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Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices

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In this slender anthology, stories, poems and autobiographical essays (including one in comic book form) tangle with what it's like to be a hyphenated American. Most of the authors approach the subject with a strong dose of humor, following…
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Heroes & Great Books to Help Kids Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Books and heroes to inspire kiddos to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month. Our children are part of a heritage that is rich in culture and beliefs, rhythms, spices, and the legacy of our family cuentos. They are immersed in their Latino heritage…
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Mamá Goose! Best Bilingual Books for Preschoolers

Our children’s journey to literacy begins before birth. From the moment we pick up our first children’s book and read it to our pregnant bellies, our roles as mother and teacher begin to merge. It is not an easy task, raising literate…
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Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash/ Marisol McDonald y la fiesta sin igual

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In this follow up to Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald no combina (Children’s Press), Marisol MacDonald “combines” many different things at once: with a Peruvian mom and an American dad, her dark skin contrasts with her…
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Yes! We Are Latinos

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In this boldly illustrated hardcover book, 13 Latino children are introduced with poems about their lives in the United States. Juanita is from Mexico, but her native language is Mixtec. When she is enrolled in a school in New York and placed…
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Books to Help Your Children Get Back to School

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Back to school books abound in contemporary children’s literature. From Kevin Henkes’ endearing Chrysanthemum (Mulberry Books), to the fun If You Take a Mouse to School (HarperCollins), and every other serialized character that has, at…
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Best Online Reading Sites

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Latinas for Latino Lit give tips on the best online reading sites.  Time and money. If we had unlimited supplies of both we might spend all of both buying and reading books. But if time and money are in short supply you can still keep…
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10 Questions for Pam Muñoz Ryan, author of Tony Baloney

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Pam Muñoz Ryan has published her newest book, Tony Baloney: School Rules is the second in a series about Tony Baloney and his funny penguin family. Book two centers on the excitement of Tony Baloney’s first day of school and how he copes…
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Pam Muñoz-Ryan’s New Book Tony Baloney Helps Kids Embrace the First Day of School

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Tony Baloney: School Rules By Pam Muñoz-Ryan Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham Scholastic Press • 2013 • 40 pages Hardcover ($6.99) ISBN: 978-0545481663 Ages 5-7 In Pam Muñoz-Ryan’s enthralling and imaginative new book for early…