David Bowles
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Al comienzo de todo, los viejos nos cuentan,
el cosmos estaba callado y quieto.
Solo la luna brillaba redonda
en la vasta y estrellada oscuridad del cielo.
David Álvarez es uno de los artistas más extraordinarios de la actualidad. Sus ilustraciones en blanco y negro le han ganado fama en su país de origen, México, y en todo el mundo.
Ahora, con Noche antigua, David muestra por primera vez su inmenso talento con ilustraciones a todo color.
Noche...
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2024
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English
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A companion to the Pura Belpré Honor book They Call Me Güero“You can be my boyfriend.” It only takes five words to change Güero’s life at the end of seventh grade. The summer becomes extra busy as he learns to balance new band practice with his old crew, Los Bobbys, and being Joanna Padilla’s boyfriend. They call her “fregona” because she’s tough, always sticking up for her family and keeping the school bully in check. But Güero...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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A new silly and spooky highly illustrated series that's perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!
Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. But on their way to Gulf City's water park, they get lost on 13th Street. Only it's not a street at all. It's a strange world filled with dangerous beasts! Will the cousins find their way...
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IFWG Publishing International
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[2017]
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English
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The Garza family's Christmas vacation in Mexico is cut short by the appearance of Pingo, one of the tzapame - Little People. The news is grim - a rogue prince from an ancient undersea kingdom is seeking the Shadow Stone, a device he will use to flood the world and wipe out humanity. Now Carol and Johnny must join a group of merfolk and travel into the deepest chasms of the Pacific Ocean to stop him and his monstrous army with their savage magic.
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Carol and Johnny Garza are 12-year-old twins whose lives in a small Texas town are forever changed by their mother's unexplained disappearance. Shipped off to relatives in Mexico by their grieving father, the twins soon learn that their mother is a nagual, a shapeshifter, and that they have inherited her powers. In order to rescue her, they will have to descend into the Aztec underworld and face the dangers that await them. American Library Association,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A silly and spooky new highly illustrated series that's perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!
Ivan, Malia, and Dante are excited about their ski trip. There's no chance they'll stumble onto 13th Street in the mountains, right? Wrong! After being sucked through a portal, the cousins come face-to-face with joke-telling cougars that are more dangerous than...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A silly and spooky new highly illustrated series that's perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book! Cousins Dante, Malia, and Ivan are happy to be back in their home town. But then their school bus takes a wrong turn and they end up on 13th Street! There are new monsters to fight, but at least they have their friend Susana and their bus driver to help them. Will...
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Carol y Johnny Garza son gemelos de doce añ os cuyas vidas en un pequeñ o pueblo de Texas cambian para siempre luego de la misteriosa desaparició n de su madre. Enviados a familiares en Mé xico por su afligido padre, los gemelos se enteran de que su madre es una naguala, una cambiaformas, y que han heredado sus poderes. Para rescatarla, tendrá n que descender al inframundo azteca y enfrentarse a los...
10) The Hidden City
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When Carol and Johnny learn of the Ollamat, an ancient stone that can channel savage magic, they convince their parents to take them to the cloud forests of Oaxaca. With Pingo's help, they search for the legendary city where it has been protected for a thousand years. But the twins aren't the only ones hunting for the Ollamat. After it is stolen, they must travel through an emerald mirror into the beautiful yet dangerous Tlalocan: the paradise of...
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A silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!
Cousins Malia, Dante, and Ivan must face off against the evil queen of 13th Street. But she has lots of monsters on her side, including birds that can freeze you with a look! Can the cousins defeat her and shut down 13th Street once and for all?
Each story in this...
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1418 – Pre-Columbian Mexico
Fifteen-year old crown prince Acolmiztli wants nothing more than to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. A singer, poet, and burgeoning philosophical mind, he has big plans about infrastructure projects and cultural initiatives that will bring honor to his family and help his people flourish. But the two sides of his family, the kingdoms of Mexico and Acolhuacan, have been at war his entire life – after his father...
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México. 1418.
Conoce al Príncipe Acolmiztli. Puma del Pueblo Acolhua. Heredero del trono de su padre. Mitad acolhuan, mitad mexica. Cantante. Guerrero. Poeta. Dieciséis años.
Y ahora, traicionado. Un complot palaciego, organizado por el mortífero Imperio Tepaneca, mata a su madre y a sus hermanos, hace que el ejército de su padre se retire y envía al príncipe Acolmiztli a un traicionero exilio. Luchando contra el hambre, las montañas cubiertas...
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A silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!
Cousins Malia, Dante, and Ivan are looking for a portal to 13th Street. They need to help their new friend Mickey find his way home! But waiting for them are sharks that can shock them with an electric charge. Can the cousins reach Mickey before it's too late?
Each...
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A silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!
Malia, Dante, and Ivan are ready to take on the evil forces controlling 13th Street. But then Ivan is kidnapped by giant—and stinky!—spiders. Can Malia and Dante save him from their sticky webs?
Each story in this hilarious and mildly scary series from award-winning...
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Lightning Source Inc
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Bluebonnet Award Master List 2020-2021Pura Belpré Author Honor Book, 2019ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019Walter Award Honor Book, 2019Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. He's starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool. In Spanish, "Güero" is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. But make no mistake: our red-headed, freckled...
17) Ancient Night
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At the start of things, the elders say,
the universe was hushed and still.
The moon alone shone bright and round
in the star-speckled dark of the sky.
David Álvarez is one of the most extraordinary artists working today. His black-and-white illustrations have gained fame in his home country of Mexico and around the world.
Here, in Noche antigua (Ancient Night) David displays his immense talent with full-color illustrations for the first time.
Noche...
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Black Demon Tales volume 2
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English
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The mounted Indigenous resistance against the Spanish led by Erendira-warrior princess of the Purepecha people-has failed. Erendira escapes to the Pacific coast of Mexico to find another invading force of Spaniards sailing toward her homeland. But with the help of a priestess, the rebel leader summons the vicious scourge of the gods: a massive black shark that exacts brutal payment for the Spanish Conquest.
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Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2024
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Español
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Un sábado por la mañana, un niño se prepara para un viaje al Otro Lado / the Other Side. Está cerca, solo bajando la calle y pasando su escuela, el pueblo gemelo de la comunidad donde vive. Su padre maneja su camioneta sobre un puente para cruzar el Río Grande y llegar a México, donde son recibidos por la estatua gigante de un águila. Sus visitas siempre incluyen almuerzo en su restaurante favorito, una plática en la joyería del tío Mateo,...
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Penguin USA
Pub. Date
2022
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Español
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A picture book debut by an award-winning author about a boy's life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visiting his favorite places on The Other Side with his father, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care.Early one Saturday morning, a boy prepares for a trip to The Other Side/El Otro Lado. It's close--just down the street from his school--and it's a twin of where he lives. To get there, his father drives...