Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de Méxicoby Duncan Tonatiuh; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Abrams 32 pp.8/17 978-1-4197-2532-6 $18.95e-book ed. 978-1-68335-110-8 $15.54Tonatiuh (Separate Is Never Equal, rev. 7/14; Funny Bones, rev. 11/15) tells the story of Amalia Hernández (1917–2000), founder of Mexico’s most famous dance company, El Ballet...
Us in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinosby Lulu Delacre; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 242 pp. g8/17 978-0-06-239214-5 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-239216-9 $9.99This collection opens with “The Attack,” an all-too-timely account of a young Latino man with a disability being mistreated by the police. The twelve tales are...
Walk with Meby Jairo Buitrago; illus. by Rafael Yockteng; trans. from the Spanish by Elisa AmadoPreschool, Primary Groundwood 32 pp.3/17 978-1-55498-857-0 $18.95e-book ed. 978-1-55498-858-7 $16.95The book opens with an image of a young girl and a huge lion standing on a grassy hill, with a...