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Review of Not a Bean
Not a Bean by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez; illus. by Laura González Preschool, Primary Charlesbridge 32 pp. 9/19 978-1-58089-815-7 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-1-63289-667-4 $9.99 “Jumping beans” are not in fact beans but moth larvae that have burrowed into the seedpods of the yerba de la flecha shrubs found alongside arroyos in...
Review of Todos iguales / All Equal: Un corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove
Todos iguales / All Equal: Un corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove by Christy Hale; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Children’s/Lee & Low 40 pp. 8/19 978-0-89239-427-2 $19.95 Hale’s storytelling shines in this account of Mexican American resistance against racism in the 1930s. Inspired by...
Review of Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas
Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas by Juana Medina; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 89 pp. 5/19 978-1-5362-0131-4 $14.99 This sequel to Juana & Lucas (rev. 11/16) offers welcome narrative continuity for fans of Bogotá–dwelling protagonist Juana Medina Rosas and her beloved pet dog Lucas, while skillfully balancing changes...
Review of My Papi Has a Motorcycle
My Papi Has a Motorcycleby Isabel Quintero; illus. by Zeke PeñaPrimary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. g5/19 978-0-525-55341-0 $17.99Spanish ed. 978-0-525-55494-3 $17.99Quintero’s picture-book text acts as an evocative love letter to her apá and to the interconnected web of Mexican immigrant working-class people who built her hometown of Corona, California. When Papi...
Review of Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World; and When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana:Sound of the Heart, Song of the Worldby Gary Golio; illus. by Rudy GutierrezPrimary Ottaviano/Holt 40 pp.9/18 978-1-62779-512-8 $18.99When Angels Sing:The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santanaby Michael Mahin; illus. by Jose RamirezPrimary Atheneum 48 pp.
9/18 978-1-5344-0413-7 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-0414-4 $10.99Carlos Santana’s 1971 rendition of Tito Puente’s classic Latin...
Review of They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poemsby David BowlesMiddle School Cinco Puntos 109 pp. g9/18 978-1-947627-06-2 $18.95Paper ed. 978-1-947627-07-9 $12.95The dynamic complexity of the Rio Grande borderlands pulses in the poetry of twelve-year-old Güero — a nickname commonly given to light-skinned, freckled Mexican and Chicano boys. Inspired by the...
Review of Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World and When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the Worldby Gary Golio; illus. by Rudy GutierrezPrimary Ottaviano/Holt 40 pp.9/18 978-1-62779-512-8 $18.99When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santanaby Michael Mahin; illus. by Jose RamirezPrimary Atheneum 48 pp.9/18 978-1-5344-0413-7 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-0414-4 $10.99Carlos Santana’s 1971 rendition of Tito Puente’s...
Review of A Gift from Abuela
A Gift from Abuelaby Cecilia Ruiz; illus. by the authorPrimary Candlewick 32 pp. g8/18 978-0-7636-9267-4 $15.99Ruiz elevates a standard tale about the loving bond between a grandmother and granddaughter with historically significant and culturally relevant detail (the book is set in 1980s Mexico City). The beauty of Abuela and Niña’s...
Review of Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riotsby Margarita Engle; illus. by Rudy GutierrezMiddle School, High School Atheneum 179 pp. g5/18 978-1-5344-0943-9 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-0945-3 $10.99In 1942 Los Angeles, after working all day at the canneries, teen sisters Lorena and Marisela can’t wait to put on their sharpest swing...