Ryan Pam Munoz
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Historical Fiction for Kids
Latinx Stories for teens
Historical Fiction for Kids
Latinx Stories for teens
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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A simple day at the beach is a fresh and wondrous experience when a young child experiences the enchantment of the ocean through each of her five senses. Rhyming text in English and in Spanish, and photograph-like illustrations combine in this delightful bilingual picture book. A Live Oak Media production.
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Maya is a captive. In Grandmother's house in California every word and action is strictly monitored. Even memories of her mother have been erased—except within the imaginary world she has created. A world away, in the rugged Wyoming wilderness, a horse called Artemisia runs free. She embodies the spirit of the wild—and she holds the key to Maya's memories. How Maya's and Artemisia's lives intertwine, like a braided rein, is at the heart
...10) Tony Baloney
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Tony Baloney is a rambunctious macaroni penguin with a tremendous imagination. The middle child in his family, Tony always has to take orders from his big sister and watch out for his younger siblings. But with his trusty stuffed friend Dandelion around, Tony is sure that he won't get ignored in his family, even if it means getting into a little bit of trouble first.
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Re-illustrated and re-designed, Our California is a lively tour of award-winning author Pam Munoz Ryan's home state. Spirited poems celebrate California's major cities and regions. Backmatter includes state symbols and additional information about each place. Bold paintings by illustrator Rafael Lopez capture the spirit of the land.
14) A box of friends
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When Annie moves to her new home, her grandmother shows Annie her special memory box, and Annie realizes that she can fill her own box with objects that will help bring back happy memories of the friends she misses so much.
15) Nacho Y Lolita
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Español
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A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water.
16) Our house
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English
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Six stories, one from each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s, about children growing up in Levittown, New York.
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Just before her quinceañera, Solimar leaves her father's palace in the kingdom of San Gregorio to watch the migrating monarch butterflies who settle in the nearby mountains. When she sits among them, they soon settle on her cloak and give her a special gift to predict the future and the solemn duty to protect them. Then, while her father and her brother are away, a neighboring king invades and takes village and palace members hostage. Now Solimar...
18) The dreamer
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A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
19) Mañanaland
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3rd Grade Reading
4th Grade Reading
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
4th Grade Reading
6th Grade Reading
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
20) Mañanaland
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A Maximiliano Córdoba le encantan las historias, especialmente la leyenda que le cuenta Buelo sobre un mítico guardián que ayuda a los viajeros valientes de corazón puro en un viaje a la tierra del mañana. Si Max pudiera ver el mañana, sabría si lo aceptarán en el famoso club de fútbol de Santa María y si alguna vez encontrará a su madre, quien desapareció cuando él era bebé. Quiere saber más de ella, pero su papá no...