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ALL THE WORLD
Liz Garton Scanlon; Marla Frazee (ill.)
New York: Beach Lane Books, 2009
ISBN 978-14-16985-80-8
+ 0
A picture book written
in simple text and soft
illustrations that
displays a fondness for
life and the world in
which we live in. Each
page depicts the
interconnectedness
and sense of
community we share through our everyday activities.
“All the world is all of us.”
BRAIDS
Kathleen Contreras; Margaret Lindmark (ill.)
New York: Lectorum Publications, 2009
ISBN 978-1-933-032-27-6
+ 6
While Isabel’s grandmother
braids her hair, the two tell
each other stories. When she
decides to write them down,
she feels sad because her
grandmother doesn’t know
how to read. She helps her
to learn to read, and when
grandmother has to leave,
the two know that they are
tied together, like braids,
through their love for one
another.
BLESS ME, ULTIMA
CLOUD TEA MONKEYS
Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham; Juan Wijngaard (ill.)
Somerville (Massachusetts): Candlewick Press, 2010
ISBN 978-0763644536
+ 6
This beautifully illustrated
story is based upon a
centuries old legend of
tea-picking monkeys.
Tashi’s mother picks tea
leaves every day until she
becomes too sick. After
being cruelly rejected by
the overseer, Tashi is
rescued by the monkeys
who pick leaves that fill
her basket with the
magical green glow of
cloud tea.
Rudolfo Anaya
New York: Warner Books, 1999
ISBN 978-0446675369
+ 15
The life of a young boy,
Antonio Marez, in the small
town of Las Pasturas, in New
Mexico, changes forever
when he meets Última, a
healer who initiates him into
the mysteries of the
supernatural phenomena, a
wisdom that is transmitted
from generation to
generation, through oral
narrations of which he is the
last depositary.
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