Search results for ""Author Gloria Félix""

Next stop, Guatemala! Lola is excited to go to Guatemala with Abuelita for a few weeks to learn about her heritage and see her relatives. But when she arrives, things don’t go as planned. Lola’s Spanish isn’t as good as she thought, and she feels out of place. To make things worse, her cousin Luis thinks Lola is a snob. Will Lola find her place and enjoy her new adventures or be stuck feeling homesick?

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Oh no, seven years of bad luck! When Lola cracks a mirror that Abuelita gave her, she isn’t worried... at first. After all, superstitions aren’t real. Or are they? When one unlucky thing after another happens, Lola slowly becomes convinced she’s cursed. Will the seven-year superstition come true, or can Lola turn her bad luck around before it’s too late?

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Abuelita can't visit Lola for her birthday, so she sends her tickets to see Swan Lake. Lola loves the show so much that she decides she wants to be a ballerina. But ballet is not as easy as it seems. When Lola’s instructor announces they’ll be dancing Swan Lake for their recital, Lola is excited... until she learns her role. Rather than a graceful swan, she’ll be a background chicken! Lola must learn she can still be an important part of the show, as long as she’s comfortable in her own feathers.

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It’s a big week for Azaleah Lane. The head teacher, Ms Li, is choosing a student to be the STEM lab monitor, and Azaleah’s name is the one picked! But the week doesn’t go quite as planned. First Azaleah gets paired up with a bossy classmate for a group project. Then the STEM lab guinea pig goes missing - on Azaleah’s watch! Can she use her scientific thinking and detective skills to get to the bottom of things before it’s too late? Or will Azaleah Lane go down as the worst STEM lab monitor ever?

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When Lola is accepted into a new school, Mama thinks it’s an “excellent opportunity”. Lola isn’t so sure, especially since it means changing schools in the middle of the school year! She’ll have to say goodbye to her old school and her old friends. Abuelita tries to convince Lola that she can conquer anything, but can Lola handle a new school and a bully all on her own?

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As the topic of immigration continues to dominate headlines, it becomes more important to educate young readers on the history of other cultures, specifically the incredible contributions made by Latinos in America. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will open a permanent exhibit on influential Latinos in 2021. Charged with the task of telling the long, complicated relationship of Latinos in the U.S.--a relationship so long, it predates the country--the gallery offers an opportunity to reflect on the stories and experiences of Latinas and Latinos throughout the U.S. today. Nuestra America highlights the incredible contributions of the following:Sylvia AcevedoLuis AlvarezPura BelpreMartha E. BernalJulia de BurgosCesar ChavezSandra CisnerosRoberto ClementeCelia CruzOlga E. CustodioOscar de la RentaJaima EscalanteMarcario GarciaEmma GonzalezLaurie HernandezJuan Felipe HerreraDolores HuertaJennifer LopezXiuhtezcatl MartinezSylvia MendezLin-Manuel MirandaC. David MolinaRita MorenoEllen OchoaJorge RamosSylvia RiveraMaria Elena SalinasSonia SotomayorDara TorresRoberto Unanue

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Also available in an English edition, Something Happened to My Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation.A Carmen le encanta hacer trucos de magia con su Papi. Él puede hacer volar los sarapes. ¡Él puede hacer desaparecer los conejos! Pero un día, su Papi desaparece. Ella se siente triste y asustada cuando se entera que él ha sido detenido porque es un inmigrante indocumentado de México. Inicialmente, la familia de Carmen mantiene en secreto la detención de Papi, por miedo a ser juzgados negativamente. A medida que los demás se dan cuenta de la situación, la comunidad de Carmen se une en apoyo a su familia. Carmen aprende que, a través de la comunidad y el amor, puede encontrar fuerza dentro de sí misma y mantener su conexión con Papi no importa lo que pase.

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Mum and Dad are heading out of town, which means Azaleah and her sisters get to spend the weekend at Auntie Sam's. The girls can't wait for their special weekend! Azaleah even decides to bake cookies to surprise her parents when they return. After all, as Mum says, "Cooking for someone is like giving them a gift." But the cookies are a disaster! Azaleah is stumped. She's sure she did everything right. Can Azaleah get to the bottom of the cookie catastrophe before Mum and Dad get back?

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Azaleah's big sister, Nia, has been cast as Willa Wonka in the school musical, and the entire Lane family is looking forward to the show. Azaleah has even helped plan a surprise dinner party for Nia at Avec Amour, Mummy's restaurant. But then the real drama starts. At the first rehearsal, all sorts of things go wrong: missing batteries, sets falling over, props misplaced . . . It's so many things, in fact, that Azaleah suspects "foul play". And when the special effects on Nia's costume don't work at dress rehearsal, Nia is a nervous wreck. To top it all off, the high school journalism class is covering the performance for the school blog, and the director doesn't have time to replace Nia's costume. Nia has to wear it without the special effects. Azaleah becomes determined to make sure the musical isn't ruined for Nia. Azaleah has to get to the bottom of the mysterious rehearsal troubles, and finish party preparations, before the curtain goes up.

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In this realistic and empowering tale, Carmen learns that through community and love, she can find strength in herself and maintain her connection with her Papi, who has been detained because of his immigration status. Also available in a Spanish edition, Algo Le Pasó A Mi Papá: Una Historia Sobre Inmigración y la Separación Familiar ISBN 9781433839504. Carmen loves doing magic with her Papi. He can make sarapes fly. He can make rabbits vanish! But one day, her Papi vanishes. She is sad and scared when she learns he has been detained because he is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. At first, Carmen’s family keeps Papi’s detention a secret, fearing that they might be judged negatively. As Carmen's community becomes aware of their situation, they rally around her family with love. Carmen learns she can find strength in herself and maintain her connection with Papi, no matter what happens. ​The Something Happened books present and explain sensitive and important events happening in communities across the United States and around the world. Told in clear, compelling stories, the books come with the authority of psychological expertise from the American Psychological Association. They include Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story of Racial Injustice, which is a New York Times and #1 IndieBound bestseller, and one of ALA's most banned books; Something Happened in Our Park: Standing Together After Gun Violence, which was nominated for The Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice; and Something Happened to My Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation. 2023 CBC and NCSS Notable Social Studies List

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