Maddox, Jake
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Caleb Parker has not been having much fun playing baseball recently, but when his mother volunteers to host Ricky Alvarez, a nineteen-year-old Dominican player on a local independent team in their Minnesota town, he finds a friend and mentor whose own struggles serve as an inspiration to the young Caleb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCarmona, Hannah
Summary: "Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Then one day, Anita must face her fears to begin a new life in a new country. Will she be brave enough to enter the belly of the beast and take flight to new adventures?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARKleinfield, Sonny.
Summary: "He was a teenage volunteer at a nursing home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was a wheelchair-bound resident in her nineties. He was poor, Hispanic, living in a rented room in the barrio, separated from his family. Her life was comfortable, and her family visited as often as possible. But when Margaret Oliver's daughter hired Elvis Checo to look in on her mother a few afternoons a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 305.262 KLEPadilla Peralta, Dan-el
Summary: Dan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than they imagined. Their visas lapsed, and Dan-el’s father returned home. But Dan-el’s courageous mother was determined to make a better life for her bright sons. Without papers, she faced tremendous obstacles. While...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERALTA, DAN-EL PADILLA PERCoster, Naima
Summary: Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father. She's accepted that her future won't be what she'd dreamed, but now, as gentrification has completely reshaped her old neighborhood, even her past is unrecognizable. Old haunts have been razed, and wealthy white strangers have replaced every familiar face in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COSGomera-Tavarez, Camille
Summary: Buenos Espíritus es una colección de once cuentos, interconectados con la diáspora dominicana, de la autora debut Camille Gomera-Tavarez. Es un libro centrado en una familia extensa, los Belén, a través de múltiples generaciones. Está ambientado en la pequeña ciudad ficticia de Hidalpa, y también en Santo Domingo, Paterson, San Juan y Washington Heights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH GOMAlvarez, Julia
Summary: In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2018
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2 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH ALVCall number: YA 468 SPANISH
Alberto, José
Contents: CD 1. Hay un runrún ; Con la espuela (feat. Edwin Bonilla) ; Mi son oriental (feat. Oscar D'León) ; El lunar ; Pensamiento (feat. Ismael Miranda) ; El que usted conoce no soy yo (feat. Eduardo Bringuez) ; Metiste la pata (feat. Aymee Nuviola) ; No quiero llanto ; Su señoria la conga -- CD 2. Baja y tapa la olla (feat. Andy Montañez) ; Sabroso ; Rita la caimana (feat. Estrellas de la Charanga) ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Los Canarios 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ALBAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "CAMINO RIOS lives for the summers, when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this year, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. ... In New York City, YAHAIRA RIOS is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ACEGomera-Tavarez, Camille
Summary: A collection of interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora focuses on one extended family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOMSummary: " ... introduced bachata, the more traditional Domincan country rhythm and the source of merengue, tracing the music's progress from its simple acoustic beginnings to toady's hi-tech extravaganza"--Container verso. Features popular merengue and bachata stars, plus some up-and-coming artists.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ROUMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: "Como a todos los niños, a Josefina le encanta comer dulces. ¡Le encantan las galletas calientes con chispas de chocolate recién salidas del horno, las magdalenas y los dulces! Una noche, mientras come un flan, Mami le pide que considere dejar los dulces por la Cuaresma, los 40 días previos a la Pascua. '¡Eso es imposible!' dice Josefina. Cuando Mami promete enseñarle cómo hacer su postre...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG MENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: JE VOX MENNatti Natasha
Contents: No era necesario (3:08) -- Deja tus besos (3:10) -- Obsesión (3:13) -- Pa' mala yo (2:40) -- Oh Daddy (2:55) -- Soy mia / con Kany Garcia (3:42) -- Me gusta (3:17) -- No voy a llorar (3:54) -- Toca toca (2:51) -- Independiente (2:58) -- Lamento tu pérdida (2:40) -- Te lo dije / con Anitta (3:14) -- Ya lo sé (3:15) -- Quién sabe (4:31) -- Devórame (3:25) -- La mejor versión de mi (2:22) -- Oh...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN NATPuerto Plata (Musical group)
Contents: Mujer perjura -- Brisa de la tarde -- Guantanamera -- Casita de campo -- Lejana tierra -- Lobatón -- Porqué no hay de ser -- Los perros -- Dolores -- Herminia -- De qué te vale.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: iASO Records 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN PUERoorda, Eric Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 ROOLa India Canela.
Contents: Apriétame así = Squeeze me like that -- Consagración de cariño = Dedication of affection -- El rancho = The ranch -- Recuerdo de Ada = Memory of Ada -- El papujito = The bearded rooster -- La cuestión = The thing -- Con el gusto adentro = With the flavor inside -- Las siete pasadas = The seven passages -- Mangulina medley -- Chicha -- La culebra = The snake -- Cuando yo me muera = When I am...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN INDOrtiz, Raquel M.
Summary: Young Sofi enters a New York City community garden and finds a half-painted mural. It's full of big, leafy plants in blue and yellow, and a vibrant emerald green color appears where the two colors meet. As Sofi runs her fingers over the image, she is suddenly transported to a beautiful place with plants just like the ones on the wall! Sofi finds herself in the Dominican Republic, where she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG ORTAlvarez, Julia.
Summary: A story based on Dominican folklore, about the ciguapas, a tribe of beautiful underwater people whose feet are attached backwards, with their toes pointing in the direction from which they have come.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Dragonfly Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ALVLeonard, Elmore
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Borders 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LEOMartínez, Pedro
Summary: From the 8-time All Star and 3-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, a bold, no-holds-barred memoir of his career, from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Dominican Republic to becoming one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTINEZ, PEDRO MARGottschall, Meghan
Summary: "Readers will learn about the Dominican Republic's forests, brimming with orchids and hundreds of bird species, as well as its people and their rich past. Book includes a table of contents, activity sections, sidebars, a glossary, and references to learn more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Co GottschallFernández, Kelly
Summary: "Set at a magical school for girls, a funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations, and finding your place. Manu is always getting into trouble. The headmistress at school believes Manu has the potential to help people with her magic, but Manu would rather have fun than fit in. The other students claim she's secretly a demon and that she was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FERLeventhal, Josh
Summary: "Hit a grand slam with this new baseball series. Profiling the very best of todays pro ballplayers who learned the game in Latin America, "Beisbol!" is perfect for all your sports fans." -- from publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2016
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Contents: Amarrao con fé -- Dolorita -- Mujer de cabaret -- La cotorrita de rosa -- Te la dejo toda -- Baracoa -- Santiago -- Jala leva -- Los piratas -- Sabor de engaño -- La comelona.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: IASO 2007