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Manushkin, Fran

Summary: Pedro attends a colorful parade with his friend Katie Woo and her family to celebrate Chinese New Year, but when Katie goes missing Pedro is ready to come to the rescue.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAN

Alessandri, Alexandra

Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALE

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALE

Genhart, Michael

Summary: It's time to prepare for the school Spanish spelling bee, and Manolo is determined to take home the grand prize. Naturally, he turns to his loving abuela for help and together they spell the words: H-e-r-m-o-s-o. Beautiful. O-r-g-u-l-l-o-s-o. Proud. F-u-e-r-t-e. Strong. While they practice, Abuela shares stories of when she was a little girl. Back then, students were not permitted to speak...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023

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Engle, Margarita

Summary: "Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ENG

Rose, Susan

Summary: When José is selected for the school soccer team, his dog Feliz eagerly helps him practice.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ROS

Azúa Kramer, Jackie

Summary: "Every Saturday, Carina visits Tía Mimi in her barrio, which is always humming with life. There is música that hums from the windows, old cuentos floating on the breeze, and the honking of cars that create the soundtrack of the morning. Every Saturday, she loves to make empanadas with her aunt, singing: 'I like empanadas! I like you! ¡ Me gusta empanadas! ¡Me gustas tú!' Not this Saturday,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AZU

Mora, Julissa

Summary: Family members head into the kitchen to help Abuelita bake a tres leches cake for Papi's birthday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MOR

Tonatiuh, Duncan.

Summary: "Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 inCalifornia"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.11 TON

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J323.11 TON

Otheguy, Emma

Summary: A party? Oh no! Parties are full of tías with their flashy fashions and boom-and-bellow laughter. It's far too much for Martina! At least with all the noise, no one notices when she slips away. She finds herself in a magical place: a warm, familiar island where she can finally play in peace and quiet. Martina is home at last-- or is she? Lively and magical, this is a fresh retelling of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OTH

Tobar, Héctor

Summary: "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited rebuke to racist ideas about Latino...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.868 TOB

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.868 TOB

Reynoso, Naibe

Summary: Brief biographies in rhyme of 11 notable Latinos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2020

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REY
Call number: J SPANISH 920 REY

Manushkin, Fran

Summary: Katie's peanut butter and jelly sandwich is missing, so she must figure out which of her classmates ate it--and what she should do about lunch.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

Manushkin, Fran

Summary: A frowning scarecrow at Aunt Carmen's farm frightens Katie until Pedro reveals that it is not haunted.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

Manushkin, Fran

Summary: When Katie's father looses his special rainbow ring while playing with the kids in the backyard, Katie and Pedro work to follow the clues to find the missing ring.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

Manushkin, Fran

Summary: When Pedro's favorite stuffie, Milo the Moose, goes missing at the fair, Katie and Pedro retrace their steps in order to solve the mystery.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

Tirado, Vincent

Summary: For over a year the Bronx has been plagued by unexplained disappearances. Raquel does her best to ignore it: after all, the police only look for the white kids. Then her crush Charlize's cousin goes missing-- and Raquel's mom comes down with a mysterious illness that seems linked to the disappearances. Raquel and Charlize discover that everything is tied to a terrifying urban legend called the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TIR

Manushkin, Fran

Summary: Katie, Pedro, and their mothers are going canoeing, but when the two canoes get separated Pedro gets worried that something has happened to his friend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

Arena, Jen

Summary: In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023

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Manushkin, Fran

Summary: When Katie Woo and Pedro find a treasure map at the beach the wind snatches it away, and they chase after it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

Miedoso, Andres

Summary: After Andres discovers a haunted bike park, he calls best friend Desmond, a ghost investigator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MIE

Miedoso, Andres

Summary: Desmond and Andres visit the acquarium where they discover a mermaid whose song puts anyone who hears it under a spell.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MIE

Woodson, Jacqueline

Summary: "When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WOO

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WOO

Manushkin, Fran

Summary: Something in Miss Winkle's classroom smells really bad, and when the class bully declares that it must be the new boy, Pablo, Pedro steps in to defend him--but the class still needs to know what is causing the stench and dispose of it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019

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Manushkin, Fran

Summary: Katie's birthday is tomorrow, but she just cannot wait to find out what her present will be, so she and Pedro follow Katie's parents as they go shopping, but none of the places they stop seem present-worthy--Katie is disappointed, but when she gets home a big surprise is waiting for her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAN

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