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Review of Rise of the Halfling King
Rise of the Halfling King [Tales of the Feathered Serpent] by David Bowles; illus. by Charlene Bowles Intermediate, Middle School Cinco Puntos 64 pp. g 10/20 Paper ed. 978-1-947627-37-6 $12.95 e-book ed. 978-1-947627-38-3 $12.95 In this series starter, David Bowles, author of 2018’s Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths...
Review of Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth
Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth by Duncan Tonatiuh; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Abrams 40 pp. g 9/20 978-1-4197-4677-2 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64700-154-4 $15.29 The Feathered Serpent, known as Quetzalcóatl among Nahuatl-speaking peoples, is a principal figure in Mesoamerican cosmology and often features in...
Review of Sharuko: El arqueologo peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown; illus. by Elisa Chavarri; trans. into Spanish by Adriana Domínguez Primary, Intermediate Children’s/Lee & Low 40 pp. g 8/20 978-0-89239-423-4 $19.95 This picture-book biography of Peruvian archaeologist and educator Julio C. Tello (1880–1947) forefronts...
Maximilian & the Curse of the Fallen Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller
Maximilian & the Curse of the Fallen Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller [Max’s Lucha Libre Adventures] by Xavier Garza; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Cinco Puntos 213 pp. g 1/20 978-1-947627-30-7 $19.95 Paper ed. 978-1-947627-31-4 $12.95 e-book ed. 978-1-947627-32-1 $12.95 This fourth series entry is another entertainingly...
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...