Engle, Margarita

Summary: While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ENG

Norman, Lissette

Summary: "Yesenia introduces readers to her favorite food--plátanos--which go with everything, especially love, in this ode to the star of Dominican cuisine"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NOR

Orozco, José-Luis

Summary: Presents illustrated version of six well-known children's songs, including "The Wheels on the Bus" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," along with original translations into Spanish.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ORO

Engle, Margarita

Summary: "Cuando visitamos a abuelo, lo ayudo a vender frutas, pregonando los nombres de cada una mientras caminamos: nuestros pasos repican como tambores, nuestras manos, cual maracas, agitan las brillantes siluetas de las frutas mientras cantamos...con ritmo 'Mango limón coco melón naranja toronja plátano piña' ...Vivo lejos de abuelo, pero podemos cantar rimas de ida y vuelta entre nuestros dos...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, un sello editorial de la División Infantil de Simon & Schuster 2021

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ENG

Hood, Susan

Summary: Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trail-blazers, and rabble-rousers. From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history. In this book, you will find Mary Anning,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Children's Books 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HOO

Funk, Josh

Summary: "Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, are enjoying a day out at the amusement park and learning more about coding"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FUN

Ofelia, Jamie

Summary: When El Dragón attacks, artistic Miguel must save his family and prove his colored pencils are mightier than their swords.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OFE

123 Andrés (Musical group)

Summary: Latin Grammy Award-winning children's musical duo 123 Andrés brings us a bilingual friendship song in board book form! --Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD TEN

Brown, Monica

Summary: Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. To Marisol, these seemingly mismatched things make perfect sense together. Other people wrinkle their nose in confusion at Marisol -- can't she just choose one or the other? Try as she might, in a world where everyone tries...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Funk, Josh

Summary: "Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, need to build a sandcastle before summer vacation is over, and they're going to do it using code"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FUN

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FUN

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FUN

LaRocca, Rajani

Summary: When Jyoti visits her grandmother in India for the summer, she and Sita Pati form a special bond that stretches across languages, cultures, and the world until they are reunited.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAR

McCarthy, Jenna

Summary: Lola, who knows a lot, worries when her big sister, Charlotte, tells her that everyone at school will know more than she does, but when their mother suggests she list all her areas of expertise, Lola realizes that one important thing she knows is that she is ready to learn more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC MCC

Williams, Karen Lynn

Summary: "Enrique is a U.S. citizen-but the rest of his family isn't. When he hears a rumor of a police raid, Enrique must face the possibility of being separated from his parents and sister"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIL

Heuer, Lourdes

Summary: "On this airplane...Someone travels solo, two travel as one, three return and four set out. In this simple and moving book, a young family takes a plane to their new home. While onboard, they encounter all the people you meet on a plane: a bookworm, a businessperson, tourists, crying babies and daydreamers...all with their own stories, all heading somewhere special." -- Inside front cover

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEU

Otheguy, Emma

Summary: A party? Oh no! Parties are full of tías with their flashy fashions and boom-and-bellow laughter. It's far too much for Martina! At least with all the noise, no one notices when she slips away. She finds herself in a magical place: a warm, familiar island where she can finally play in peace and quiet. Martina is home at last-- or is she? Lively and magical, this is a fresh retelling of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OTH

Perkins, Mitali

Summary: When María, Juan, and their mother go to the border between California and Mexico to visit their grandmother at Christmas, María must devise a way to get Juan's gift over the fence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2019

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE PER

Thong, Roseanne.

Summary: Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Christmas, Call number: JE THO

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE THO

Tougas, Shelley

Summary: Even though it was not easy at first, Lily learns to how to embrace Mommy's new friend Carl as a member of her family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TOU