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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...