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Genre: Realistic Fiction
El circo
Description in Spanish:Alicia siempre ha querido ser trapecista y su sueno se hace realidad cuando el circo llega a su pueblo. Entre mil colores, payasos, acrobtas, moniytos, caballos, y elefantes, Alicia logra lo que se propone.
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Preschool, Primary (Gr. K-3), Puerto Rico Themes: Dreams, new beginning, responsability Leave a comment
Vejigante Masquerader
Determined to look his best for the upcoming celebration, a young Puerto Rican boy makes a special costume so that he can be a vejigante, or masquerader, in a book that includes a Spanish-English glossary, chants, and instructions for making a vejigante mask.
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Primary (Gr. K-3), Puerto Rico Themes: carnival, cultures, Dreams, overcome, personal responsability, traditions Leave a comment
El Flamboyan Amarillo
A young boy and his mother go for a walk in the country and are awed by the beauty of a yellow flamboyan tree. After enjoying its company and shade, the child takes one of its seeds with him and plants it. He cares for it over many years and in time the plant grows [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Primary (Gr. K-3), Puerto Rico Themes: flamboyan tree, growth, mom and child relationships, Plants, seeds Leave a comment
Wanting Mor
Jameela and her family live in a poor, war-torn village in Afghanistan. Even with her cleft lip and lack of educational opportunities, Jameela feels relatively secure, sustained by her Muslim faith and the love of her mother, Mor. But when Mor dies, Jameela’s father impulsively decides to start a new life in Kabul. Jameela is [...]
Other Descriptors: Afghanistan, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: abandonment, addiction, Death, education, Family, mothers 1 Comment
La Calle Es Libre
This urban story of caring and self-reliance takes place in a barrio in Caracas where wilderness, open space, and wild animals are threatened by the unstoppable advancement of urban expansion. This is a true story of a community that united to build a park for their children to play.
Other Descriptors: All Ages, Latin America, Venezuela Themes: commitment, Community, oppression, overcome, Poverty, social actions, social issues, support, system, unit Leave a comment
First Day in Grapes (Pura Belpre Honor Book. Illustrator (Awards))
All year long, Chico’s family moves up and down the state of California to pick fruits and vegetables. Every September, Chico starts at a new school. Often, the other kids pick on him — maybe because he’s always new, or maybe because he speaks Spanish sometimes. But third grade promises to be different. He likes [...]
Other Descriptors: Primary (Gr. K-3), United States of America Themes: Acceptance, bully, challenges, Culture, field workers, Identity, immigrant, immigration Leave a comment
Running On The Cracks
Leo’s running from her past. Finlay’s running into trouble. Together, they stumble into a crazy new world of secrets, lies, and Chinese food. But someone is on Leo’s trail . . . Eccentric, unforgettable characters and genuine, heart-pounding suspense make for a stunning combination as celebrated author Julia Donaldson expands her talents in her first [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: empathy, families, freedoms, friendships, identities, Immigrants, suspense 1 Comment
The Savage
Mysterious and utterly mesmerizing, this graphic-novel-within-a-novelpairs the extraordinary prose of David Almond with the visual genius ofDave McKean. Blue Baker is writing a story — not all that stuff about wizards and fairies and happily ever after — a real story, about blood and guts and adventures, because that’s what life’s really like. At least [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: anger, Death, loss, overcome, struggles, writing as a tool of transformation Leave a comment
On October 20, 2010 at 7:00 P.M., Rosemary Wells, illustrator and author of the preschool series Max and Ruby, will be at Worlds of Words physical location on the 4th floor of the College of Education at the University of Arizona.
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