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On My Block: Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists
Books, Life, Picture Books
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.…
The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos
Bilingual Books, Books, Life
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…
Growing Vegetable Soup/A sembrar sopa de verduras
Bilingual Books, Books, Life
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…
That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone
Books, Life, Young-Adult-Books
That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone
An Anthology of Essays from Around the Globe
Edited by J.L. Powers
Cinco Puntos • 2012 • 231 pages
Trade Paperback ($16.95)
ISBN: 978-1-935955-22-1
Ages 14 and up
“Some people consider…
I Know the River Loves Me/Yo sé que el río me ama
Bilingual Books, Books, Life
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…
C.R. Mudgeon
Books, Life, Picture Books
C.R. Mudgeon
By Leslie Muir • Illustrated by Julian Hector
Atheneum • 2012 • 32 pages
ISBN: 978-1416979067
Hardcover ($15.99)
Ages 4-8
Though stubborn and set in his ways, C.R. Mudgeon is a lovable character indeed. Still, despite…
Level Up/Paso de nivel
Bilingual Books, Books, Life
Level Up/Paso de nivel
By Gwendolyn Zepeda • Illustrated by Pablo Torrecilla
Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Piñata Books • 2012 • 32 pages
ISBN: 978-1-55885-747-6
Hardcover ($16.95)
Ages 5-8
Do you know a young couch…
Animal Jamboree: Latino Folktales
Bilingual Books, Books, LifeAnimal Jamboree: Latino Folktales/La fiesta de los animals: Leyendas latinas
By Judith Ortiz Cofer • Illustrated by Ted Dawson & Giovanni Mora
Translated by Natalia Rosales-Yeomans
Piñata Books • 2012 • 96 pages
ISBN: 978-1-55885-743-8
Trade…
34 Pieces of You
Books, Life, Young-Adult-Books
34 Pieces of You
Carmen Rodrigues
Simon & Schuster • 2012 • 336 pages
ISBN: 9781442439061
Hardcover ($16.99)
Ages 16 and up
Following Ellie’s death from a pill overdose, those closest to her are left trying to understand…