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A Gift of Dust

Juana Martinez-Neal's debut picture book, Alma and How She Got Her Name, which she both wrote and illustrated, earned her a 2019 Caldecott Honor. In A Gift of Dust: How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet, she continues to explore shapes and textures, bringing the Saharan dust plume of Martha Brockenbrough's text...
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Review of The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy

The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy by Donna Barba Higuera; illus. by Juliana PerdomoPrimary, Intermediate    Amulet/Abrams    160 pp.8/25    9781419777424    $14.99e-book ed.  9798887074405    $13.49Higuera’s amusing new chapter book series is narrated by the puckish cucuy (boogeyman) from her picture books (El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!, rev. 7/21, and sequel)....

Review of Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru’s Famed Scientist and Potato Expert

Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru’s Famed Scientist and Potato Expert by Sara Andrea Fajardo; illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal Primary    Roaring Brook    40 pp. 3/25    9781250838612    $19.99 e-book ed.  9781250422866    $11.99 Spanish ed.  9781250905932    $19.99 In the Andes Mountains of Peru, Alberto Salas...

Review of Lola

Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti; illus. by Islenia Mil Intermediate    Knopf    256 pp. 9/24    9780593177006    $17.99 Library ed.  9780593177013    $20.99 e-book ed.  9780593177020    $10.99 Lola, ten, lives in Mexico City in a house built around the Tree. The Tree is full of life, and spirit-like beings called chaneques protect it....
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Review of Jasmine Is Haunted

Jasmine Is Haunted by Mark OshiroMiddle School    Starscape/Tor    256 pp.10/24    9781250337290    $18.99Paper ed.  9781250337313    $8.99e-book ed.  9781250337306    $11.99Ever since Papi died four years ago, a ghost haunts Jasmine Garza, but she’s not sure if it’s Papi’s or someone else’s. The ghost follows Jasmine as she moves from one apartment to...
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Review of Adela’s Mariachi Band

Adela’s Mariachi Band by Denise Vega; illus. by Erika Rodriguez MedinaPrimary    Charlesbridge    32 pp.8/24    9781623544447    $17.99e-book ed.  9781632893994    $9.99Spanish ed.  9781623544454    $17.99Adela loves mariachi music and her family’s mariachi band. Her relatives all participate, either playing an instrument or dancing—but not Adela. Her attempts to dance and to play la...
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Review of How to Eat a Mango

How to Eat a Mango by Paola Santos; illus. by Juliana PerdomoPrimary    Porter/Holiday    40 pp.7/24    9780823453887    $18.99Spanish ed.  9780823457984    $18.99Carmencita dislikes picking up rotten mangoes that have fallen from Abuelita’s tree. She also doesn’t like eating mangoes: they are sticky, and the strings get stuck between her teeth. But Abuelita...
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Review of Cruzita and the Mariacheros

Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley GranilloIntermediate, Middle School    Carolrhoda    248 pp.4/24    9798765608500    $19.99Cruzita Tayahua ends sixth grade with a D in Spanish, which is embarrassing considering her family’s Mexican roots. But being fluent in Spanish isn’t a priority for Cruz, who dreams of being an American pop music superstar....
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Review of Sing It like Celia

Sing It like Celia by Mónica MancillasIntermediate, Middle School    Penguin Workshop    240 pp.4/24    9780593659304    $17.99e-book ed.  9780593659311    $10.99The day Salva Sanchez’s mami didn’t come home, her life was turned upside down. Now she’s living out of a van in an RV campground with her investigative journalist papi. He’s on assignment...
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