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Engle, Margarita
A lyrical and unifying picture book that "will inspire young readers" and "magnificently showcases the immigrant experience" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) in America from Newbery Honoree Margarita Engle and award-winning illustrator Raúl Colón. Discover the myriad...
Item No. 9781534457270
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Alvarez, Julia
Autographed by Raúl Colón Already a Butterfly is a gentle picture book tale about self-soothing practices and self-confidence beliefs. With so much to do in so little time, Mari is constantly on the move, flitting from flower to flower, practicing her camouflage poses, and planning for migration. She's...
Item No. 9781627799324
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Michelson, Richard
Autographed by Raúl Colón MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel. Their names stand for the quest for justice and equality.Martin grew up in a loving family in the American South, at a time when this country was plagued by racial discrimination. He aimed to put a stop to it. He became a minister like his daddy,...
Item No. 9780385753876
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Borden, Louise
Autographed by Raúl Colón The ultimate celebration of an all-American sport, this picture book captures the joy and the history of baseball--and knocks it out of the park! Don't wait for Opening Day to start your baseball season! Crack open Baseball Is... and revel in the fun of this all-American game!...
Item No. 9781416955023
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Mora, Pat
Autographed by Raúl Colón Original Art Show, Society of Illustrators An inspiring collection of Pat Mora's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, and singing. Whether we are collecting words, reading favorite books in the...
Item No. 9781620142868
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Shelton, Paula Young
Autographed by Raúl Colón In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child's unique perspective to an important chapter in America's history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks...
Item No. 9780385376068
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Cline-Ransome, Lesa
"A detail-rich picture book." --Kirkus Reviews "Straightforward and inviting." --School Library Journal From award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome and acclaimed illustrator Raúl Colón comes the sensitive, informative, and inspiring picture book biography...
Item No. 9781534404755
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Mora, Pat
Doña Flor is a giant lady who lives in a tiny village in the American Southwest. Popular with her neighbors, she lets the children use her flowers as trumpets and her leftover tortillas as rafts. Flor loves to read, too, and she can often be found reading aloud to the children. One...
Item No. 9780375861444
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Colón, Raúl
"A wordless picture book celebrates the power of art and imagination." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Young artists will love this book, as will all children who know the joy of exploring their own imaginations." --School Library Journal (starred review)...
Item No. 9781442494923
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Colon, Edie
"Lush, evocative." --School Library Journal "Raul Colón's art...has a sweetness that's sometimes tinged with anxiety, sometimes with hope. A fine addition to books about the immigrant experience." --Booklist "This gentle look back at an important time will...
Item No. 9781442406742
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Winter, Jonah
Autographed by Raúl Colón In this beautiful and empowering picture-book biography of presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Times bestselling author Winter and award-winning illustrator Colón illuminate her distinguished life and career. This stunning project follows Clinton from her early years as...
Item No. 9780553533880
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Colón, Raúl
An ALA Notable Book A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids A Bookpage Best Book "This fine book provides not only exposure to art...but also an example of a boy--a boy of color, a boy in America--with a passion for fine art." --The New York Times...
Item No. 9781481462730
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Reich, Susanna
José! Born to Dance tells the story of a boy born in a small Mexican village who became one of the greatest dancers of all time--José Limón. José was a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908, he came into the world kicking...
Item No. 9780689865763
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Schubert, Leda
Autographed by Raúl Colón Listen. There was nobody like Pete Seeger. Wherever he went, he got people singing. With his head thrown back and his Adam's apple bouncing, picking his long-necked banjo or strumming his twelve-string guitar, Pete sang old songs, new songs, new...
Item No. 9781626722507
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Burleigh, Robert
Henrietta Levitt was the first person to discover the scientific importance of a star's brightness--so why has no one heard of her? Learn all about a female pioneer of astronomy in this picture book biography. Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born on July 4, 1868, and she changed the...
Item No. 9781416958192
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Engle, Margarita
Autographed by Raúl Colón Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by imagining the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight. This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first...
Item No. 9781561458561
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Brown, Monica
Autographed by Raúl Colón This picture-book biography of Gabriel Garcia Mrquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude) traces the Nobel Prize-winning novelists life from his childhood in Colombia to today, using the imagery from his eclectic novels. Full color.
Item No. 9780873589345
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Posada, Jorge
Autographed by Raúl Colón Based on the childhood of New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, this is the story of a boy from Puerto Rico who grew up to be a champion. Jorge loved the feel of the ball in his glove, the bat in his hand, and the game of baseball. Day and night he would play with his sister, his father...
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An 11" x 14" print featuring artwork by Ra...
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Winter, Jonah
A moving, exquisitely illustrated picture book biography of Roberto Clemente, legendary Latino baseball player, pioneer, and humanitarian. On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and...
Item No. 9781416950820
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Burleigh, Robert
Autographed by Raúl Colón "A finely told, beautifully illustrated biography that saves a world class scientist from obscurity." --School Library Journal, starred review "An ideal introduction to a lesser-known scientist and an important understanding about how the Earth works."--...
Item No. 9781481416009
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Mora, Pat
A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team Tomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful...
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