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mpn: Illustrated, ean: 9780888996008, isbn: 0888996004,

This popular folktale with Spanish origins features W’itz Ak’al, the Lord of the Woods, a cacique (king) who commands both the natural world and the city; and his beautiful daughter, Blanca Flor, who also can command the forces of nature to get h...

mpn: illustrations, ean: 9781554983438, isbn: 9781554983438,

Chico Canta, the youngest of 12, is a tiny, mischievous, fearless mouse who lives with his family in an old theater. They love to go upstairs to see the plays and echo the audience shouting, “Bravo, bravo!” as the curtain falls. Mrs. Canta speaks ...

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mpn: FBA-|302861, ean: 9780888993625, isbn: 0888993625,

Discovered in a church in Chichicastenango in 1701, the Popol Vuh remains an essential document for the Maya of today. The stories happen in real and identifiable places in the highlands of Guatemala, thus linking the past and present of Maya people ...

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mpn: colour illustrations, ean: 9781554984091, isbn: 1554984092,

An alphabetical tour through the coolest jobs you can imagine — and some you might never have heard of! With a sophisticated, minimalist design and visual jokes to interpret on every page, Work: An Occupational ABC introduces children both to the a...

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ean: 9781554981069, isbn: 1554981069,

The little girl in this story likes Sundays best of all — it’s the day her father calls. She hasn’t seen him for over a year because he works far away across the ocean in the United States. She writes in her notebook every day, keeping a record ...

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ean: 9781554989034, isbn: 1554989035,

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn’t know where th...

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ean: 9781773061382, isbn: 1773061380,

Mustafa and his family traveled a long way to reach their new home. Some nights Mustafa dreams about the country he used to live in, and he wakes up not knowing where he is. Then his mother takes him out to the balcony to see the moon ― the same mo...

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mpn: illustrations, ean: 9781554984404, isbn: 1554984408,

This stunning nature alphabet book explores the fascinating ecosystem of the Pacific West Coast — a magnificent area that combines an ancient rainforest, a rugged beach and a vast, open ocean, and where whales, bears, wolves, eagles and a rich vari...

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ean: 9781554988495, isbn: 9781554988495,

Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.This powerful book b...

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mpn: Illustrated, ean: 9780888996268, isbn: 0888996268,

Tetl’s skin is brown, his eyes are black, and his hair is long. He’s different from the other children, whose taunts wound him deeply, leaving him confused and afraid. But Tetl’s grandmother knows the ancient teachings of their Aztec ancestors,...

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mpn: illustrations, ean: 9781554987313, isbn: 1554987318,

A road trip that takes readers into a big, wide world — and into a small, narrow one, too! With the same sophisticated, minimalist design that characterized Work: An Occupational ABC, Drive is an exploration of opposites. Any child (or adult) who h...

mpn: illustrations, ean: 9780888995391, isbn: 0888995393,

Zipitio is older than the rocks, even older than the river, but he doesn’t seem old. He is only as big as a child. He wears a tall black hat and has a round shiny stomach. His feet point backwards and his toes sport long pointy nails, and when you ...

mpn: illustrations, ean: 9781554984428, isbn: 1554984424,

In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while. Th...

ean: 9780888996244, isbn: 0888996241,

The Lau family, well-known from Amelia Lau Carling’s award winning picture-book Mama and Papa have a Store/La Tienda de Mamá y Papá, have been invited to spend Easter with their cousins in Antigua, Guatemala. Although they are Chinese and Buddhis...

mpn: Illustrated, ean: 9780888998811, isbn: 0888998813,

For people who have left their homeland for a new country, comfort foods from home take on a huge emotional importance. This delightful poem teaches readers young and old how to make a heartwarming, tummy-filling black bean soup, from gathering the b...