Lulu Delacre, Author . Scholastic $5.99 (73p) ISBN 978-0-439-24398-8
Four cultures and 13 countries feature in this handsome volume. Each section begins with a brief description of the culture of origin and an appendix provides sources for the myths; the stories are embellished with oil paintings and traditional...
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Lulu Delacre, Author . Lee & Low $19.95 (135p) ISBN 978-1-60060-242-9
In her first YA book, picture book artist Delacre (Arroz con leche)
seizes upon an intimate subject: the death of her 16-year-old daughter, Alicia, in a car crash. Writing of herself as Mamá, she views Alicia through the eyes of friends,...
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Lulu Delacre, Author Scholastic $1.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-33956-8
Characters from Hayes's books Patrick and Ted and Elroy and the Witch's Child meet in this new collection of stories. Hayes has included his most endearing characters, as well as the crankier ones (sneaky Elroy and sarcastic Granny Crackbaggy). The...
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Lulu Delacre, Author Grosset & Dunlap $8.95 (28p) ISBN 978-0-448-21014-8
Playtime, mealtime, bathtime, bedtime--a baby's regular round of activities is chronicled in this simple, soothing book. The words are few and familiar (``spoon,'' ``soap,'' ``pajamas''), and the gentle illustrations echo the reassuring cycle of a...
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Lulu Delacre, Author Scholastic $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-45776-7
Carnival is a time of celebration throughout Latin America, but in the town of Ponce on the island of Puerto Rico the festivities extend long before and after the Carnival season. Young Ramon has dreamed of becoming a vejigante , one of the many men
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Lulu Delacre, Author, Lulu Delacre, Illustrator Scholastic Press $16.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-590-63118-1
Delacre (Arroz Con Leche) serves up a mixed menu here, combining a rather strained collection of seven tales featuring Latin American foods with recipes for the dishes mentioned. At a New Year's gathering of Carmen Teresa's extended family, a guest...
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Lulu Delacre. Lee & Low/Children’s Book Press, $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-89239-327-5
In a bilingual, wildlife-themed alphabet book, readers explore the Ecuadoran Andes, joining a visiting zoologist on the hunt for a “dozing olinguito” (an extensive afterword explains that the olinguito, similar to a raccoon, was only first...
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Lulu Delacre. Harper, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-239214-5
In this timely collection of 12 stories, Delacre (Alicia Afterimage) offers an inside look at being a Latino today in the United States. Rendered in straightforward prose, the stories focus on tweens and young adolescents from a variety of cultures,
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Lucia M. Gonzalez, Author, Lulu Delacre, Author , illus. by Lulu Delacre. Children's Book Press $16.95 (30p) ISBN 978-0-89239-222-3
Introducing Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian hired by the New York Public Library system, this warmhearted Spanish/English bilingual story adopts the perspectives of two children who are inspired by Belpré to enter a...
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Lulu Delacre. Candlewick, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5362-2040-7
Coconut palms, monkey puzzles, baobabs, and many others appear in this stylized visual celebration of trees’ many magnificent features. An opening exchange between a Latinx-cued child and their abuelo (“Why am I in awe of trees?/ Trees are...
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Lulu Delacre. Atheneum, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-6659-1191-7
“Can you spot the essential workers and their workplaces?” Reflecting on the early days of Covid-19, this interactive picture book from Delacre (Turning Pages) considers the concept of essential workers via a neighborhood game of “Veo, Veo”—“I Spy.”
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