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Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
Children's Books About Black Business Owners
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
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Children's Books About Black Business Owners
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Highlights the life and legacy of Arturo Schomburg who worked during the Harlem Renaissance to raise awareness of Afro-Latin American and African American achievements and the contributions they made to society. Includes a timeline.
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The day before Christmas, everyone in Jose's neighborhood seems grumpy, including his mother who is homesick for Puerto Rico, but when he and his parents return from the pizzeria where they borrowed an oven to cook their roast, the heavenly aroma reminds those they pass of all they have to celebrate.
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ALA Youth Media Award Winners 2023
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
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Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
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"The Night Before Christmas" in Picture Books
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
December Holiday Favorites
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
December Holiday Favorites
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
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"It's almost Three Kings Day, and while the grownups prepare a large meal, the kids prepare their shoe boxes for los Reyes to arrive later that night. Will they stay up late enough to wish the Kings a Feliz Día de los Reyes? Or will the magic pass them by?"--
11) Alondra
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"Seventeen-year-old Alonda finds friendship, fame, and love on the streets of Coney Island when she befriends a group of teen wrestlers."--
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Eisner Award-nominated artist Mike Hawthorne presents a true and tragic graphic novel memoir about family, abuse, survival and what it means to be Puerto Rican in America. Mike Hawthorne's mother is left alone to raise her son in New York City, a city that torments them both with its unforgiving nature. But when Mike falls victim to an old world Santeria death curse, a haunting sign from the old country of something his mother could never truly escape...
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¿Cómo expresarte cuando sientes que nadie te escucha? En esta conmovedora novela en verso ̶ que Lisa Fipps, autora galardonada con un Printz Honor Award, llama "potente" ̶ , una niña enfrenta su segundo año de escuela intermedia mientras lidia con problemas de salud mental. Deberá encontrar la manera de usar su voz para pedir la ayuda y la comprensión que merece.
Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health...
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