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Martinez-Neal, Juana

Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAR

Campbell, David G.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981 CAM

Hansen, Grace

Summary: "Built by the Inca people thousands of years ago, Machu Picchu still stands today after it was mysteriously abandoned by those who inhabited it. Young readers will learn about who built it, when it was built, and why it was built. This title is complete with impressive historical and current photographs and images, and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 985.37 HAN

Thomson, Hugh.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 985.37 THO

MacQuarrie, Kim.

Summary: In 1532, the fifty-four year old Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro, led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa and a huge force of Inca warriors at the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 980 MAC

Summary: Festival, carnival and processional songs, dance music, and Christmas carols from the Department of Lambayeque in northern Peru.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 1996

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN LAM

Contents: Los Royal's de Pucallpa: Descarga Royal(3:29 min) -- Sonido Verde de Moyobamba: La Cervecita(2:08 min) -- Los Zheros: Selva Virgen(2:39 min) -- Grupo Siglo XX: Moyobambina(2:43 min) -- Humo En La Selva(2:57 min) -- La Hamaca(2:53 min) -- Cumbion Universal(3:34 min) -- La Trochita(2:40 min) -- La Bola Buche(3:20 min) -- Bailando En El Infinito(2:56 min) -- Safari En La Selva(2:52 min) -- Baila...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Analog Africa 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/SOUTH AMERICAN PER

Summary: Peruvian leaders will stop at nothing to keep their respective goals intact. President Alan Garcia begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is quickly met with fierce opposition from the indigenous leader Alberto Pizango. Alberto's passionate speeches against Garcia prove a powerful rallying cry from those of his supporters. When Garcia...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHE

Summary: Original sounds fashioning new cuts inspired by dubstep, techno, trap, grime, house and electronica all aimed squarely at the dancefloor.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC PER

Stine, Megan

Summary: Built in the fifteenth century and tucked away in the mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spaniards conquered the Incan empire in the sixteenth century. It remained hidden until 1911 when Hiram Bingham uncovered the marvelous complex and shared his discovery with the world. Today, hundreds of thousands of people visit the site to climb the 3,000 stone steps, explore the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an Imprint of Penguin Random House 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 985 STI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE

Summary: The Fall of Fujimori is a character and interview-driven documentary that explores the volatile events that define Alberto Fujimori's decade-long reign of Peru: his meteoric rise from the son of poor Japanese immigrants to the presidency; his fateful relationship with the shadowy and Machiavellian Vladimiro Montesinos; his self-coup that dissolved overnight both Congress and the Judiciary; and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FAL

Peru Negro

Contents: Como cantan, como bailan los negros -- Taita guaranguito -- Jolgorio de los negritos-guaranguito -- De España -- A Ronaldo -- Carnaval Negro -- Afro -- Son de los Diablos -- Alcatraz -- Picarón -- Con su toque de violín -- Villancico negro -- Negrito.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN PER

Stewart, Melissa

Summary: "In Manau National Park in Peru, an amazing fourteen different species of monkeys live together. That's more than in any other rainforest in the world! How can they coexist so well? Find out in this lyrical, rhyming picture book that explores each monkey's habits, diet, and home, illustrating how this delicate ecosystem and its creatures live together in harmony"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.8 STE

Mochkofsky, Graciela

Summary: "The remarkable true story of how one Peruvian carpenter led hundreds of Catholics to Judaism, sparking a pilgrimage from the Andes to Israel and inspiring a wave of emerging Latin American Jewish communities"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VILLANUEVA, SEGUNDO MOC

Contents: Constelación (Los Destellos) -- Diablo (Compay Quinto) -- Silbando (Los Riberen̋os) -- Colegiala (Los Ilusionistas) -- Pastorcita (Los Destellos) -- Lamento del Yacuruna (Los Wembler's de Iquitos) -- Como un ave (Grupo Celeste) -- Hueleguiso (Manzanita y su Conjunto) -- A trabajar (Chacalón y la Nueva Crema) -- Cumbia del desierto (Los Destellos) -- Mala Mujer (Ranil y su Conjunto) -- Agua...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Barbès Records 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/SOUTH AMERICAN ROO

Sheen, Barbara.

Summary: Describes the foods, cooking traditions, customs, eating habits, and ingredients of Peruvian cooking, and includes recipes for ceviche, salsa criolla, and arroz con leche.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5985 SHE

Wheeler, Kate

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WHE

Wright, Ronald

Summary: Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history's throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WRI

Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a mountainside, they are surprised to find farmers nearby. Then they learn that the farmer's baby llama has been stolen, and Jack and Annie vow to bring the little animal back to its owners. But the journey is treacherous--they must climb to the peak of Machu Picchu and climb back down in order to complete this mission. Jack and Annie have been...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC OSB

Garbe, Suzanne.

Summary: "Describes the archeological wonder of Machu Picchu, including discovery, artifacts, ancient peoples, and preservation"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 985 GAR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 985 GAR

Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: "The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to South America, where they must climb Machu Picchu to save a baby llama" -- Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC OSB

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE OSB

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MTH 34

Summary: Andina represents the full-blooded, upbeat spirit of the music of the Peruvian Andes in a mesmerising collection of hard to find tracks from a unique decade. Psychedelic big bands, rhythmic folk and Peruvian cumbia rub shoulders with Andean huayno rhythms and electric instrumentation for the very first time into what became a vibrant music scene.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger's Milk Records 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/SOUTH AMERICAN AND

Contents: Mambo de Machaguay (Lucho Neves y su Orquesta) -- Salsa 73 (Chango y su Conjunto) -- La cumbria del pacurro (Juaneco y su Combo) -- Para chachita (Los Zheros) -- Piraña (Pedro Miguel y sus Maracaibos) -- Meshkalina (Paco Zambrano y su Combo) -- El chacarero (Los Gatos Blancos) -- Sueño de amor (Zulu) -- Bailando en la campiña (Los Orientales) -- Trinan las golondrinas (John Benny y los...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger's Milk Records 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN PER

Evans, Richard Paul

Summary: "After saving Tara and Jack--and losing a few of their own--in a dramatic battle in the Peruvian jungle against the Chasqui, the Electroclan has returned to the US to regroup. But their downtime is brief, as Abi, who was abducted from outside her college dorm, is still missing. Piecing together what few clues they have from video footage of the abduction, as well as some additional information...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury Ink, Simon Pulse

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EVA

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