Mi mundo dia a dia / My world every day

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory, and pain, of being Latino American. Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such...

Introduces the life of Shoshoni Sacagawea, from early childhood through her days guiding the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the American wilderness, and speculates on her life after that adventure.

XVI Premio Anaya de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil, 2019 Premio Fundación Cuatrogatos 2020 Una historia introspectiva sobre el amor adolescente, el dolor, la amistad y los celos. Marina ha descubierto que su corazón ya no le pertenece, ya no es dueña de él. Se ha enamorado de Eugenio, el chico con el que sale, y poco a poco va descubriendo que tampoco es dueña de sus actos. ¿Por qué se va alejando de sus amigos? ¿Por qué Eugenio impone siempre su voluntad? La brusca ruptura de la relación complicará aún más las cosas. ¿Podrá vivir con el corazón devorado por serpientes?...

In 1991, preparation for the construction of a new federal office building led to a startling discovery: a skeleton. Further excavation exposed the bones of 420 men, women, and children. This area of New York had been a burial ground set aside for both free and enslaved Africans during the 1600s and 1700s. It’s thought to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This noteworthy book—which includes sidebars, fact boxes, a timeline, and maps—fills in the gaps of history books, exposing much about what life was like in colonial New York for Africans.