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1) Reflections
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
©1987
Language
English
Description
Chronicles a child's busy day by the sea, in a forest, and then home with the hope of going to a carnival or concert. The illustrations change when the book is turned upside down.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Ten-year-old Jimena loves El Salvador but when gangs threaten to force her to join, she and her mother immigrate to the United States, but are separated at the border.
"Ten-year-old Jimena Pérez loves life with her parents in El Salvador. They sell fruit at the market, just like her grandmother and great grandmother did. "Fruits / are a blessing / like you, Jimena," her mother tells her. But one day a group of boys threaten her friend Rosenda at...
Author
Series
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Linked graphic novels that guide the reader (and a bespectacled Everyman) through landscapes built out of both the everyday and the nightmarish. Jam-packed superhighways, plummeting horses, vast urban wastelands, colossal businessmen, demented cartoon animals, and interstellar oranges are just a small part of Vaughn-James's prophetic vision of society's turn away from the natural world to the artificial.
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books, Capstone
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Every battle has two sides, and the D-Day Invasion during World War II is no different. Experience the event from perspective of the Allies, and then read the perspective of the Germans. A deeper understanding of the battle from both sides will give readers a clearer view of this historic event." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love-self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural-is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the invisible forces of gender, capitalism, religion, migration, and so on. Written in English and combined with a Spanish translation by poet David Ruano, Promises of Gold explores many forms of love and how "a promise made isn't always a promise kept," as Olivarez grapples with the contradictions...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"'When my family emigrated it felt as if we'd been stood on our heads.' Michelle de Kretser's electrifying book turns the novel upside down, just as migrating has upended her characters' lives. Lyle works for a sinister government department in near-future Australia. An Asian migrant, he fears repatriation and embraces 'Australian values.' He's also preoccupied by his ambitious wife, his wayward children, and his strong-minded elderly mother. Islam...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Elena quiere montar en bici. Empieza a montar, empieza a rodar. Ella se mece y se bambolea...¡CATAPLAM! Elena, aprender a montar en bici es difícil. Pero tú puedes lograrlo. ¡Inténtalo, inténtalo de nuevo!
Elena wants to ride her bike. She steadies, she readies. She wobbles, she bobbles . . . KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. She just has to try, try again.
17) A cat's day
Author
Publisher
Capstone Global Library, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In the first half of this playful flip book, readers follow Lucy the Cat on her wild day through town. To read about Lucy's owner's perspective of the same day, flip the book over and start reading from the back!"--
18) The kiss
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this flip-book, both a tiger and a crocodile are looking for a goodnight kiss. The other animals are not forthcoming. Will they ever get a kiss?
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An enchanting story about a writer remembering her short time in Paris and her reflections on friendships, relationships, and her younger self in a beautiful dual-language edition. Paris has long been romanticized as the city of light. A city with a vibrant literary and artistic expatriate community. Corina--nicknamed Puffina--is a young writer hoping to find that idealized community, but when her money runs out sooner than expected, she finds a...
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
Español
Description
Un libro ideal para hablar con los pequeños sobre el Coronavirus. Un dragón con patas flacuchas y aires de grandeza, con corona y todo, tiene atemorizado al mundo por su terrible virulencia. A sus víctimas deja casi sin aliento, y el número de casos va en aumento. Pero un joven caballero con lanza, caballo y yelmo de acero está dispuesto a hacerle frente para impresionar a una audaz princesa de armas tomar, aunque para ello tenga que dar la vuelta...
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