Pacaritambo

CESAR CHAVEZ
by Ruth Franchere. Wonerful B&W illustrations by Earl Thollander. Condition: Good+, UNREAD 1970 hardcover & DJ (in new mylar jacket), second printing. This is an ex-library book with all markings, but never checked out. Content: An easy-to-read biography of the Mexican-American who led the nation-wide boycott of grapes as part of his movement to organize and help farm laborers in the United States. Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy only]
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DORA THE EXPLORER: LA GRAN CARRERA DE PONIS
by Erica David. Color illustrations by Jason Fruchter. Condition: NEW 2006 Scholastic hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first printing. Content: Since I do not read Spanish, I "gather" this book is about Dora attending a pony race. Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy only]
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ESCENARIO DE POLICHINELA
by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy. Beautiful color illustrations by Claudia de Teresa, Fabrizio Vanden Broeck, & Felipe Ugalde. Condition: NEW 2002 Santilliano/Alfaguara over-sized soft cover, first pritning. Content: Break a leg! Your cast members will keep their audiences on the edge of their seats as they act out a theatrical trio: "Christmas Presents," "Charlotte's Bicycle," and "Goldie Hen." Each play has a surprising climax. [1 copy only]
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DE COLORES and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children
selected, arranged and translated by Jose-Luis Orozco. Vivid color illustrations by Elisa Kleven. Condition: NEW 1999 Puffin Books over-sized soft cover, 10th printing. Content: This bilingual collection of Latin American folk songs for children is truly a musical treasure. Each of the 27 songs is presented with background notes; lyrics in both Spanish and English; simple arrangements for the voice, piano, and guitar; and suggestions for group sing-alongs and musical games. Gathered from Spanish-speaking countries but including two of Orozco's own songs, the compilation is a programming gold mine. Included are songs for special occasions, counting songs, and animal songs. There is even a handy subject index to locate appropriate songs. The book is a delight for the eye as well as the ear. In the same shimmering style of magical folk art that she used to illustrate other children's books, Kleven provides bountiful illustrations and playful borders that ripple with colorful patterns and miniature pictures line the edge of every page. Full-page scenes of Hispanic families and children and also animals are exuberant with activity and alive with the joy of music. [1 copy only]
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ESPERANZA RISING
by Pam Munoz Ryan. Cover art by Joe Cepeda. Condition: UNREAD 2000 Scholastic Signature Trade Paperback, 7th printing. Small edgewear & pale diagonal crease top front cover corner. Interior clean & tight. Content: Pam Munoz Ryan's ancestors lived this story, and she has done a great service to write it with such an authentic voice. She has presented a fictionalized account of her own grandmother's fall from wealth and privilege in the aftermath of the revolution in Mexico as she immigrated to the United States to work in a Mexican farm labor camp during the Great Depression. Esperanza, the young protagonist, experiences loss, poverty, separation, prejudice, humiliation and fear on the road to her ultimate rise from the ashes in the manner of the mythical phoenix. Ryan does an excellent job of presenting the dilemma and danger of early attempts to improve the working conditions of the laborer during this period. [1 copy available]
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EVERYTHING FOR CINCO DE MAYO: Activities for Exploring a Holiday
by Marianna Y. Green and Sandie Keil. Cover art & interior illustrations by Roberta Collier-Morales. Condition: Gently pre-read 2000 Instructional Fair large soft cover, no printing given. Name inside front cover and 3 - 4 pages show underlining. Content: This is a book geared toward teachers and homeschoolers. Imagine a fiesta for freedom! This book is your pathway to teaching about Mexico's journey to independence. As your students research how and why we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, this resource book will strengthen their appreciation forMexico's ancient and modern life. Among the projects included are arts and crafts, map work, and current affairs research. You will also find classroom discussion and activity guides. Spanish language games, as well as background on Mexican historyand outstanding national heroes. This book will expand your students' vistas and bring the warmth of a fiesta to your classroom. Reproducible Activities. Excellent! [1 copy available]
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FIESTA (Bilingual Children's Story)
by Ginger Foglesong Guy. Color illustrations by Rene King Moreno. Condition: UNREAD 2001 Scholastic soft cover, first printing. Perfect. Content: This is a simple little story of children getting ready for a party (Fiesta!). Each ingredient of the celebration is presented in English and Spanish and is a neat way to introduce English to Spanish-speaking children and vice versa. [1 copy only]
