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25 Quotes by Hollywood Legend Rita Moreno
Entertainment, Life
For generations of Latinas, Rita Moreno has been an inspiration and role model. The only Hispanic and one of few performers ever to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy award, Moreno came to prominence in the Golden Age of Hollywood and worked…
Marcelo in the Real World
Books, Young-Adult-Books
Marcelo in the Real World
By Francisco X. Stork
Scholastic • 2011 • 320 pages
Paperback ($8.99)
ISBN: 978-0-545-05690-8
Ages 14 and up
Stork's novel introduces Marcelo Sandoval, one of the most remarkable characters in contemporary…
Germs Are Not for Sharing
Bilingual Books, Books
Germs Are Not for Sharing/Los gérmenes no son para compartir
By Elizabeth Verdic • Illustrated by Marika Heinlen
Free Spirit Publishing • 2011 • 40 pages
Paperback ($11.95)
ISBN: 9781575423685
Ages 4-7
With the flu season starting…
Let’s Go, Hugo!
Books, Picture Books
Let’s Go, Hugo!
Written & Illustrated by Angela Dominguez
Dial • 2013 • 40 pages
Hardcover ($16.99)
ISBN 978-0-8037-3864-5
Ages 3-5
Hugo is a small yellow bird that lives in Paris. He is different from the other birds because…
Higher! Higher!/¡Más alto! ¡Más alto!
Bilingual Books, Books
Higher! Higher!/¡Más alto! ¡Más alto!
Written & Illustrated by Leslie Patricelli
Candlewick Press • 2011 • 30 pages
Board book ($6.99)
ISBN: 978-0-7636-4998-2
Ages 2-5
A single word can go a long way! Higher! Higher! plays…
The Coyote Under The Table/El coyote debajo de la mesa
Bilingual Books, Books
The Coyote Under The Table/El coyote debajo de la mesa: Folktales told in Spanish and English
By Joe Hayes
Cinco Puntos Press • 2011 • 133 pages
Paperback ($12.95)
ISBN: 9781935955061
Ages 8 and up
This bilingual short story collection…
Let’s Go See Papa!
Books, Picture Books
Let’s Go See Papa!
By Lawrence Schimel • Illustrated by Marina Rivera
Translated by Elisa Amado
Groundwood Books • 2011 • 48 pages
Hardcover ($18.95)
ISBN: 978-1-55498-106-9
Ages 9-12
In this translation of Vamos a ver a papá…
Secret Saturdays
Books, Middle Grade Books
Secret Saturdays
By Torrey Maldonado
Putnam Juvenile • 2010 • 195 pages
Hardcover ($16.99)
ISBN 978-0-399-25158-0
Ages 10 and up
What does it mean to be a man? Living in the hardscrabble neighborhood of Red Hook, in New York City,…
The Birthday Box/Mi caja de cumpleaños
Bilingual Books, Books
The Birthday Box/Mi caja de cumpleaños
Written & Illustrated by Leslie Patricelli
Candlewick Press • 2011 • 26 pages
Board Book ($6.99)
ISBN: 978-0-7636-5041-4
Ages 2-5
You will get much mileage out of this brightly illustrated,…