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Children will enjoy learning about the Mexican gray wolves’ life and natural instincts. The non-fiction, bilingual book shows in beautiful pen and black ink drawings by Marian Weaver how a pack of young wolves lives and learns. From building a den, nursing the young pups, to finally fend for themselves.
| |  | | Dawn Till Dusk/De la aurora al crepúsculo
The main characters: Tom and Jorge travel through time to the medieval era, when “peasants struggled for daily survival,Lords ruled the land and magic helped to even the score.” Readers will learn real details of everyday life in the castle through sights, smells and sounds presented in the dialog and illustrations. The book, while incorporating delightful fantasy, gives reader’s minds clues for questions about future study as well.
| |  | | Grandma's Trunk/El baúl de Mamaíta
In Grandma’s Trunk / El Baúl de Mamaíta author María Luisa Retana offers an encouraging, comforting, and multi-cultural experience for children dealing with grief and renewal. Children will treasure this story about the special relationship between a grandmother and child and a wish fulfilled through a treasured keepsake. The beautiful full color illustrations by Pat Pollock Rhoads, are engaging to the reader, and reflect the warmth of this special relationship.
This title is a powerful and sweet book for those who has suffered the loss of a grandparent.
| |  | | Tanilí (An Afro-Cuban folktale)
Tanili is a magical story based on an Afrocuban folktale. It was told to the author by her grandmother when she was a child in Cuba. The tale tells of how Domitila and her grandson, Tanili, use the enchanting song of a lizard to summon the neighbors to assist in the harvest of their cotton. Even the rich but reluctant Antonio cannot resist the charming influence of the lizard’s song. The story is beautifully illustrated in full color by Mary Ann Hanson.
| |  | | The Afternoon Snack/La merienda
Have you ever visited the Island of Cuba? This story tells of an afternoon in the Colonial town of Sancti Spiritus. Here children enjoy friendship, laughter, and the sharing of their snacks. The illustrations in the story are created using computer enhanced hand drawn pictures. Readers will experience amazing eye popping illustrations that beautifully capture the life of children in Cuba.
| |  | | The Mystic Call/La llamada mística
Are you curious? Are you an explorer? Beware! In María Luisa Retana’s imaginative wilderness tale,The Mystic Call /La Llamada Mística, Spotty the fawn and his heedless young pals… a coatimundi, a javelina, a skunk, a coyote, and a mountain lion… are tempted to seek out unsuspected depths where danger lurks for the unwary. With the help of their newfound friends, the adventurous young animals narrowly escape disaster.
Steve Bovée’s glorious watercolor illustrations are a feast for the eyes, delighting young and old readers alike. Be careful where you go exploring!
| |  | | The Pig That is Not a Pig/El cerdo que no es cerdo
The Pig That Is Not a Pig/El cerdo que no es cerdo is an accurate story about the life of the wild javelina. The information that children can gather about the life and ways of these javelinas, both as adults and young piglings, is interesting and factual…and, the pen and ink illustrations by Marian Weaver are delightful. Young readers will enjoy searching the pages for other desert critters and delight in the night scenes where javelinas scare domestic animals.
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