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FRIDAY NIGHT IS PAPA NIGHT
by Ruth A. Sonneborn. Color illustrations by Emily A. McCully. Condition: Used 1977 Viking Press hardcover (pictorial boards - may be library binding), 4th printing. This is an ex-library book with all markings, but the interior is so clean & tight that I don't believe it was ever checked out. Content: This is the story of a city family of Chicano immigrants and the difficult lives they lead. Papa has to hold down two jobs to make ends meet for his wife and 4 children. The only night he comes home is Friday. Generally his arrival leads to a family celebrations - but this Friday, Papa doesn't appear to be coming home. (It's ok. It has a happy ending.) [1 copy available]
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GOODBYE USA - HOLA MEXICO (A Language Learning Adventure)
by Anne Elizabeth Bovaird and Pierre Ballouhey. Color illustrations by Pierre Ballouhey. Condition: NEW 1994 Barron's hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket) with very small edgewear top edge at spine. Content: Tom arrives in Mexico City from Chicago to visit relatives, but he's scared because he only knows a few Spanish words. Then Tom meets his cousin Pablo and through their adventures, Tom learns Spanish. Follow Tom and Pablo's adventures and learn 60 Spanish words. Neat way for kids to pick up the beginnings of a new language. [1 copy available]
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HUEVOS RANCHEROS: A Mexican Tale
by Stefan Czernecki. Beautiful, vivid color illustrations by Author. Condition: NEW 2002 Crocodile Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket). First Edition, first printing. NOT a remainder. Content: This delightful story about a clever hen who outsmarts her coyote adversary through charm and culinary art features stunning full-color illustrations that capture the feeling of Mexico.A grat trickster tale. [This is a clever, delightful, colorful book that will enchant any age, any ethnic group.] Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy available]
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HUEVOS RANCHEROS: A Mexican Tale
by Stefan Czernecki. Beautiful, vivid color illustrations by Author. Condition: NEW 2002 Crocodile Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket). First Edition, first printing. NOT a remainder. Content: This delightful story about a clever hen who outsmarts her coyote adversary through charm and culinary art features stunning full-color illustrations that capture the feeling of Mexico. A great Trickster tale. [This is a clever, delightful, colorful book that will enchant any age, any ethnic group.] Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy available]
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JOSE FELICIANO'S FELIZ NAVIDAD: Two Stories Celebrating Christmas
by Jose Feliciano. Vivid & vibrant color cover art & interior art by David Diaz. Condition: NEW 2003 Scholastic hardcover (pictorial boards depicting guitar) and DJ (in mylar jacket). Content: Like an oversized, multipaged, bilingual Christmas card, this gorgeous production's minimal text consists of the lyrics to Feliciano's famous song and emphatically wishes readers both Feliz Navidad and a Merry Christmas. Beautifully designed pages feature Diaz's characteristic stylized paintings and song lyrics in large, faux hand-lettered font. The pictures make reference to and contrast many Christmas traditions and symbols, and show that all cultures emphasize families and friends celebrating together. Two introductory pages introduce the parranda as a long-standing tradition in Puerto Rico and (somewhat gratuitously) a paragraph explains that "Christmas crosses all cultural boundaries." The subtitle depends on a very close reading of the pictures to decipher the two stories. Wonderful for kids and adults - recommended for ages 4 - 8. Gift wrapping available. [3 copies available]
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LIGHTS ON THE RIVER
by Jane Resh Thomas. Illustrated in color by Michael Dooling. Condition: Good+, ex-library book, 1994 Hyperian Books for Children hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. All usual library markings. Content: Following crop work from farm to farm, Maria's migrant-worker mother tells the family, "We carry our house on our backs." The intense labor, meager wages and squalid living quarters take their toll, and, to make things more bearable, Maria concentrates on her Abuela and the Christmas Eve tradition of floating candles on the river. Thomas's text flows languidly as she paints this harsh but very realistic setting. Her emotional prose sometimes sounds wistful and is never imbued with a false sense of hope, while Dooling's skilled oil portraits reveal a broad range of feeling. This unusual volume resonates with integrity and is not soon forgotten. Dooling's somber palette and perceptive characterizations compassionately convey the emotions of these people while underscoring their dignity. A telling portrayal of Mexican migrant farmworkers in the US. [1 copy available]
