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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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?"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Utterly charmingA Proposal They Can't Refuse is a surefire winner!" -Mia Sosa, USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man Natalie Caña turns up the heat, humor and heart in this debut rom-com about aPuerto Rican chef and an Irish American whiskey distiller forced into a fake engagement by their scheming octogenarian grandfathers. Kamilah Vegais desperate toconvince herfamily to update their Puerto Rican restaurant and enter it into the Fall...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Kat Sanchez uses photos of a friend to create a fake Instagram account, but when one of her posts goes viral and exposes Kat's duplicity, her entire world--both real and pretend--comes crashing down around her.
7) Rita Moreno
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
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Description
Examines the life and career of the Puerto Rican singer and actress and discusses her accomplishments in theater, television, and film.
8) Alondra
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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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"--
Author
Series
Time villains volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
When a homework assignment and a magic table summon real and fictional people from history, including the bloodthirsty pirate Blackbeard, sixth-grader Javi, his brawny younger sister Brady, and his brainy best friend Wiki join forces to save the world.
11) Monster problems
Author
Series
Time villains volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Finistere's stern acting principal, Ms. Vlad, invites Mr. Dragon to be her vice-principle, the students immediately adore him, but unbeknownst to them, he is nefariously planning to take over the world, and it is up to Javi to stop him before it is too late.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Every winter, Lucía looks forward to the colorful festivities of el día de Reyes. But this year . . . instead of dancing and singing in the parrandas of her Puerto Rican neighborhood, Lucía is bundled up and making snow angels in a gray backyard in Ohio. How will she ever be able to guide the Three Kings to her new home in the frosty Midwest?"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro 'Prieto' Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
Hispanic Heritage - Chapter Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - MID
Hispanic Heritage - Chapter Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - MID
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After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
18) Los cuentos de Pura Belpré: de cómo una puertorriqueña transformó las bibliotecas con sus historias
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Un tributo a la vida y al legado extraordinario de Pura Belpré, una aclamada narradora puertorriqueña, bibliotecaria y pionera de los cuentos bilingües.
In this fictional biography, Pura Belpré breaks the rules of storytime by telling unpublished stories from her homeland of Puerto Rico. Includes author's note.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"Las Ramírez de Stanten Islan orbitan alrededor de la ausencia. Cuando Ruthy, a los trece años, desapareció sin dejar rastro después de un entrenamiento de atletismo, su familia quedó marcada y deshecha. Una noche, doce años después, Jessica, la hermana mayor, ve en la pantalla de su televisión a una mujer que aparece en Catfight, un reality show subido de tono. Se apresura a decírselo a Nina, su hermana menor. El pelo de esta mujer está...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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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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