America Ferrera
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents' homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never seemed at odds with her American identity. Still, she yearned to see that identity reflected in the larger American narrative. Now, in American Like Me, America invites...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again....
Language
English
Formats
Description
While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races, Hiccup and Toothless journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
6) César Chávez
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
La vida y las luchas de organizador de trabajo y el líder de derechos civiles César Chávez.
The life and struggles of labor organizer and civil rights leader César Chávez are retold.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When it becomes clear that the new generation of Vikings doesn't remember the bond between dragon and human. Hiccup sets a plan to celebrate dragons with a grand Snoggletog holiday pageant and gets a heartwarming surprise visit from Toothless for one more adventure.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they've known, and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destines are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together-to the very ends of the Earth-to protect everything...
11) Tinker Bell
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Peter Pan's sprightly sidekick, Tinker Bell, embarks on a daring quest to unlock the true magic of pixie dust in an effort to save the fairies' homeland, Pixie Hollow.
12) Barbie
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hiccup is a Viking teenager who aspires to hunt dragons, but doesn't exactly fit in with his tribe's longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. His world gets turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
How to train your dragon, gift of the night fury: The dragons are back in an exciting holiday adventure! As the villagers of Berk prepare for the annual Viking celebration of Snoggletog, the dragons mysteriously take flight from the island. Hiccup and Toothless set out on a journey to find the missing dragons and along the way, they discover a magical holiday surprise.
How to train your dragon, homecoming: When it becomes clear that the new generation...