Margarita Engle
Author
Language
English
Description
Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon--all except one. Written in a series of linked poems in the tanka style, an ancient Japanese form of poetry.
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v.(unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the Middle Ages, people believed that insects were evil, born from mud in a process called spontaneous generation. This is the story of one young girl who took the time to observe and learn, and in so doing disproved a theory that went all the way back to ancient Greece.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A dog that has just graduated from "sniffing school" advises readers what to do if they become lost in the woods, and assures them that his smart nose will lead him to where they are. Includes facts about dogs' noses.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lonely Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she enjoys caring for injured animals, but her budding friendship with Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, emboldens Oriol, an aspiring writer, to open up and create a world of words for herself.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes how Miguel de Cervantes found refuge from his childhood troubles by daydreaming of a brave knight who would right the wrongs of the world, the inspiration for his famous character Don Quixote.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a fictional account of the life of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, a Cuban girl who used her poetry to resist her arranged marriage, fight against slavery, and champion women's rights.
11) Light for all
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text tell of travelers who have left their homelands to bring their talents, hopes, and determination to a land where Liberty's light shines for all.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this ... memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War"--Amazon.com.
16) Mountain dog
Author
Publisher
Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Tony's mother is sent to jail, he is sent to stay with a great uncle he has never met in Sierra Nevada. It is a daunting move--Tony's new world bears no semblance to his previous one. But slowly, against a remote and remarkable backdrop, the scars from Tony's troubled past begin to heal.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
During a Hindu festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, brothers Alu and Bhalu search for a dog they can honor with food and gratitude. Includes glossary of Nepali words and suggested activities.
18) The wild book
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
126 p. : ports. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In early twentieth-century Cuba, bandits terrorize the countryside as a young farm girl struggles with dyslexia. Based on the life of the author's grandmother.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Destiny was found by the Sloth Institute in Costa Rica, she was sick, thin, and one of her eyes was closed and not working. The Sloth Institute took her in and introduced her to other sloths as she started to recover. She never regained the use of her one eye, but that didn't stop Destiny from hanging out with her new buddies, or getting healthier and stronger. Last August, Destiny was fitted for her tracking collar and released back into the...
