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Show FiltersAda’s violin
A town built on a landfill. A community in need of hope. A girl with a dream. A man with a vision. An ingenious idea.
Lurucha
"Illustrated story about a parrot and a boy that takes place in the Andes of Peru"--Cover page 4
Jemmy Button
Provides a fictionalized account of Jemmy Button, a native boy from Tierra del Fuego who was brought to London to be educated and then returned home to his island
Martí’s song for freedom / Martí y sus versos por la libertad
A bilingual biography of José Martí, who dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty for all men and women, Includes author's note, afterword, and author's sources.
The stolen smell
When a stingy baker insists that his poor neighbor pay for the smells he has been enjoying, a clever judge rules in his favor and determines exactly the right fine
When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter
Esperanca Garcia, a literate slave, was moved from a Jesuit cotton farm in Brazil to be a cook, away from her husband and some of her children and wrote a letter to the governor asking to be returned to the cotton farm
Domitila
By following her mother's admonition to perform every task with care and love, a poor young Mexican girl wins the devotion of the governor's son
Maria had a little llama / María tenía una llamita
In this bilingual version of the classic rhyme, set in Peru, Maria takes her llama to school one day.