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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz Simon & Schuster • 2012 • 359 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-1-4424-0892-0 Ages 12 and up It's summer 1987, and not quite sixteen-year-old Aristotle…
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La Malinche: The Princess Who Helped Cortés Conquer the Aztec Empire

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La Malinche: The Princess Who Helped Cortés Conquer the Aztec Empire By Francisco Serrano • Illustrated by Pablo Serrano Groundwood Books • 2012 • 36 pages Hardcover ($18.95) ISBN: 978-1-55498-111-3 Ages 9-12 In story-like form,…
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A Thunderous Whisper

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A Thunderous Whisper By Christina Diaz Gonzalez Knopf • 2012 • 304 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-0-375-86929-7 Ages 10 and up With this new book, the author of The Red Umbrella (Knopf) continues to chronicle the lives of children…
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Count Me In! A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and Spanish

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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…
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Spike the Mixed-up Monster

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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…
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The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

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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…
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Summer of the Mariposas

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Summer 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;…
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I See The Sun In Mexico/Veo el Sol en México

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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…
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Picasso: I the King, Yo el rey

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Picasso: I the King, Yo el rey By Carmen T. Bernier-Grand • Illustrated by David Diaz Amazon Children’s Publishing • 2012 • 64 pages ISBN: 978-0761461777 Hardcover ($19.99) Ages 10-15 This biography, told in a selection of…