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Author
Publisher
Viking, Published by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Description
Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".
Author
Publisher
Goodwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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Cuando Daisy Ramona recorre su barrio en motocicleta con su papi, ve a la gente y los lugares que siempre ha conocido. También ve a una comunidad que está cambiando rápidamente a su alrededor. Pero mientras el sol azul púrpura y dorado se va poniendo a sus espaldas, Daisy Ramona comprende que el amor que siente por su ciudad nunca cambiará.
Author
Publisher
Astra House, a division of Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Drawing from his/her own experience as a trans performer, sex worker, and undocumented immigrant, Iván Monalisa Ojeda chronicles the lives of Latinx queer and trans immigrants in New York City. Whether she is struggling with addiction, clashing with law enforcement, or is being subjected to personal violence, each character choses her own path of defiance, often responding to her fate with with irreverent dark humor. What emerges is the portrait...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
126 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Con una mirada descarada y honesta, Iván Monalisa Ojeda se sumerge en el universo travesti de las calles neoyorquinas. Los cuentos de este libro narran su vida y la de sus compañeras, transexuales latinoamericanas que hacen la calle, fuman crystal meth, participan en concursos de belleza, buscan clientes sobre altísimos tacones y son víctimas de las nuevas políticas de inmigración de Trump. Un mundo donde se entreveran la risa, la supervivencia,...
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"This stunningly original collection of stories illuminates a spectrum of Latinx, Chicanx, and immigrant women's voices. In confrontations with fraught matrilineal lines, absent or abusive fathers, and the effects of historical violence, these women and girls navigate a male-dominated world where they rely on a resilient mujer network to get them through sometimes supernatural obstacles. In visceral, embodied prose, Fragoza's imperfect characters...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal--every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Description
"Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways."--Provided by publisher.
13) Selena Gomez
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
102 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Meet Selena Gomez--once just a girl from Grand Prairie, Texas, who loved to perform for her family. Her courage, drive, and empathy have been guiding posts in her lifelong career since her beginnings on Barney & Friends. Selena's skyrocket to fame took her from the Disney Channel to becoming one of Time magazine's most influential people in the world in 2020. An emblem for her generation, Selena shows that you can be exactly who you are and follow...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
15) Cruzando
Publisher
Vanguard
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Manuel learns that his imprisoned father is going to be executed in the next week at a Texas prison. The only problem is that Manuel lives in Mexico and his wife is expecting their firstborn within the week. So, Manuel decides to trek across Mexico with his camera toting friend, Diego, and make a documentary that turns out to be both heartwarming and funny.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
[29] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
When young Lucy travels from Latin America to visit relatives in Ohio, she is very homesick until she realizes that the only way to communicate with her cousin's frisky dog is to learn to speak English.
Sumario en español: Cuando la niña Lucy viaja desde América Latina a Ohio para visitar a los parientes, ella es muy nostálgica hasta enterarse que la única manera de comunicarse con el perro juguetón de su primo es aprender hablar inglés.
17) Cemetery boys
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"It’s almost Three Kings Day, and while the grownups prepare a large meal, the kids prepare their shoe boxes for los Reyes to arrive later that night. Will they stay up late enough to wish the Kings a Feliz Día de los Reyes?" --book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Anaya
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
151 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Cuentos y leyendas que nos llevan de la mano por los caminos de la imaginación ancestral de los latinoamericanos. Algunos relatos darán miedo, otros harán reir y otros sorprenderan a todo el que los lea. Se sabrápor qué llora la Llorona, por qué algunos seres tienen los pies al reves, por qué el murciélago es tan feo y muchas curiosidades más. Y así uno podrá entender por qué desde la noche de los tiempos los seres humanos se han valido...
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