Angie Cruz
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Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Picture Books Featuring Dominican Children
Tomas 2025
Picture Books Featuring Dominican Children
Tomas 2025
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Playing the güira reminds Angélica of the people she loves and misses, especially her grandfather in the Dominican Republic.
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Angelica has spent the summer in the Dominican Republic with her tias and primas, her grandparents, and their parrot, but soon she'll have to say goodbye. The end of summer means returning home to start school on another shore. Before she leaves, her grandfather gives her the perfect gift. It's something with the power to make people dance as fast as the wings of a hummingbird: a guira. Angelica falls in love with this musical instrument, though nobody...
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Español
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"Cara Romero creía que trabajaría en una factoría de lamparitas por el resto de su vida. Pero cuando, a los cincuenta y seis años, pierde su trabajo durante la Gran Recesión, se ve obligada a volver al mercado laboral por la primera vez en décadas. Con el apoyo de una consejera laboral, Cara comienza a narrar la historia de su vida. En el transcurso de doce sesiones, Cara recuenta sus amoríos tempestuosos; sus relaciones a la vez hirientes...