Presented by: Vista Learning, Lectorum, MakeMake, PHR Grupo Editorial USA and School Library Journal Event Date and Time: Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 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 Learning, Lectorum, MakeMake, and PHR Grupo Editorial USA. 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. As a special bonus, Ruth Behar, author of Across So Many Seas will join us to give a first hand look at her new book!
Featured Titles:
Across so Many Seas by Ruth Behar
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.
In 1492, during the Spanish Inquisition, Benvenida and her family are banished from Spain for being Jewish, and must flee the country or be killed. They journey by foot and by sea, eventually settling in Istanbul. Over four centuries later, in 1923, shortly after the Turkish war of independence, Reina’s father disowns her for a small act of disobedience. He ships her away to live with an aunt in Cuba, to be wed in an arranged marriage when she turns fifteen.
In 1961, Reina’s daughter, Alegra, is proud to be a brigadista, teaching literacy in the countryside for Fidel Castro. But soon Castro’s crackdowns force her to flee to Miami all alone, leaving her parents behind. Finally, in 2003, Alegra’s daughter, Paloma, is excited to travel from her home in Miami to visit Spain with her parents and Grandma Reina. In a museum there, she sees a note preserved from the Middle Ages that, unbeknownst to her, was written by her ancestor Benvenida just before she fled the country. Though many years, and many seas, separate these girls, they are united by their desire to learn and their longing for a home where they will be welcome.
En boca cerrada no entran moscas: refranero para niños sabios (Title in English: Silence is Golden: A Collection of Proverbs for Wise Kids) by Lada Kratky (compiler) and Héctor Borlasca (illustrator)
Flies inside your mouth? Disgusting! But the idea is not bad as a way to remind us that it is always better to be silent than to talk too much . . . And that is what proverbs do: They give us advice in a way that is easy to understand and memorize, and often funny. With this amusing book, you will learn several useful proverbs from Hispanic culture. If you dare to use them, you will help keep this interesting tradition alive.
Presenters:
Isabel C. Mendoza, Consultant – Children’s and Young Adult, Vista Higher Learning
Catalina Holguín, Director & Founding Partner, MakeMake
Carolina Barrera, Sales Manager, PRH Grupo Editorial USA
Margie Samper, Product Development Manager, Lectorum
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