Susan Wood
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Juan Garcia Esquivel was born in Mexico and grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands. He loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. Juan's space-age lounge music popular in the fifties and sixties has found a new generation of listeners.
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A widowed and out of work father reluctantly sends his daughter to stay with her aunt in a town that has outlawed dogs. On her way to school one day she finds a puppy and decides to keep it, despite the dog catcher close on her tail. She now must get to the bottom of what is happening to all the dogs and charm the mayor with the most memorable Christmas pageant the town has ever seen.