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LORENZO The Naughty Parrot
story by Tony Johnston. Illustrated in color by Caldecott Award-winner Leo Politi. Condition: Gently pre-read, IF at all, 1993 Harcourt Brace special edition for schools, second printing. Light shelfwear. Interior clean & tight. Name inside front cover. Content: Lorenzo, a cookie-loving parrot who lives in Mexico, gets into lots of trouble trying to help his human family. Rendered in chalky earth tones, Polito's illustrations, though tending toward the rudimentary, transmit a feeling that is at once exotic and familiar. The security to be found in living everyday events in an uncomplicated manner shines through both text and pictures and conveys a feeling of comfort and warmth. Ages 6-12. [1 copy available]
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MANGABOOM
by Charlotte Pomerantz.. Wonderful color illustrations by Anita Lobel. Condition: Very gently pre-read 1997 Greenwillow large hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), first edition, first printing. Content: An original and entertaining story with a traditional fairy-tale flavor. Even before the title page, readers encounter a young lad (Daniel) beholding a rather unusual sight: a very big pink slipper with a bright yellow bow that serves as a tree-house mail box. By the second page of illustration, the boy steps into the shoe, takes the letters in hand, and is hauled up into a mango tree. As the boldly colored paintings indicate, the recipient of the letters is indeed larger than life, a Latino lady giant named Mangaboom who stands 19-feet tall, weighs 600 punds, and is very congenial. She likes to climb trees and skinny-dip and turn cartwheels on the beach. She takes Daniel to tea with her auntie, who wants Mangaboom to meet three eligible suitors; but they believe a woman should do what she's told and stay in the house, and Mangaboom will have none of that. Kids will enjoy the parody of fairy tale traditions and the exuberance of Lobel's watercolor and gouache pictures. Mangaboom is so big and beautiful she is bursting out of the large-size pages with her purple high-heeled shoes, her thick red hair, her flowing flowered dress, and her spectacles. When she does find a man who loves her for herself, he looks a lot like an adult Daniel, and the final scene is an Edenic view of the beach. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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MEXICO (WorldFocus Series)
by Rob Alcraft & Sean Sprague. Color photos & maps throughout. Condition: NEW 1996 Rigby Educational/Oxfam America hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first edition, first printing. Content: Introduces Mexico through a geographical and historical profile and case studies of individuals and a representative community of La Trinidad. Grades 1 - 3. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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A MOVIE IN MY PILLOW: Una pelicula en mi almohada
Poems by Jorge Argueta. Color illustrations by Elizabeth Gomez. Condition: NEW 2000 Children's Books Press (San Francisco) hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket). Tiny edgewear to DJ top edge. Interior perfect. Content: This collection of poems for children are written (in English and Spanish) from the point of view of Jorgito, who lives in San Francisco's Mission District, but who has not forgotten his native El Salvador. His memories of the volcanoes, his grandmother's stories, and the cornmeal "pupusas" form a patchwork of dreams that becomes a movie in his pillow. Full-color illustrations. [1 copy available]
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MY NAME IS PABLO
by Aimee Sommerfelt. Translated by Patricia Crampton. B&W illustrations by Hans Normann Dahl. Condition: Very good pre-read c. 1965 Young America Book Club hardcover (no DJ issued). Minor edgewear top and bottom spine. Interior clean & tight. Content: The story of a Mayan boy in Mexico (and his hard life) who is befriended by a Norwegian father and son duo. Glossary of Spanish terms included. [1 copy available]
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THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS
text and color illustrations by Tomie DePaola. Condition: NEW 2000 Scholastic softcover, fourth printing. Tiny edgewear. Beautiful Southwestern colors in the hands of DePaola are special. Content: The story of the nine days of Las Posadas as celebrated in Spain and in the Southwestern United states. The last page details a history of the holiday. [1 copy available]
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QUIERO SER DOCTOR (I Want To Be A Doctor)
by Dan Liebman. Full-page color photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Firefly Books soft cover, no printing given. Content: Spanish language books for children. With straightforward and engaging text, the 'I Want to Be...' series is an appealing introduction to a broad spectrum of occupations. This one covers all aspects of being a doctor. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SAY HOLA TO SPANISH, OTRA VEZ (Again!)
