Marisa Montes, Author Harcourt Children's Books $17 (224p) ISBN 978-0-15-202391-1
First-time novelist Montes combines several staples of middle-grade fiction--orphans, immigrants and a ghost story. After the death of their parents, 11-year-old Javier and his five-year-old brother, Nico, must leave their home in Puerto Rico to...
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Marisa Montes, Author, Joe Cepeda, Illustrator , illus. by Joe Cepeda. ARRAY(0x1e777a8) $3.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-439-47519-8
Launching the Get Ready for Gabí! series, this slim tale introduces Maritza Gabriela Morales Mercado, a third-grader who speaks Spanish at home and English at school. "At home, I'm Gabi. At school, I'm Maritza Morales." Yet...
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Marisa Montes, Author, Yuyi Morales, Illustrator , illus. by Yuyi Morales. Holt $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7429-1
Halloween and the Day of the Dead overlap in this atmospheric, bilingual romp. Montes (Juan Bobo Goes to Work
) composes serviceable stanzas, using English and Spanish words as synonyms: "Los gatos
black with eyes of green,/ Cats slink and...
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Marisa Montes, Author, Marsha Windborn, Illustrator , illus. by Marsha Winborn. HarperCollins $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-028950-8
With gentle humor, Montes (Juan Bobo Goes to Work) addresses cooperation against adversaries, as a forest full of animals work together to rescue a runaway goose egg. Her sturdy verse follows the offspring-to-be of Mr. and Mrs. Gabbler as it rolls...
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