A story of a girl, Julia Burgos, born into a humble Puerto Rican family in 1914. With beautiful illustrations, it re-creates the time in which she grew up, and narrates how Julia Burgos became one of Puerto Rico’s and Latin America’s most beloved poets.
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Grass For His Pillow : Lord Fujiwara’s Treasures
Takeo accepts his heritage as a member of the superhuman cabal of assassins known as “The Tribe.” But his heart yearns for Kaede, his love, and wishes to fulfill the final wishes of his adopted father, Otori Shigaru. Kaede returns to her homeland to find her father’s estate in ruin and her inheritance in jeopardy.
Taiwan
Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Taiwan.
Haiti
Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion and culture of Haiti
Year Of Impossible Goodbyes
In 1945, 10-year-old Sookan’s homeland of North Korea is occupied by the Japanese. Sookan watches her people–forced to renounce their native ways–become increasingly angry and humiliated. When war’s end brings only a new type of domination–from the Russian communists.
Sergio And The Hurricane
A young boy is excited when he ears that a hurricane is coming to his oceanfront home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but when it comes, he learns how dangerous hurricanes can be.
Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda
In this story told mainly with words that begin with the letters “a,” “b,” and “d,” Bashful Bob, abandoned and raised by dogs, meets Doleful Dorinda, who deals with dirty dishes, and the two become fast friends and eventually heroes.
Ice Time : The Story Of Hockey
Based on the CBC television series of hockey: People’s history
Simon Says : Seasons
Simon and the wind, Simon and the snowflakes, Simon welcomes spring and Simon in summer.
Culture Of The World : Peru
Provides comprehensie information on the geography, history, governmental structure, ecnoomy, cultural diveristy, peoples, relion, and culture of Peru