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By Bob Barner, Teresa Mlawer. 2010
With sugar skulls, sweet-smelling marigold petals and joyful songs, Hispanic families welcome back ancestors on this holiday. Con calaveres de…
azúcar, los pétales de olor dulce de las Cempasúchil y las canciones alegre, familias hispanas le dan la bienvenida a sus antepasados en este día festivo. For preschool-grade 2By Jeanette Winter. 2005
Alia Muhammed Baker is the librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for…
those who love books. Until now. Now Alia fears that the library and the 30,000 books within it will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians, especially women, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries. For preschool-grade 2By Jonah Winter, Ana Juan. 2002
By Aimee M Bissonette, Aimee Bissonette, Tamara Ryan, Eileen Ryan Ewen. 2016
In 1861, at the age of 37, Harriet Colfax became the lighthouse keeper for the Michigan City Lighthouse off Lake…
Michigan. For 43 years, until the age of 80, Harriet kept her light burning, through storms, harsh winters, and changes in technology. This true story includes excerpts from her actual log. 2016By Jonah Winter, Jeanette Winter. 1991
This story of Diego Rivera, the greatest muralist of Mexico--and of the world--shows how his passion for painting and love…
for his country combined to make a powerful art celebrating the Mexican people. Told in Spanish and English. For grades 2-4. 1991By Robert Andrew Parker, Robert A. Parker. 2008
By Bonnie Christensen. 2009
By Angela Dominguez. 2017
Once a year, Abuelo comes to visit from Mexico and he always brings his guitar. Based on the life story…
of Apolinar Navarrete Diaz (the author's grandfather and successful mariachi musician). In English with some Spanish. For preschool-grade 2By Margarita Engle, Rafael López. 2015
In Cuba in the 1930s, music filled the air. Millo had a dream playing drums of all kinds, but the…
country and her father only permitted boys to play drums. Millo finds a way to drum and practices in secret. Eventually her father relents and hires a music teacher for her. Millo's persistance means that she and her sisters become the first all-girl dance band in Cuba and play with and for famous people. (Story inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga.) For grades K-3By Mordicai Gerstein. 2007
In 1974, as the World Trade Center was being completed, a young French aerialist, Phillippe Petit, strung a tightrope between…
the towers and had an adventure a quarter of a mile in the sky. For grades K-3By Greg Olson. 2015
While traveling with his master, a fur trader, slave Jeffrey Deroine met and worked with Native American groups, making many…
friends and learning five languages. A friend bought his freedom so he could work as a translator. He translated for the Ioway as they negotiated treaties with the government, traveled to Europe with the Ioway and met many famous people, including kings and queens. For grades 4-7By Lynne Cox, Brian Floca. 2014
Describes how an elephant seal made a home in New Zealand's narrow Avon River and loved to stretch out across…
a two-lane road, requiring volunteers to tow her farther out to sea after she kept returning repeatedly. For preschool-grade 2By Deborah Kogan Ray, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. 2009
By Michael Tyler, David Lee Csicsko. 2005
By Kirby Larson, Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery, Major Brian Dennis. 2009
Chronicles the friendship between Marine Major Brian Dennis and Nubs, a pack leader of wild dogs in Iraq who bonded…
with Dennis, but when Dennis was relocated seventy miles away and could not bring the dog with him, Nubs traveled across the freezing desert to find his human friend. For grades K-3By Missy Jenkins, Willliam Croyle. 2014
Missy Jenkins was a 15-year-old Kentucky high school student in 1997 when she was severely injured by Michael Carneal in…
the Heath High School shooting. Missy became paralyzed from the chest down, but refused to become a victim. She has used optimism, determination, and the power of forgiveness to live a full and happy life. She is now a public speaker who motivates others to overcome obstacles and avoid the path to anger and violence. For high school and adult. 2014By Darrin Lunde, Patricia J. Wynne, Darrin P Lunde. 2013
By Susan Kelly, Deborah Lee Rose, Deborah Rose. 2013
By Mike Graf. 2013
By Suana Verelst, Elizabeth Suneby. 2013