Journey of the Sparrows
 first encounter with a Latino-related book: My fifth grade teacher gave this to me as a gift. I read it several times, mainly because I thought that if a teacher had given it to me,then it must be good. Needless to say, it wasn't exactly my cup of tea. I [... more]
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The Most Beautiful Place in the World
The Moust Beutiful Plas: The story that I read was really snappy and cool. It's called The Most Beautiful Place in the World By Ann Cameron. There was a boy named Juan and his grandmother. There was also Juan's mom. It takes place in San Pablo, Guatamala. [... more]
$4.99
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Tortillas and Lullabies/Tortillas y cancioncitas ...
"This is a book about everyday love.": The author writes with ease of deeds performed by one generation after another, the text of the story written in the language of love, as each tends to the needs of the next, passing along ritual and [... more]
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Under The Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba
Under the Royal Palms: Ada's book gives readers a unique look at life in Cuba. Her writing style is quite poetically descriptive yet I often got confused as to whether I was hearing the young child Ada or adult author Ada. As an adult I found her story [... more]
$17.99
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Elena's Serenade (Americas Award for Children's and ...
Amazon.com Review: A delightfully fresh take on the "anything you can do, I can do better" theme, Elena's Serenade follows a feisty little Mexican girl on a quest to prove to her father--and herself--that she can be a glassblower, even if she [... more]
$18.99
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City of the Beasts
worst YA novel ever: This is, simply, the worst young adult novel I've ever read and I'd give it zero stars if I could. It has more plot contrivances and cliched characters than a really bad horror movie. Slasher sloths? How absurd, as real sloths are [... more]
$19.99
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My Mexico / México mío
A Wonderful Collection of Poems about Mexico: The book My Mexico - Mio Mexico is an interesting collection of poems about life in Mexico that reaches a broad spectrum of younger readers. As a middle school teacher of Spanish, these poems are excellent [... more]
$6.99
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El Tapiz De Abuela (Spanish Edition)
Woven with Love: A beautifully illustrated book written by Omar S. Castaneda who was born in Guatemala and teaches writing at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. The artist, Enrique O. Sanchez was born in the Dominican Republic and has [... more]
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Prietita and the Ghost Woman/Prietita y la llorona
A Fantastic Re-Telling of La Llorona: "Prietita and the Ghost Woman" is a re-imagined and re-telling of the original story of La Llorona, the Weeping Ghost Woman, widely known in Mexican/Chicana/o folklore. The original Mexican tale involves a [... more]
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The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
An ecological lesson for children and their parents: The Shaman's Apprenctice is one of the rarest of books. It combines an engaging true story with beautiful illustrations. The result in an aural-visual experience that transcends the age of the audience [... more]
$7.00
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Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales (Aesop ...
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2 EAN: 9780618194636 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0618194630 Number Of Pages: 83 Publication Date: 2003-09-22 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 [... more]
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The Gold Coin
A Beautiful Moral: The Gold Coin is the story of Juan, a thief of experience, and his journey to find an old woman who gives away gold coins. In his quest to find her to steal away her assumed riches, Juan is forced to experience the helpfulness of [... more]
$6.99
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