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Searching for Sancocho
"In Searching for Sancocho, Jamileth and Mario wanted to write a book that celebrated the deep connection of family recipes and honored their lost loved ones. Aurora misses her abuela, who recently passed away. Neighbors and friends in D.C. keep bringing dishes to the house to help her family mourn, but all Aurora wants is Abuela's famous sancocho. After finding a magic pink bike that flies her all the way to the Dominican Republic, Aurora visits all Abuela's old favorite places in hopes of finding the recipe. Will Aurora be able to find the secret ingredient and keep Abuela's famous sancocho alive?" -- publisher
Lord Help Me : Inspiring Prayers for Every Day
"The everyday power of prayer comes to life in this inspirational picture book written by eleven-year-old budding singer Emme Muñiz"--
Little Roja Riding Hood
A rhyming twist on the classic fairy tale in which a little girl saves her grandmother from a wolf. Includes glossary of Spanish words.
Goodnight, Papito Dios / Buenas Noches, Papito Dios
A father comforts his son at bedtime by singing the turtledove song his own mother once sang to him, in hopes that the child will awake refreshed and secure in the knowledge that he is loved.
Uno, dos, tres, posada!
A little girl guides the reader through each step of a posada, a Hispanic holiday tradition celebrated on the nine nights before Christmas
The Farolitos of Christmas
"This keepsake volume of Rudolfo Anaya's Christmas writings opens with the classic New Mexico Christmas story The Farolitos of Christmas, Anaya's heartwarming story of a beloved holiday tradition, of a promise, and of homecoming on Christmas Eve. -- |cProvided by publisher
A piñata in a pine tree
In this adaptation of the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," friends exchange such gifts as a piñata and "cuatro luminarias." Includes pronunciation and glossary of Spanish words, musical notation of the song, and a description of Christmas foods and other holiday traditions from different Latin American countries
When Christmas feels like home
When his family moves from a small Mexican village to North Carolina, Eduardo asks how soon he will feel at home, and slowly his Tio Miguel's seemingly impossible replies come true until, at last, he can put out the Nativity scene he carved with his grandfather
Growing up with tamales / Los tamales de Ana
Six-year-old Ana looks forward to growing older and being allowed more responsibility in making the tamales for the family's Christmas celebrations
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