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A boy and his monster from under the bed celebrate Navidad—Christmas—in It’s Navidad, El Cucuy!, a festive, bilingual picture book from Newbery Medal–winning author Donna Barba Higuera and illustrator Juliana Perdomo.

Ramón is a little boy who can’t wait for Navidad.

El Cucuy is the friendly monster who lives in Ramón’s bedroom. He’s not so sure that Christmas is for him. The lights are too bright, and the snowman is scary!

So if El Cucuy is hesitant to embrace the holiday cheer, then Ramón will have to bring the spirit of Navidad to him.

It's Navidad, El Cucuy!

For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel–or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don’t last long.
13 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them–descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations.
When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leando takes the fall. But his exile proves more than he ever imagined

Alebrijes

Había una vez . . .Una niña llamada Petra Peña que no quería otra 
cosa que ser cuentista, como su abuelita. Pero el mundo de Petra está 
llegando a su fin. La Tierra ha sido destruida por un cometa, y solo 
unos pocos científicos y sus hijos —entre ellos, Petra y su familia— han
 sido elegidos para viajar a un nuevo planeta. Son ellos quienes 
garantizarán la continuidad de la raza humana. Cientos de años después, 
Petra despierta en el nuevo planeta y descubre que es la única persona 
que recuerda a la Tierra. Un siniestro Colectivo ha tomado el mando de 
la nave durante el viaje, empeñado en borrar los pecados pasados de la 
humanidad. En forma sistemática, han purgado los recuerdos de quienes se
 habían embarcado… o directamente los han purgado. Solo Petra atesora 
las historias de nuestro pasado y, con ellas, las esperanzas para 
nuestro futuro. ¿Podrá devolverles la vida? Donna Barba Higuera, 
ganadora del Premio Pura Belpré, nos ofrece un viaje brillante al mismo
 corazón de eso que nos hace humanos.

La Última Cuentista

Ramón is a little boy who can’t sleep. He is nervous for his first day at a new school.And El Cucuy is the monster who lives in Ramón’s cactus pot. He can’t sleep, either.It turns out that El Cucuy is scared, too!This gentle, perceptive story explores the worries that can accompany moving to a new place and beginning a new journey—and reveals how comfort, bravery, and strength can be found through even the most unexpected of friendships.

El Cucuy is Scared, Too!

My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog.Don't you want to read a book that starts like that??Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues.She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy…like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much…like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons.Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide.Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square dancing fans will agree…

LUPE WONG WON'T DANCE

Lupe Wong quiere ser la primera lanzadora femenina en las Grandes Ligas.Durante toda su infancia, ha defendido causas. Algunas dignas.como la expansión de las opciones de raza en los exámenes escolares, para que sean más allá de unas pocas posibilidades. Y otras menos.como quejarse al canal BBC sobre la duración entre temporadas de Doctor Who.Lupe necesita un 100% como calificación en todas sus clases para conocer a su lanzador favorito, Fu Li Hernández, quien es Mexi-Chino cómo ella. ¿Qué pasa cuando la música country llega al gimnasio? Seguramente no va a quedarse con los brazos cruzados.

Lupe Wong No Baila

Había una vez . . .There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race.Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard – or purged them altogether.Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?

The Last Cuentista

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