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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Go and Come Back
There is no word for good-bye: This wonderful story is told in the first person narrative of Alicia, a teenaged girl in a small village in the Amazonion jungle of Peru. Two anthropologists from New York City come to observe and take notes for an entire [... more]
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Tap-Tap
Sweet but not sugar-coated: This is a sweet little book. The illustrations are beautiful watercolors with lots of detail that will appeal to young inquisitive eyes. (I know because I tested it on my favorite three year old.) The story is a simple one of [... more]
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Mario's Mayan Journey
terrific: Mario's Mayan Journey is a great book. It has a very realistic story and terrific pictures. I read it just a few weeks before going to the Mayan ruins. Love it!: I really love this book, and I use it in many of my classes. It gives a lot [... more]
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Spot va a la escuela (Spanish Edition)
Author: Eric Hill Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780140564112 ISBN: 014056411X Number Of Pages: 20 Publication Date: 1998-09-01 Reading Level: Baby-Preschool [... more]
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The Composition
This composition sings: At first glance, "The Composition" is a book that simply describes military dictatorships in a way that children will understand. On a closer look, however, Antonio Skarmeta's brilliant 2000 creation does more than that. [... more]
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