Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino

When she and her pet hen, Blanca, investigate, they see a man leaving with a large sack-full of fruit from Rosalinda's beloved lemon tree. After consulting with family and neighbors about how to save her sick tree, Rosalinda sets out in search of La Anciana, the Old One, the only person who might have a solution to Rosalinda's predicament. When she finally meets La Anciana, the old woman offers an inventive way for Rosalinda to help her tree-and the Night Man who was driven to steal her lemons.

In Xavier Garza s bilingual kids book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.

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Thirty thousand hardbacks sold On Mexico's Day of the Dead, the skeletons jump for sheer joy. And no wonder: they've been cooped up the whole year and now they're ready to party. Watch the calaveras shake, rattle, and roll as they celebrate the biggest event of the graveyard's social calendar

In this spirited exploration of strength and personality, a fabulous NYC teen knows he's destined for greatness--if only he can survive his first job.

Carlos Duarte knows that he's fabulous. He's got a better sense of style than half the fashionistas in New York City, and he can definitely apply makeup like nobody's business. He may only be in high school, but when he lands the job of his dreams--makeup artist at the FeatureFace counter in Macy's--he's sure that he's finally on his way to great things.
But the makeup artist world is competitive and cutthroat, and for Carlos to...

En esta novela divertida y conmmovedora, Stef descubre lo que es realmente importante y, en ultima instancia, abraza su identidad. Una historia acerca de la familia, los amigos, y de como es posible encontrar tu voz incluso envuelta en una tortilla de taco.

Pura Belpre Award Winner



A tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Munoz Ryan, and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Sis



From the time he is a young boy, Neftali hears the call of a mysterious voice. Even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when his harsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, and when he doubts himself, Neftali knows he cannot ignore the call. He listens and follows as it leads him under the canopy of the lush rain forest, into the fearsome sea, and through the persistent Chilean rain...