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Welcome to My Neighborhood! A Barrio ABC

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Welcome to My Neighborhood! A Barrio ABC By Quiara Alegría Hudes • Illustrated by Shino Arihara Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic • 2010 • 32 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 97805450924245 Ages 4-8 “A is for abuela.  And abandoned…
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Tía Isa Wants a Car

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Tía Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina • Illustrated by Claudio Muñoz Candlewick Press • 2011 • 32 pages Hardcover ($15.99) ISBN: 9780763641566 Ages 4-8 Editor’s note: This book is also available in a Spanish paperback edition…
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Stephen and the Beetle

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Stephen and the Beetle By Jorge Luján • Illustrated by Chiara Carrer Groundwood Books • 2012 • 32 pages Hardcover ($18.95) ISBN: 9781554981922 Ages 2-5 One fine day, Stephen goes out to the yard and discovers a beetle strolling…
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Five Little Monkeys / Cinco monitos

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Five Little Monkeys: Storybook Treasury/Cinco monitos: Colección de oro Written & Illustrated by Eileen Christelow Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 • 192 pages Hardcover ($11.99) ISBN: 978-0-547-74593-0 Ages 4 and up Those…
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Starfields Book Review

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Starfields By Carolyn Marsden Candlewick Press • 2011 • 224 pages Hardcover. ($15.99) ISBN 9780763648206 Ages 10 and up At the center of this well-written novel is nine-year old Rosalba, a Mayan girl who lives with her family in…
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A Trio of Bilingual Curious George Favorites

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Curious George Flies a Kite/Jorge el curioso vuela una cometa By Margret Rey • Illustrated by H.A. Rey Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 • 80 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-0-547-72045-6 Ages 4 and up Curious You on Your Way!/¡Eres…
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Martha Speaks: Martha Bakes a Cake/Martha habla: Martha hornea un pastel

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Martha Speaks: Martha Bakes a Cake/Martha habla: Martha hornea un pastel By Karen Barss • Based on the characters created by Susan Meddaugh Translated by Carlos Calvo Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2012 • 24 pages Paperback ($3.99) ISBN:…
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Count on Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships

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The need to tell stories is by no means the sole purview of women. But women have a capacity to share their stories with other women, in ways that are both universal and unique. There is a magical quality to that space where fears, joys, achievements,…
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The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belén/El mejor regalo del mundo: La leyenda de La Vieja Belén

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The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belén/El mejor regalo del mundo: La leyenda de La Vieja Belén By Julia Alvarez • Illustrated by Ruddy Nuñez Translated by Rhina P. Espaillat Alfaguara • 2008 • 32 pages Hardcover ($14.99) ISBN:…