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¡Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
By Jonah Winter
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In this fascinating and colorfully written collection of profiles, author/illustrator Jonah Winter gives us a guide to Latino heroes, including little known pioneers of the sport.

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¡Béisbol! Pioneros y leyendas del béisbol Latino
By Jonah Winter
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¡Béisbol! Pioneros y leyendas del béisbol Latino
By Jonah Winter
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In Spanish. Learn about fourteen legendary Latino baseball players in this fascinating and colorfully written collection.

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¡Celebremos Juneteenth!
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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¡Celebremos Juneteenth!
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

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¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!
Janitor Strike in L.A.
By Diana Cohn, Francisco Delgado, Luis J. Rodriguez
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Janitor Strike in L.A.
By Diana Cohn, Francisco Delgado, Luis J. Rodriguez
When the janitors' union strikes for better wages, Carlitos discovers a way to help his mother in this powerful bilingual picture book.

Cuando el sindicato de conserjes organiza una huelga para exigir mejores salarios, Carlitos descubre una manera en que le puede ayudar a su madre en este poderoso libro ilustrado bilingüe.

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A House by the River
By William Miller, Ying-Hwa Hu, Cornelius Van Wright
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A House by the River
By William Miller, Ying-Hwa Hu, Cornelius Van Wright
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A young girl learns her rickety, old house by the river is stronger than the fiercest storm because it is fortified by love and family.

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A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
By Amy Lee-Tai, Felicia Hoshino
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A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
By Amy Lee-Tai, Felicia Hoshino
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Bilingual English/Japanese. A young girl finds things to be joyful about in the Topaz Internment Camp.

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A Shelter in Our Car
By Monica Gunning, Elaine Pedlar
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A Shelter in Our Car
By Monica Gunning, Elaine Pedlar
Zettie and her Mama left their warm and comfortable home in Jamaica for an uncertain life in the United Sates, and they are forced to live in Mama's car.

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A Song for Cambodia
By Michelle Lord, Shino Arihara
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A Song for Cambodia
By Michelle Lord, Shino Arihara
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The true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian American musician and human rights activist, who as a young boy survived Khmer Rouge work camps by learning to play a musical instrument.

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A Special Goodbye (Confetti Kids #12)
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By Samantha Thornhill, Shirley Ng-Benitez
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By Samantha Thornhill, Shirley Ng-Benitez
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In this book in the popular Confetti Kids series, Mei learns how to cope with the closing of her parents' flower shop with the help of her best friends.

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A Two-Placed Heart
By Doan Phuong Nguyen
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By Doan Phuong Nguyen
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Afraid her sister (and maybe even herself) could lose sight of their Vietnamese identity, twelve-year-old Bom writes a poetic memoir to help them both remember--a love letter in verse to sisterhood and the places we leave behind.

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Aani and the Tree Huggers
By Jeannine Atkins, Venantius Pinto
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Aani and the Tree Huggers
By Jeannine Atkins, Venantius Pinto
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A village girl in India inspires the women around her to save their beloved forest.

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Abuela's Weave
By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
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Abuela's Weave
By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
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This touching story of personal growth and family pride is illustrated with authentic Guatemalan scenery that gives life to the country's radiant landscape and bustling city streets.

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Ahimsa
By Supriya Kelkar
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Ahimsa
By Supriya Kelkar
In this historical middle-grade novel, Gandhi asks for one member of each family to join the fight for independence from the British, and when Anjali's mother is jailed for doing so, Anjali must step out of her comfort zone to take over her mother's work.

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Al fin en casa / Home at Last
By Susan Middleton Elya, Felipe Davalos
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Al fin en casa / Home at Last
By Susan Middleton Elya, Felipe Davalos
A sympathetic tale of a mother-daughter bond and overcoming adversity, brought to life by the vivid illustrations of Felipe Davalos.

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Alicia and the Hurricane / Alicia y el huracán
A Story of Puerto Rico / Un cuento de Puerto Rico
By Lesléa Newman, Elizabeth Erazo Baez, Georgina Lazaro
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A Story of Puerto Rico / Un cuento de Puerto Rico
By Lesléa Newman, Elizabeth Erazo Baez, Georgina Lazaro
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Bestselling author Lesléa Newman offers a tender and timely story of a Puerto Rican child facing a hurricane and her concern for the beloved coquíes of her home island.

La autora de bestsellers Lesléa Newman ofrece un tierno y oportuno cuento de una niña puertorriqueña que enfrenta un huracán y su preocupación por los amados coquíes de su isla natal.

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All the Stars Denied
By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
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All the Stars Denied
By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
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In a companion novel to her critically acclaimed Shame the Stars, Pura Belpré Award Winner Guadalupe García McCall tackles the hidden history of the United States and its first mass deportation that swept up hundreds of thousands of Mexican American citizens during the Great Depression.

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Allie's Basketball Dream
By Barbara Barber, Darryl Ligasan
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Allie's Basketball Dream
By Barbara Barber, Darryl Ligasan
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Allie's story of self-determination is one that young athletes, both boys and girls, will recognize. Perfect for anyone who has experienced the ups and downs of practicing and playing hard, Allie's Basketball Dream is a spirited tribute to perseverance.

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Amazing Faces
By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Chris Soentpiet
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Amazing Faces
By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Chris Soentpiet
An anthology of universal poems focusing on the human experience--emotions, perceptions, and understandings--as expressed by poets of diverse heritage and reflected in illustrations featuring people of all ages and backgrounds.

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Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
By Hilda Burgos
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Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
By Hilda Burgos
The Penderwicks meets In the Heights in this sparkling middle-grade debut about a young Dominican American girl in New York City.

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Angel's Kite / La estrella de Angel
By Alberto Blanco, Rodolfo Morales
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Angel's Kite / La estrella de Angel
By Alberto Blanco, Rodolfo Morales
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By award-winning Mexican author Alberto Blanco, comes the story of how a young kite maker mysteriously brings back the missing church bell to his beloved town.

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