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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she introduced him to the sounds and steps of the merengue and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.
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It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"When Miguel and his parents move from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland, Miguel misses their home, his grandparents, and his pet frog, Coquí, but he soon realizes that New York City has more in common with back home than he originally thought"--
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Español
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"When Miguel and his parents move from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland, Miguel misses their home, his grandparents, and his pet frog, Coquí, but he soon realizes that New York City has more in common with back home than he originally thought."--
"La mascota de Miguel, Coquí, siempre anda con el: mientras saluda a sus vecinos en San Juan, compra quesitos en la panadería y mientras escucha la historia de su abuelo cuando conoció al famoso pelotero...
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30 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.
Durante los primeros anos de la gran Depresion (1929-1935), muchos puertorriquenos dejaron su islita en busca de trabajo y de oportunidades en la gran ciudad de Nueva York. Muchos de ellos se establecieron en una seccion...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Español
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The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.
Overview: This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book, Grandma's Records, is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional...
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