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Baby Rattlesnake Bilingual, English, or Spanish only. Told by TeAta. Adapted by Lynn Moroney. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg. Published by Children's Book Press. Loveable but naughty Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he's ready for it, misuses it, gets in big trouble and learns his lesson. - A Chickasaw teaching tale. |
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Uncle Nacho's Hat Adapted by Harriet Rohmer. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg. Published by Children's Book Press. Uncle Nacho's hat no longer works. It's full of holes and falling apart. In this Nicaraguan folk tale about the difficulties of change, Uncle Nacho's niece Ambrosia helps him find a place for the old and the new. Bilingual in English and Spanish UNICEF Ezra Jack Keats Award Citation. |
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Where Fireflies Dance Writtten by Lucha Corpi. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg. Published by Children's Book Press Lucha Corpi tells a beautiful, lyrical, intriguing and funny story about her childhood in Jaltipan, a small tropical town in Mexico.Full of adventure, mystery, ghosts and revolutionaries. The story is most of all about the warmth and security of family love while finding your destiny. Bilingual in English and Spanish Texas Bluebonnet Masterlist Award |
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Just Like Home Written by Elizabeth Miller. Translated by Theresa Mawler. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg. Published by Albert Whitman and Co. When a young girl comes to the US with her family she notices all the things that are different and the things that are just like home. She misses her old life as she struggles to learn English, make new friends and find her place in the new country. Bilingual in English and Spanish |
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Leaving For America Written by Roslyn Bresnick-Perry. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg Published by Children's Book Press Roslyn Bresnick-Perry's true story of her life in a little town on the Russian Polish border shortly before the holocaust. Full of historical details it is a funny bitter-sweet story about immigration, roots and friendship. |
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Just Like Me: Stories and Pictures by Fourteen Artists Edited by Harriet Rohmer. Published by Children's Book Press This multiracial anthology of 14 artists explores why we are, or became, artists and how we work. In my 2 page spread I included many of the things I love as well as symbols that represent my essence and history: cactus, dolphins, the words "truth, love and beauty" written on my paintbrushes, a family portrait on the table, my cats Guido and Possum, a photo of my husband Guy and I in a heart-shaped pin flying across my fake leopard-print shirt. |
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Honoring Our Ancestors: Stories and Pictures by Fourteen Artists Edited by Harriet Rohmer Published by Children's Book Press This multiracial anthology of 14 artists takes a fascinating approach to honoring our ancestors and where we come from. Each artist has a totally different expression of connection with their history. In my story I write about spirit ancestors and blood ancestors. Those who came before and helped make me who I am today. My ancestral wall of wonderful relatives includes: my parents, grandparents, the Aborigine people, Albert Einstein, Frida Kahlo, Groucho Marx, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Marc Chagall and Holocaust Resistance fighter and poet Hannah Senesh. It was an honor to be in this book. |
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