Adriana Sananes
1) Dreamers
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpre' Award winner. -- Girls cannot be drummers. No one questioned that rule; until one dream girl. When at last her dream-bright music was heard, it was decided everybody should be free to drum and dream!
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audiobook
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle's classic Bear books have been a hit with children for many years with their rhyming stories that present a variety of animals, each one in a different color, different animal sounds, endangered animals from around the world, and North American animals.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 in California"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of Amalia Hernandez, dancer and founder of El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. Published in time for the 100th anniversary of Hernandez's birth, Danza! is the first picture book about the famous dancer and choreographer. Danza! is a celebration of Hernandez's life and of the rich history of dance in Mexico. As a child, Amalia always thought she would grow up to be a teacher, until she...
10) Viva Frida
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Via spare text, examines Kahlo's creative process.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the beloved author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most critically acclaimed novel yet—a stunningly original tale of love: love between a man and a woman, between an artist and his mentor, and between a musician and his God-given talent.
Narrated by the voice of Music itself, the story follows Frankie Presto, a war orphan born in a burning
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