Search results for ""Author Lulu Delacre""

Luci was born without a shadow. Mama says no one notices. But Luci does. And sometimes others do too. Sometimes they stare, sometimes they tease Luci, and sometimes they make her cry. But when Luci learns to look at what makes her different as a strength, she realises she has more power than she ever thought. And that her differences can even be a superpower.

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From a New York Times bestselling and Pura Belpré Honor–winning creator comes a heartwarming picture book celebrating essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic that’s also a lively, bilingual game of Veo, Veo (I Spy).Marisol’s mami is the best cook at Rosita’s Cafe! But now, the restaurant is closed. A bad virus—too easy to catch in small, crowded places—is going around. Marisol, Pepito, and Mami still need to go out to bring Mami’s arroz con pollo to housebound Tía Olga and Cousin Johnny. As Marisol and Pepito watch the people working around the neighborhood, who their mother explains have essential work, Marisol thinks of the perfect game to play: Veo, veo… ¿Qué ves, Marisol? I spy…a trash collector. Essential work. Those bins were full! By the time they get home, Marisol has another idea: a way to show the people in her neighborhood that she sees them!

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In this book, you will meet...A young girl whose day at her father’s burrito truck surprises her;Two sisters working together to change the older sister’s immigration status;The passionate announcer of a pick-up soccer game, with neighborhood kids versus “techies”;A Texan boy working to overcome the judgments formed by his father’s Border Patrol job and his grandfather’s prejudices;...and many more young Latinos living in the United States. Turn the pages to experience life through the eyes of these boys and girls whose families originally hail from many different countries; see their hardships, celebrate their victories, and come away with a better understanding of what it means to be Latino in the U.S. today.

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