Résultats de recherche de titre
Articles 1 à 20 sur 42
America is in the heart: a personal history (Classics of Asian American Literature)
Par Carlos Bulosan. 2014
Memoir by Filipino poet reflecting on his life in the Philippines and America. Describes the poverty his family faced and…
the loss of family members through sickness and other events. Examines the experience of immigrants to America who are made to feel as if they are criminals. Some violence. 1946Turning pages: my life story
Par Lulu Delacre, Sonia Sotomayor. 2018
The first Latina Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor, recalls the formative influence of books in her life. She explores how…
her love of literature provided her with the inspiration to realize her dreams. For grades 2-4. 2018Bravo!: poems about amazing Hispanics
Par Margarita Engle, illustrations by Rafael Lopez. 2017
Marching to the mountaintop: how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours
Par Ann Bausum, National Geographic Kids. 2012
Recounts the 1968 sanitation worker's strike in Memphis, Tennessee, that was sparked by low wages, unsafe working conditions, and a…
racially charged climate. Discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s involvement with the movement and his assassination. For grades 6-9. 2012A spotlight for Harry (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Par Eric A. Kimmel, Jim Madsen. 2009
Story based on childhood events of Harry Houdini (1874-1926), who became a famous magician and escape artist. Describes Harry and…
his brother Dash learning to walk a tightrope after going to the circus with their family for the first time. For grades 2-4. 2009Maz, you're up!
Par Kelly Mazeroski, Judith Lauso. 2010
Maz, You're Up! is a children's book commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1960 World Series. Kelly Mazeroski, Bill Mazeroski's…
daughter-in-law, was inspired to write the book after the birth of her first son. 2010. For grades 4-7The Michigan reader for boys and girls: For Boys and Girls (Readers Ser.)
Par Kathy-Jo Wargin, K. L. Darnell. 2001
Piano starts here: the young Art Tatum
Par Robert Andrew Parker, Robert A. Parker. 2008
Taking hold: from migrant childhood to Columbia University
Par Francisco Jiménez. 2015
Jiménez came to California with his emigrant Mexican family, and worked for many years in the fields alongside them. Here,…
he recounts his life from when he arrives in NY City to begin graduate work at Columbia University in the late 1960s. It was a turbulent, political time, and he missed his girlfriend and family in California. Eventually he became a professor at Santa Clara University in 1973Lighthead: Poems (Penguin poets)
Par Terrance Hayes. 2010
The fourth collection by the author portrays the light-headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Hayes…
navigates melancholy, irreverence, and the sublime, and cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. Award winner. Strong language, some violence, some descriptions of sex. 2010A child's Christmas in New England
Par Robert Sullivan, Glenn Wolff. 2013
A father shares his Christmas memories with his daughter in this wry and snow-filled picture book about growing up in…
small town Massachusetts in the late 1950's and early 1960's. For grades 2-4Beowulf
Par Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman. 2006
A retelling in prose of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the great warrior Beowulf's heroic efforts to save the people of…
Heorot Hall from several terrifying monsters, including Grendel; Grendel's mother, an old sea-hag; and the death-dragon of the deep. For grades 6-9. 2006Lord of the fries and other stories: And Other Stories
Par Tim Wynne-Jones, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff. 1999
Seven short stories about active imaginations and making choices. In the title piece, two girls find themselves in a dilemma…
after pretending they know a tragic story about the cook at their favorite burger place. For grades 5-8. 1999The tall Mexican: the life of Hank Aguirre, all-star pitcher, businessman, humanitarian
Par Robert E Copley, Robert E. Copley. 1998
Authorized biography of the Detroit Tigers' all-star pitcher. Recalls Aguirre's childhood in a large Mexican-American family in California and how,…
after his baseball career ended, he founded Mexican Industries in Detroit in order to help other Hispanics succeed. For junior and senior high readers. 1998Black, blue & gray: African Americans in the Civil War
Par James Haskins, Jim Haskins. 1998
Examines the gradual acceptance of African American soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Includes excerpts…
from letters, documented accounts, and government transcripts. The last chapter describes how historians for many years ignored the role of African American troops in the war. For grades 5-8Béisbol: pioneros y leyendas del béisbol latino
Par Jonah Winter. 2002
Brief sketches of fourteen Latin American baseball players from 1900 to 1960, who pioneered the sport in their own countries…
and in the United States. Includes profiles of José Méndez, Luis Tiant, Bobby Ávila, Minnie Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, Juan Marichal, and Felipe Alou. For grades 4-7. Spanish language. 2002Senderos frontierizos: continuación de Cajas de cartón
Par Francisco Jiménez. 2002
Fourteen-year-old Francisco describes his family's migrant-worker problems in southern California, their deportation to Mexico, and their legal reentry into the…
United States. He discusses his desire for education in the face of hardships and prejudice. Sequel to Cajas de Cartón (DB 54979). For grades 5-8. Spanish language. 2001Trece sentidos: una memoria
Par Victor Villaseñor, Victor Villasenor. 2001
Abriendo con las bodas de oro de Lupe y Salvador, la familia Villaseñor vive con la pobreza, volencia y perjuicios…
de la gran Depresión en el sur de California. La familia se sostiene con amor, humor y alegría de vivir. Sigue a Lluvia de Oro (RC 50714). Contiene descripciones de índole sexual, de violencia y lenguaje injuriosoAmerican dragons: twenty-five Asian American voices
Par Laurence Yep. 1993
An anthology of twenty-five stories, poems, and essays by Asian Americans that enlighten, probe, and examine the experiences and emotions…
of young people with roots in Japan, China, India, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Selections are set in the past, present, and future, and most raise questions about identity and about preserving or rejecting the values of ancestors. For junior and senior high readersExtraordinary Hispanic Americans (Extraordinary People Ser.)
Par Susan Sinnott. 1991
Outlines the lives of Hispanics who figure prominently in United States history. The book is divided into five parts titled…
"An Age of Exploration," "Early Hispanic America," "America from Sea to Sea," "The Twentieth Century," and "Looking toward the Twenty-first Century." Included are profiles of Hernando de Soto, Diego de Vargas, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, Desi Arnaz, Rita Moreno, and Roberto Clemente. For grades 5-8 and older readers