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Twenty-two Cents
Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank
By Paula Yoo, Jamel Akib
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Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank
By Paula Yoo, Jamel Akib
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A biography of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending.

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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
A biography of African American jazz virtuoso Melba Doretta Liston, a pioneering twentieth-century trombone player, composer, and music arranger at a time when few women, of any race, played brass instruments and were part of the jazz scene.

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Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas
By Juan Felipe Herrera, Elly Simmons
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Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas
By Juan Felipe Herrera, Elly Simmons
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Bilingual English/Spanish. Calling the Doves is Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera's story of his migrant farmworker childhood.

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This Land is My Land
By George Littlechild
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This Land is My Land
By George Littlechild
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Through his own words and paintings, acclaimed Native artist George Littlechild takes us back in time to the first meeting between his Plains Cree ancestors and the first European settlers in North America.

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Buffalo Song
By Joseph Bruchac, Bill Farnsworth
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Buffalo Song
By Joseph Bruchac, Bill Farnsworth
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The story of Salish Indian Walking Coyote and his efforts to save the vanishing buffalo herds from extinction in the United States during the 1870s and 1880s.

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Conquistador of the Useless
By Joshua Isard
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Conquistador of the Useless
By Joshua Isard
Sex is fun, but a baby? Why climb a mountain? What's your favorite band? A Grunge Generation novel of answers.

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Family Pictures / Cuadros de familia
By Carmen Lomas Garza, Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora
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Family Pictures / Cuadros de familia
By Carmen Lomas Garza, Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora
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Bilingual English/Spanish. In this Pura Belpré Honor-winning book, Carmen Lomas Garza tells the story of her childhood growing up in Kingsville, TX.

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The Upside Down Boy / El niño de cabeza
By Juan Felipe Herrera, Elizabeth Gomez
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The Upside Down Boy / El niño de cabeza
By Juan Felipe Herrera, Elizabeth Gomez
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Bilingual English/Spanish. The Upside Down Boy is award-winning poet Juan Felipe Herrera's engaging memoir of the year his migrant family settled down so that he could go to school for the first time.

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The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
By Lucia Gonzalez, Lulu Delacre
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The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
By Lucia Gonzalez, Lulu Delacre
Bilingual English/Spanish. A bilingual biography of Pura Belpré, New York City's first Latina librarian.

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In My Family / En mi familia
By Carmen Lomas Garza
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In My Family / En mi familia
By Carmen Lomas Garza
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Bilingual English/Spanish. In My Family/En mi familia is Carmen Lomas Garza's second book of family pictures, a continuing tribute to the loving family and community that shaped her childhood-and her life.

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My Diary from Here to There / Mi diario de aqui hasta allá
By Amada Irma Perez, Maya Gonzalez
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My Diary from Here to There / Mi diario de aqui hasta allá
By Amada Irma Perez, Maya Gonzalez
Bilingual English/Spanish. One night, young Amada overhears her parents whisper of moving from Mexico to the other side of the border- to Los Angeles, where greater opportunity awaits.

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From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems
Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano
By Francisco X. Alarcón, Maya Gonzalez
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From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems
Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano
By Francisco X. Alarcón, Maya Gonzalez
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Bilingual English/Spanish. From the Bellybutton of the Moon is renowned poet Francisco X. Alarcón's collection of 22 poems inspired by his touching recollections of childhood summers in Mexico.

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My Very Own Room / Mi propio cuartito
By Amada Irma Perez, Maya Gonzalez
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My Very Own Room / Mi propio cuartito
By Amada Irma Perez, Maya Gonzalez
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Bilingual English/Spanish. Five brothers, two parents, and a house full of visiting relatives make a young Mexican American girl feel crowded.

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Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems
Jitomates Risueños y otros poemas de primavera
By Francisco X. Alarcón, Maya Gonzalez
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Jitomates Risueños y otros poemas de primavera
By Francisco X. Alarcón, Maya Gonzalez
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Bilingual English/Spanish. From the imagination of poet Francisco X. Alarcón comes Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems, a playful and moving collection of twenty poems in English and Spanish.

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Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems
Los Ángeles Andan en Bicicleta y otros poemas del otoño
By Francisco X. Alarcón, Maya Gonzalez
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Los Ángeles Andan en Bicicleta y otros poemas del otoño
By Francisco X. Alarcón, Maya Gonzalez
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Following the success of their award-winning book of spring poems, Laughing Tomatoes, and their acclaimed collection of summer poems, From the Bellybutton of the Moon, poet Francisco Alarcón and artist Maya Christina Gonzalez invite us to experience fall in Los Angeles-the City of Angels-where dreams can come true.

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A Movie in My Pillow / Una película en mi almohada
By Jorge Argueta, Elizabeth Gomez
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A Movie in My Pillow / Una película en mi almohada
By Jorge Argueta, Elizabeth Gomez
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Bilingual English/Spanish. Young Jorgito has come to live in the Mission District of San Francisco, but he hasn't forgotten the unique beauty of El Salvador.

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Going Back Home
An Artist Returns to the South
By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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An Artist Returns to the South
By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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More than half a century after her family moved North to find a better life, artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and experience the land where her ancestors lived, struggled, and thrived.

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Honoring Our Ancestors
By Harriet Rohmer
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Honoring Our Ancestors
By Harriet Rohmer
Through stories, art, and photographs, Honoring Our Ancestors will inspire children and their families to gain strength from the past as they ask themselves, "Who do I honor?"

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Just Like Me
By Harriet Rohmer, Fourteen Artists
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By Harriet Rohmer, Fourteen Artists
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Through stories, paintings, and childhood photographs, these fourteen artists open their hearts and invite us to enter into their worlds. With honesty and encouragement, they offer hope for aspiring young people who dream of becoming artists- just like them.

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Magic Windows / Ventanas mágicas
By Carmen Lomas Garza
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Magic Windows / Ventanas mágicas
By Carmen Lomas Garza
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Bilingual English/Spanish. Through the magic windows of her cut-paper art, Carmen shows us her family, her life as an artist, and the legends of her Aztec past.

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