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Cooking Crema: 4 Easy Ways To Make Yours

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A favorite condiment around my dinner table is fresh Crema Mexicana. Or crema from Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador. Wherever you call home, this creamy saucecan be used on everything from fish tacos (my favorite) and enchiladas to guacamole…
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I Am Latino: The Beauty in Me

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I Am Latino: The Beauty in Me By Sandra L. Pinkney • Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney. Little, Brown and Company • 2013 • 28 pages. Board Book ($6.99) ISBN 978-0-31623385-9. Ages 3-6 This little book packs a lot of punch! Close…
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5 Great Children’s Books to Celebrate Día de los Muertos

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 Most children in the U.S. look forward to October 31 and celebrating Halloween. They look forward to choosing a super-cool costume, knocking on their neighbors’ doors and screaming, “Trick-or-treat!” But in…
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How Partial Government Shutdown Affects our Kids

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Five federally funded Head Start early childhood programs have stopped offering their services to 5,000 children of low-income families as a result of the partial government shutdown, according to the Washington Post. Head Start offers early…
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PICKLE: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School

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Sixth-grader Ben Diaz thinks it's quite a coup when the local pizza parlor lets him have all the old smelly balls from the ball-pit (more than a dozen bags full!) if he'll just take them away. But when his father refuses to let him keep them…
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Ask a Librarian: Find the Right Book for Your Child

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Think librarians are just there to reshelve books and give stern looks to kids who giggle too loudly? Think again! As this infographic, prepared by Noodle.org and the New York Public Library shows, a librarian can lead kids to a wide world of…
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Mi Familia Calaca/My Skeleton Family: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish

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“In Mexico the skeleton is a beloved and humorous figure. Its origins go back to pre-Columbian times,” explains the final page of Mi Familia Calaca/My Skeleton Family. The book introduces readers to Anita’s skeleton family. Each family…
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Cutest Pictures of Ricky Martin and His Twins!

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Ricky Martin and his 5-year-old twin boys Matteo and Valentino touched down at LAX in Los Angeles, Calif. on Monday (September 23). The Puerto Rican pop star has written a children’s book called Santiago the Dreamer in Land Among the Stars.…
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Whiskers, Tails and Wings: Animal Folktales from Mexico

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In this collection, Judy Goldman retells five folktales from the Tarahumara, Seri, Huichol, Triqui and Tseltal people of Mexico. The introduction shares information about these indigenous peoples, which are far lesser known than the country’s…