in full-on Spanish conversation with a Colombian co-worker.…
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I’m Latina, and I Don’t Speak Spanish

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 I hate when it happens. When my mother-in-law comes over and she is in a heated discussion with my husband and I wonder if she’s talking about me. When I shop at the local Mexican market and I need two pounds…