by Susan Middleton Elya. Color illustrations by Loretta Lopez. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Scholastic softcover, third printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Another bright-eyed dose of Spanish vocabulary from Elya (Say Hola to Spanish, 1996). Jaunty, rhyming couplets introduce the words, and Lopez has provided illustrations in saturated, paintbox colors. Glossary included. Grades 1 - 4. Fun way to introduce a new language to kids. [1 copy available]
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TABLADO DE DONA ROSITA
by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy. Beautiful color illustrations by Waldo Saavedra, Rosario Valderrama, & Gabriel Gutierrez. Condition: NEW 2002 Santilliano/Alfaguara over-sized soft cover, first pritning. Content: In the Curtains Up! experience, young talent and their delighted audience will realize the importance of telling the truth and working together. This collection includes theatrical versions of "The Rainbow's Nap" and "Puss in Boots" along with Rubén Dario's wonderful creation "Margarita." [1 copy only]
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TEATRO DEL GATO GARABATO
by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy. Beautiful color illustrations by Gloria Caldaras, Felipe Davalos, and Claudia Legnazzi. Condition: NEW 2002 Santilliano/Alfaguara over-sized soft cover, first pritning. Content: The authors have masterfully converted timeless traditional stories such as "The Three Little Goats," "The Little Lamb and the Buzzards, "and "Chicken Little" into entertaining theatrical plays. The vivid illustrations provide ideas for the creation of colorful costumes and masks. [1 copy only]
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THE TRIP OF THE GOLDEN FISH AND OTHER BILINGUAL CHILDREN'S STORIES
by Rafael Arturo Urena. B&W illustrations - no credit given. Condition: NEW 1985 Vantage Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition. Unfortunately, the color, dye (?) for the cover is weak so we have light rubbings bottom DJ spine. Interior perfect. Content: Each of the tales in this book can stand on its own because each is so rich in tone, texture, and colloquialisms, qualities that are usually lacking ini all but the finest translations. At the same time, because the English and Spanish versions mirror each other so closely, when read together they help to reinforce the basic language skills of bilingual students. Stories: Making Figures With the Clouds; Hacienda Figuras con las Nubes; The Princess and the Magic Rosebush; La Princesa y al Rosal Magico; The Trip of the Golden Fish; and El Viaje del Pez Dorado. Perfect for homeschooling and public school teachers. Questions welcome [5 copies available]
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UNDER THE ROYAL PALMS: A Childhood in Cuba
by Alma Flor Ada. B&W era photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Atheneum Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. DJ flaps are glued to inside covers - perhaps this was intended for a library, but never completed - no library markings. Content: This simple and graceful reminiscence of a childhood in Cuba in the 1940s is a companion to Where the Flame Trees Bloom. Although not wealthy, the author's family lived comfortably with aunts, uncles, and cousins in a large, shared family home in the small town of Camaguey. Here any event beyond the ordinary became the focus of everyone's attention and the fuel for many days of conversation. Each chapter includes an early memory or experience of Ada's: nursing the baby bats that fell onto her porch, the production of simple and inexpensive plaster figures for nativity scenes, etc. The author writes about the contrast of wealth and poverty in her country at that time and of the people who made an impression on her, including a ballet teacher who befriended her during a lonely year in a new school, and an uncle and aunt who worked with lepers. Her observations of people lead to a series of revelations that shaped her life. Black-and-white photographs of the author and her family appear throughout. Grades 4 - 7. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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UN dia LLUVIOSO
by Liza Alexander. Color illustrations by Joseph Ewers. Condition: Very Good, gently pre-read 1991 Golden Book/Sesame Street softcover, no edition given. Design drawn top inside cover. Interior clean & tight. Content: Not being able to read Spanish (a great fault living in Texas), all I can tell you about this book is that it appears that the Sesame Street characters (Big Bird, et al.) have an adventure in the rain. [1 copy available]
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UN DIENTE SE MUEVE / A Loose Tooth (?)
by Daniel Barbot. Color illustrations by Gian Calvi. Condition: NEW 2001 Ediciones Ekare (Venezuela) softcover, 10th printing. Adorable color illustrations by Gian Calvi. Content: I do not read Spanish so this is the best I can do for you: Large rat has tooth problem; searches for solution; meets up with his human friend who eventually provides a solution. Sorry, that's about all there is from me. Questions welcome (but not in Spanish, please). [1 copy available]
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THE WOMAN WHO OUTSHONE THE SUN (English Only)
based on a poem by Alejandro Cruz Martinez. (Story By Rosalma Zubizarreta, Harriet Rohmer, & David Schecter). Wonderful color illustrations by Fernando Olivera. Condition: UNREAD 1993 Scholastic soft cover, first printing. Content: Based on a poem by Alejandro Cruz Martinex which was based on an old legend of the Zapotec Indians of Mexico. Reviewer: "When beautiful Lucia Zenteno arrives in town, no one knows how to treat her. Some people in the village thought that her hair blocked the sun. Mystery surrounded the girl. When she bathed in the river, her hair would soak up all the fish and water until she combed it out. The elders said told the people of the village to honor Lucia. They did not. People began mistreating Lucia. Lucia, however, did not return the unkindness of others. Finally, the people drove Lucia from the village. Before she left, Lucia visited the river once more. As Lucia went to comb her hair, the fish and the water stayed in her hair. She left the village without water. Realizing that they needed the river, the people tried to find Lucia to apologize. Eventually Lucia does return the water to the river but not without teaching the village people that "you must treat everyone with kindness, even those who seem different from you." This book is full of imagery! The illustrations are very beautiful. The author, Martinez, died tragically trying to help the Zapotec Indians with their water rights. This book is a great legend and is great for multi-cultural themes." [1 copy only]
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