My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Title | My Papi Has a Motorcycle PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Quintero |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 41 |
Release | 2019-05-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 052555341X |
A celebration of the love between a father and daughter, and of a vibrant immigrant neighborhood, by an award-winning author and illustrator duo. When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. With vivid illustrations and text bursting with heart, My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girl's love letter to her hardworking dad and to memories of home that we hold close in the midst of change.
Photographic
Title | Photographic PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Quintero |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Total Pages | 99 |
Release | 2021-12-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1606068148 |
This young adult graphic biography follows the life of one of Mexico’s greatest living photographers, Graciela Iturbide, as she makes her way from Mexico City to the Sonoran Desert, Los Angeles, India, and beyond. The kaleidoscopic narrative offers deep insight into the path of a young photographer from an early tragedy to great fame. Renowned Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide was born in Mexico City in 1942, the oldest of thirteen children. When tragedy strikes Graciela as a young mother, she turns to photography for solace and understanding. From then on Graciela embarks on a photographic journey that takes her throughout her native Mexico, from the Sonora Desert to Juchitán to Frida Kahlo’s bathroom, and then to the United States, India, and beyond. Photographic is a symbolic, poetic, and deeply personal graphic biography of this iconic photographer. Graciela’s journey will excite young adults and budding photographers, who will be inspired by her resolve, talent, and curiosity. Ages twelve and up
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Title | Gabi, a Girl in Pieces PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Quintero |
Publisher | Cinco Puntos Press |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2014-10-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1935955942 |
Gabi’s a girl in pieces. She wants a lot of things. Will she find the thing she needs most?
Ugly Cat & Pablo
Title | Ugly Cat & Pablo PDF eBook |
Author | Isabel Quintero |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 114 |
Release | 2017-04-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545940931 |
From the 2015 winner of the ALA William C. Morris Award comes a humorous chapter book series about a not-so-attractive cat and his well-dressed mouse friend. Ugly Cat is dying for a paleta, or ice pop, and his friend Pablo is determined to help him get one by scaring a little girl who is enjoying a coconut paleta in the park. Things go horribly wrong when, instead of being scared, the little girl picks Pablo up and declares that he would make a great snack for her pet snake. Oh and there's also the small problem that Ugly Cat may have inadvertently swallowed Pablo in all of the commotion! Ugly Cat and his impeccably dressed mouse friend, Pablo, are an unlikely and dynamic duo who will win young readers over with their ridiculously silly antics and their search for tasty treats.
Building Our House
Title | Building Our House PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Bean |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 50 |
Release | 2013-01-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0374380236 |
A family of four builds a house, back, away from the road, down a dirt lane, in the middle of an old, weedy field.
Mario and the Hole in the Sky
Title | Mario and the Hole in the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Rusch |
Publisher | Charlesbridge Publishing |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2019-11-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1632898578 |
The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster. Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were tearing a hole in the earth's protective ozone layer. Mario knew the world had to be warned--and quickly. Today Mario is a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming.
Living With Mochi
Title | Living With Mochi PDF eBook |
Author | Gemma Gené |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2021-04-06 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1524870293 |
Gemma Gene's adorable comics celebrate fur-parenthood and the extreme love you experience when you look into your dog’s eyes. If you are never alone when you go to the bathroom, are forced to share your food, and find your life ruled by a sassy fur ball, Living With Mochi is the perfect book for you. When architect-turned-cartoonist Gemma Gené first met her pet pug, Mochi, she felt as if time stopped. This dramatic moment and her adoring relationship with the rambunctious pug led her to begin chronicling her adventures with Mochi in a series of incredibly cute webcomics that have gained a social media following of half a million loyal readers. The comics chronicle Mochi’s life from puppyhood to adulthood, featuring Mochi's unrequited dog friendships, his jealousy of his two dog-brothers, and his love of food. Readers and dog parents will love this humorous tale of a sincerely loyal friendship between one grumpy pug and his adoring owner.