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  • The JuanCarlos Story

    by Carole Silva PhD ...
    8 year old Juan Carlo traveled with his family by wagon train from Mexico City to ‘the New World' to work a land grant his grandfather received from Spain. The story is a year of his life in 12 chapters. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Esperanza Rising

    by Hope Munoz Ryan ...
    Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • I Am a Taxi

    by Deborah Ellis ...
    Series Book 1 - The Cocalero Novels
    Winner of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award For twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is a prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents farmed coca, a traditional Bolivian medicinal plant, until they got caught in the middle of the government's war on drugs and were mistakenly convicted of drug possession. Diego's parents are locked up, but he can come and go: to school, to the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Sacred Leaf

    by Deborah Ellis ...
    Series Book 2 - The Cocalero Novels
    USBBY Oustanding International Books selection After he finally manages to escape from being a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation, Diego is taken in by the Ricardo family -- poor coca farmers who provide a safe haven while he recovers from his ordeal in the jungle. But even that brief respite comes to an end when the army moves in and destroys the family's coca crop -- and their ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After Peaches

    by Michelle Mulder ...
    Series series Orca Young Readers
    Ten-year-old Rosario Ramirez and her family are political refugees from Mexico, trying to make a new life in Canada.After being teased at school, Rosario vows not to speak English again until she can speak with an accent that's one hundred percent Canadian. Since she and her parents plan to spend the whole summer working on BC fruit farms, she will be surrounded by Spanish speakers again. But when ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • A Kid's Guide to Latino History

    More than 50 Activities

    by Valerie Petrillo ...
    Series series A Kid's Guide series
    A Kid's Guide to Latino History features more than 50 hands-on activities, games, and crafts that explore the diversity of Latino culture and teach children about the people, experiences, and events that have shaped Hispanic American history.Kids can:* Fill Mexican cascarones for Easter* Learn to dance the merengue from the Dominican Republic* Write a short story using "magical realism" from ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Llama Llama Happy Birthday!

    by Anna Dewdney ...
    Series series Llama Llama
    It's Llama Llama's birthday in this 8x8 based on an episode of the animated Netflix series.Look out, world--Llama Llama is a TV star! The beloved character, made famous by Anna Dewdney's best-selling picture books, is the star of his own original series, now airing on Netflix. In this episode-based 8x8, Llama Llama is worried that his friends have forgotten about his birthday, but he's in for a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Dismal Daffodil: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 4

    by Ursula Dubosarsky, Terry Denton ...
    Series Book 4 - CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO (AND ALBERTA)
    Perplexing puzzles, mind-boggling mazes and cracking codes feature in this series of stories about a pair of guinea-pig detectives - Coco Carlomagno, the easily-startled Chief of Police, and his more sensible cousin, Alberta.Ursula Dubosarsky is the Australian Children's Laureate for 2020 - 2021Coco is the well-respected, if somewhat easily startled Chief of Police in Buenos Aires. Alberta is his ... Read more

    $5.49 USD

  • Carlota

    by Scott O'Dell ...
    A young girl relates her feelings and experiences as a participant in the battle of San Pasqual during the last days of the war between Californians and Americans.Raised to ride and fight like a man, Carlota must find the courage to lead her family when war arrives at their doorstep.Strong Female Protagonist: Taught by her father to ride stallions and wield a lance, Carlota de Zubarán is more at ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Niños

    Poems for the Lost Children of Chile

    by María José Ferrada ...
    Illustrated by María Elena Valdez ...
    Series series Stories from Latin America (SLA)
    On September 11, 1973, a military coup plunged Chile into seventeen long years of dictatorial rule. Only the return of democracy could reveal the full horrors of Augusto Pinochet's regime: 3,197 people dead or disappeared—including thirty-four children under the age of fourteen.This book is a stirring memorial to those victims and to the cost of extremism. Thirty-four poems—one for each child lost ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Abuelita's Gift

    A Día de Muertos Story

    by Mariana Ríos Ramírez ...
    Illustrated by Sara Palacios ...
    Julieta is eager to honor her Abuelita's spirit on Día de Muertos, but struggles to find the perfect gift. A touching story that celebrates ancestors and teaches that the most meaningful tributes come from the heart illustrated by award-winning Sara Palacios.Julieta is excited for Abuelita's spirit to visit on Día de los Muertos. She is determined to find the perfect gift to honor Abuelita and to ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Paloma's Song for Puerto Rico: A Diary from 1898

    by Adriana Erin Rivera ...
    Illustrated by Eugenia Nobati ...
    Series series Nuestras Voces
    Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Latino, Nuestras Voces shares inspiring Latino stories. It is 1898, and twelve-year-old Paloma lives in Puerto Rico with her Papi, Mami, and little brother, Jorge. They are coffee farmers, and Paloma loves the chickens and fruit trees that she helps to care for. She also loves music—the song of the coquí ... Read more

    $19.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus