Celebre el Mes del Libro Latino con un Libro / Celebrate Latino Books Month With a Book

Celebre el Mes del Libro Latino con un Libro

Celebrate Latino Books Month With a Book

AAP's Publishing Latino Voices for America Task Force has created this Latino Recommended Reading List in celebration of Latino Books Month. The list represents just a sampling of the wide variety of books that are available. For more information on Publishing Latino Voices for America, please visit the AAP website at www.publishers.org. We have selected those titles available in Spanish for your reading pleasure.

 

 

FICCION PARA ADULTOS / ADULT FICTION

 

El infinito en la palma de la mano
(The Infinite at your Hand)

by Gioconda Belli

Las caras de la suerte

(A Handbook to Luck)
by Cristina García

NO-FICCION PARA ADULTOS / ADULT NONFICTION

Las Hijas de Juarez

(Daughters of Juarez)

by Teresa Rodriguez

Especialidades regionales de la cocina mexicana

(Regional Specialties of Mexican Cooking)

by Socorro Puig, María

INFANTIL / CHILDREN'S

 

Arco iris de poesía

(Rainbow of Poetry)

Compiled by Sergio Andricaín

 

Celebremos el Cinco de Mayo con fiestas, música y baile

(Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Parties, Music and Dance)

by Carolyn Otto 

 

El bastón mágico

(The Magical Cane)
by María Celeste Arrarás

 

Leer para creer

(Read All About It)
by Laura and Jenna Bush

 

Skippyjon Jones en la Caseta del Perro

(Skippyjon Jones in the DogHouse - Bilingual)

by Judy Schachner

Skippyjon Jones en la Caseta del Perro (Skippyjon Jones in the DogHouse - Bilingual) by Judy Schachner

Skippyjon Jones en la Caseta del Perro

(Skippyjon Jones in the DogHouse - Bilingual)

by Judy Schachner

 
Publisher: Puffin
Publication Date: March 2008
Cover / Cubierta: Trade Paperback
Pages / Páginas: 10
Dimensions / Medidas: 8 x 9
Subject / Tema: Children / Infantil; Latino Books Month
ISBN-10: 0142410411
ISBN-13: 9780142410417
Your Price / Su Precio: $9.99

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Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse is sure to please children and parents alike. The Siamese kitty boy with the gigantico imagination has returned for another loco adventure. In his room for a time-out, Skippyjon Jones lets his imagination take him to a shack where his Chihuahua friends are yipping and yapping and hiding out from the Bad Bobble-ito, who has taken over their doghouse. How El Skippito chills the Chihuahuas and banishes the Bobble-ito will make more amigos for this endearing and irresistible rascal who made his first appearance in Skippyjon Jones. This Puffin picture book will be accompanied by a compact disc that features a professional reading of the unabridged story. Perfect for road trips or quiet bedtime reading, as well as story time, preschool, and home school, Puffin Storytime: Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse is sure to please children and parents alike.

 

Leer para creer (Read All About It) by Laura and Jenna Bush

Leer para creer

(Read All About It)
by Laura and Jenna Bush

 
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: April 2008
Cover / Cubierta: Hardcover
Pages / Páginas: 32
Dimensions / Medidas: 9 x 11
Subject / Tema: Children / Infantil; Latino Books Month
ISBN-10: 006156253X
ISBN-13: 9780061562532
Your Price / Su Precio: $17.99

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Tito López rules Buen día elementary. There's only one thing about school he doesn't like: story time. How is he supposed to sit still and listen when there are so many other things he could be doing? If only the teacher would get it-books are boring! Then one day, something really strange happens during story time-more than just words come out of the book, and soon, Tito and his friends are off to solve a mysterious disappearance!

 

Tito sobresale en todo. Él es tremendo beisbolista, el rey de la cafetería, y un genio en las ciencias. Tiene muchos amigos y le encanta la escuela. Sólo hay una cosa que no le va a Tito: la lectura; a él no le gusta leer. Esto no sería tan malo si su maestra lo dejara en paz. Pero, no, todos los días después del almuerzo ella saca un libro más. Qué aburrido! Hasta que un día, algo muy extraño sucede durante la hora de lectura. Y sucede otra vez el día siguiente y el día que le sigue a ese y el próximo día también, hasta que la hora de lectura se convierte en la parte más emocionante de todo el día!

El bastón mágico (The Magical Cane) by María Celeste Arrarás

El bastón mágico

(The Magical Cane)
by María Celeste Arrarás

 
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Date: January 2008
Cover / Cubierta: Trade Paperback
Pages / Páginas: 32
Dimensions / Medidas: 9 x 20
Subject / Tema: Hispanic Authors / Autores Hispanos; Latino Books Month
ISBN-10: 0545005329
ISBN-13: 9780545005326
Your Price / Su Precio: $5.99

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When an old woman approaches Karmelo and Moconoco, Moconoco steals her golden walking cane. He wickedly breaks the cane into three pieces as Karmelo helps her up. The old woman curses Moconoco with three of everything-- three eyes, three ears, three noses. She rewards Karmelo for his kindness with the broken cane, promising happiness when the three pieces are united. Moconoco grows up to be an evil emperor and Karmelo grows up to be a poor slave. He gives the pieces to his three children and with the help of the cane, they must save their land from the cruel emperor!

Celebremos el Cinco de Mayo con fiestas, música y baile (Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Parties, Music and Dance) by Carolyn Otto

Celebremos el Cinco de Mayo con fiestas, música y baile

(Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Parties, Music and Dance)

by Carolyn Otto 

 
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication Date: April 2008
Cover / Cubierta: Hardcover
Pages / Páginas: 32
Dimensions / Medidas: 8 x 10
Subject / Tema: Hispanic Authors / Autores Hispanos; Latino Books Month
ISBN-10: 1426303637
ISBN-13: 9781426303630
Your Price / Su Precio: $15.95

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Celebrate el Cinco de Mayo continues National Geographic's spectacular Holidays Around the World series with this joyous feast of Mexican culture-an annual event in Mexico and an increasingly popular holiday in America as well. Many mistakenly assume that the fifth of May is Mexico's Independence Day. In fact, the date marks the anniversary of a famous 1862 battle in which the Mexicans defeated the French. Known as the Battle of Puebla, the victory marked a watershed in Mexican pride and unity that echoes down to the present day.
With succinct text and dazzling photography, Celebrate Cinco de Mayo takes readers on a journey to discover the rich variety of celebrations across our country-from Texas to Minnesota to New York. This inviting book gives readers a flavor of the wide range of colorful holiday traditions: parades and pageants; races and rodeos; mariachi music and dancing; parties with piñatas and delicious Mexican foods. Children will learn how the largest Cinco de Mayo event in the world, the Fiesta Broadway, actually takes place in the United States, and attracts more than 600,000 revelers each year.Mexico is our closest neighbor and the birthplace of America's largest immigrant community; a knowledge of Mexican culture and history is increasingly relevant to students across the United States.