My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Title | My Papi Has a Motorcycle PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Quintero |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2019-05-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 052555341X |
A celebration of the love between a father and daughter, and of a vibrant immigrant neighborhood, by an award-winning author and illustrator duo. When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. With vivid illustrations and text bursting with heart, My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girl's love letter to her hardworking dad and to memories of home that we hold close in the midst of change.
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Title | Gabi, a Girl in Pieces PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Quintero |
Publisher | Cinco Puntos Press |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2014-10-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1935955942 |
Gabi’s a girl in pieces. She wants a lot of things. Will she find the thing she needs most?
Building Our House
Title | Building Our House PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Bean |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2013-01-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0374380236 |
A family of four builds a house, back, away from the road, down a dirt lane, in the middle of an old, weedy field.
My Friend Has Autism [Readers World]
Title | My Friend Has Autism [Readers World] PDF eBook |
Author | Amanda Doering Tourville |
Publisher | Capstone |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 2010-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1404867023 |
My friend Zack has a disability called autism. But that doesn't matter to us. We talk about airplanes, build models, and enjoy hanging out at each other's house. I'm glad Zack is my friend!
Photographic
Title | Photographic PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Quintero |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 99 |
Release | 2021-12-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1606068148 |
This young adult graphic biography follows the life of one of Mexico’s greatest living photographers, Graciela Iturbide, as she makes her way from Mexico City to the Sonoran Desert, Los Angeles, India, and beyond. The kaleidoscopic narrative offers deep insight into the path of a young photographer from an early tragedy to great fame. Renowned Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide was born in Mexico City in 1942, the oldest of thirteen children. When tragedy strikes Graciela as a young mother, she turns to photography for solace and understanding. From then on Graciela embarks on a photographic journey that takes her throughout her native Mexico, from the Sonora Desert to Juchitán to Frida Kahlo’s bathroom, and then to the United States, India, and beyond. Photographic is a symbolic, poetic, and deeply personal graphic biography of this iconic photographer. Graciela’s journey will excite young adults and budding photographers, who will be inspired by her resolve, talent, and curiosity. Ages twelve and up
Mario and the Hole in the Sky
Title | Mario and the Hole in the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Rusch |
Publisher | Charlesbridge Publishing |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2019-11-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1632898578 |
The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster. Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were tearing a hole in the earth's protective ozone layer. Mario knew the world had to be warned--and quickly. Today Mario is a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming.
A Man to Call My Own
Title | A Man to Call My Own PDF eBook |
Author | Johanna Lindsey |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2004-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0743456351 |
Charismatic twins Amanda and Marlan Laton, sent to live with their aunt on a sprawling 1870s Texas ranch, find themselves competing for the love of cowboy neighbor Chad Kinkaid.