Martinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARResau, Laura
Summary: Twelve-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop in Colorado, along with her friend Leo de la Cueva, but recently things have not been going well; the shop is failing, and Leo is hanging out with the other boys, and barely wants totalk to her--but when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their mothers find themselves on a trip to the Amazon in Ecuador,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RESVasco, Irene
Summary: "A young teacher eager to change her students' lives with her books. An indigenous community with its own stories to share. And a great and dangerous serpent not to be underestimated. Set along the Amazon River, this stunningly illustrated story will spark lasting conversations about cross-cultural relationships, the importance of oral storytelling, and what it means to be a lifelong...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023