Presented by: Vista Higher Learning, Lectorum, Simon & Schuster Children’s, Grupo Editorial, and SLJ Event Date and Time: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
Make your kids collection more accessible for your community's Spanish speaking population with some of these great new titles from Vista Higher Learning, Lectorum, Simon & Schuster Children’s, and Grupo Editorial. With Spanish language books benefiting both non-English speaking kids and Spanish learners alike, broadening your collection of these books is a great way to make your library more inclusive and inviting for all your young readers.
Featured Titles:
Besties. Cuenta Conmigo
Meet Beth and Chanda, two stylish best friends on their way to building their fashion empire! An unexpected business opportunity presents itself when the girls are asked to dogsit at Ms. Langford's luxurious house while she’s away, but it quickly turns into a disaster after an accident leaves one of Ms. Langford’s prized possessions in pieces. Now Beth and Chanda have to take on as many odd jobs as they can in order to afford a replacement. Car washing, book sales, interior decorating—you name it, Beth and Chanda are there! Will they be able to patch up their mistake in time?
Berros
While driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's Chinese immigrant parents spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. They stop the car, grabbing rusty scissors and an old paper bag, and the whole family wades into the mud to gather as much as they can. At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family just get food from the grocery store, like everyone else? But when her mother shares a bittersweet story of her family history in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged—and the memories left behind in pursuit of a new life. Together, they make a new memory of watercress.
Una vez fui tú
Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Maria Hinojosa has created a brand-new, unique version of her adult memoir, which was an NPR Best Book of 2020, for young readers, blending her story with perspectives on history in the vein of Jason Reynolds’s Stamped.
