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2) Dreamers
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English
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"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
5) César Chávez
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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Presents a graphic novel biography of the life of Cesar Chavez, explaining the historical significance of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.
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309 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Español
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Presents the author's life, from her childhood in Mexico to becoming a television presenter in the United States, and describes how she used the power of positive thinking to achieve her dreams and discover her true vocation.
11) Cesar Chavez
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64 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who helped achieve justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.
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English
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When Reyna Grande's father leaves his wife and three children behind in a village in Mexico to make the dangerous trek across the border to the United States, he promises he will soon return from "El Otro Lado" (The Other Side) with enough money to build them a dream house where they can all live together. His promises become harder to believe as months turn into years. When he summons his wife to join him, Reyna and her siblings are deposited in...
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234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
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Español
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Castro, nacido con un hermano gemelo Joaquín de padres solteros, cuenta una historia de su sueño hecho realidad en Estados Unidos sobre su aumento de la pobreza para convertirse en alcalde de San Antonio, orador principal en la Convención Demócrata de 2012 y Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano en la administración de el presidente Barack Obama.
17) Soñadores
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Español
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"En 1994, Yuyi Morales dejó su hogar en Xalapa, México, para emigrar a Estados Unidos con su hijo pequeño. Aunque dejó atrás casi todas sus pertenencias, no llegó con las manos vacías. Trajo consigo su fortaleza, su trabajo, su pasión, sus esperanzas y sueños ... y sus historias. El nuevo y magnífico libro de Yuyi Morales, Soñadores, se centra en la búsqueda por encontrar un hogar en un nuevo lugar. El trayecto de Yuyi y su hijo Kelly...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
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English
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"Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to helping American farmworkers. As a child growing up in California during the Great Depression, he picked produce with his family. Cesar saw firsthand how unfairly workers were treated. As an adult, he organized farmworkers into unions and argued for better pay and fair working conditions. He was jailed for his efforts, but he never stopped urging people to stand up for their rights."--Amazon.com.
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
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English
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Presents a short biography of Cesar Chavez, and chronicles his childhood in Arizona and migration to California during the Great Depression, his encounters with discrimination that led him to organize the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, and his fight against grape growers.
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xxi, 261 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Chef and television personality Aarón Sánchez recounts his formative years and how he fell in love with the culinary world. From a summer spent in New Orleans with Paul Prudhomme during his adolescent years, to a short-lived stint in culinary school, to ups and downs in New York City's ever-changing restaurant scene, and ultimately to the dizzying world of food television, Sánchez draws strength from hard-won lessons and embraces the challenge...
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