Sara Palacios
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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."--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"A retelling of the Caribbean folktale La cucaracha Martina where Martina, in an effort to escape her noisy tías, slips away to a warm familiar island where she can play in peace and quiet--but is she home at last?"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association."--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"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."--
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to twist her own braids into a scarf and balance the empty panye atop her head, but realizes it's much harder than she thought"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Henry Holton's whole family is Hockey Mad. Everyone, that is, except Henry....When he holds a hockey stick, Henry becomes a menace to the game-and an embarassment to his athletic family. It's not until he sees his first ice-dancing performance that Henry realizes there's something he can do on the ice that doesn't involve boarding and body checking. Henry is ready to hang up his gear and try on some figure skates,but first he has to convince his...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Multiple
Appears on list
Description
"With the English and Spanish text side by side on the page, this bilingual edition of the vibrant picture book celebrating the strength of community and the versatility of plt̀anos is ideal for bilingual readers as well as Spanish speakers learning English and vice versa. Paletero Man meets Fry Bread in this vibrant and cheerful ode to plt̀anos, the star of Dominican cuisine, written by award-winning poet Lissette Norman, illustrated by Sara Palacios,...
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A unique, spunky, multiracial, bilingual girl plans a one-of-a-kind birthday party and hopes her abuelita (grandma) will be able to come from Peru to join the festivities. Includes an author's note and glossaries"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Best friends Agnes Pig and Clarabelle Chicken share their favorite activities for each season, from collecting hazelnuts in winter, to celebrating Clarabelle's birthday in spring, to spending a day at the beach in summer, to buying new sneakers in autumn.
