Zulema and the Witch Owl/Zulema y la Bruja Lechuza
Author: Xavier Garza
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ISBN-13: 9780605245198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Xavier Garza
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1558855157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNine-year-old Zulema, the meanest girl in school, decides to change her wicked ways after receiving a visit from the witch owl.
Author: Rosalee Wren
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Published: 2019-07-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781680526318
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Learn about owls as you follow a day in the life of a little owlet."--Back cover
Author: Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Published: 2015-04-30
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1575425165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKids need help learning how to manage their anger. Blending solid information and sound advice with humor and lively illustrations, these anger-management tips guide kids to understand that anger is normal and to learn they can express it in healthy ways. The book teaches them how to recognize anger in themselves and others, how to handle situations and emotions (loneliness, guilt, frustration, fear) that lead to or mask anger, and how to deal with the anger they feel. This revised edition addresses children’s exposure to increased societal violence and includes discussion and examples of anger related to texting and social media. Young readers learn that cruelty and violence are not acceptable and there are safer, more positive ways to resolve conflicts. They also discover what to do when people around them are angry, how to get help, and how to locate other resources when they need more support.
Author: Tomàs Rivera
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 1995-06-30
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781611923131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTomàs Rivera quite possibly has been the most influential voice in Chicano literature. Besides his masterpiece, y no se lo tragÑ la tierra / And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, included here is the sum total of his published works, in English and Spanish, as well as many that never made print in his lifetime.
Author: Roselynn Akulukjuk
Publisher: Inhabit Media
Published: 2023-09-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781772274868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Owl blocks the entrance to a lemming den, he's sure he'll have a tasty meal in the little animal. But this smart rodent will appeal to the boastful owl's sense of pride to get away.
Author: Estella Gonzalez
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 2021-04-30
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1518506453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the title story of this collection, Isabela is minding her family’s restaurant, drinking her dad’s beer, when Frida Kahlo and the Virgen de Guadalupe walk in. Even though they’re dressed like cholas, the girl immediately recognizes Frida’s uni-brow and La Virgen’s crown. They want to give her advice about the quinceanera her parents are forcing on her. In fact, their lecture (don’t get pregnant, go to school, be proud of your indigenous roots) helps Isabela to escape her parents’ physical and sexual abuse. But can she really run away from the self-hatred they’ve created? These inter-related stories, mostly set in East Los Angeles, uncover the lives of a conflicted Mexican-American community. In “Sabado Gigante,” Bernardo drinks himself into a stupor every Saturday night. “Aqui no es mi tierra,” he cries, as he tries to ease the sorrow of a life lived far from home. Meanwhile, his son Gustavo struggles with his emerging gay identity and Maritza, the oldest daughter, is expected to cook and clean for her brother, even though they live in East LA, not Guadalajara or Chihuahua. In “Powder Puff,” Mireya spends hours every day applying her make-up, making sure to rub the foundation all the way down her neck so it looks like her natural color. But no matter how much she rubs and rubs, her skin is no lighter. Estella Gonzalez vividly captures her native East LA in these affecting stories about a marginalized people dealing with racism, machismo and poverty. In painful and sometimes humorous scenes, young people try to escape the traditional expectations of their family. Other characters struggle with anger and resentment, often finding innovative ways to exact revenge for slights both real and imagined. Throughout, music—traditional and contemporary—accompanies them in the search for love and acceptance.
Author: Xavier Garza
Publisher: Arte Público Press
Published: 2015-10-31
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1518500714
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMargarito is eleven years old now and he’s way past believing in Grandpa Ventura’s ghost stories, but he loves listening to them anyway. One evening on his way home from his grandfather’s, Margarito finds himself alone in the gathering dusk, crossing a narrow bridge. Suddenly, a woman in white floats towards him and calls, “Come to me, child … come to me!” He frantically hides in the shallow river, but soon sees a pair of yellow, glowing eyes swimming towards him. Before long, the Donkey Lady and La Llorona are circling each other, fighting to claim poor Margarito as their next victim! Popular storyteller Xavier Garza returns with another collection of eerie tales full of creepy creatures from Latin American lore. There are duendes, bald, green-skinned brutes with sharp teeth; thunderbirds, giant pterodactyl-like things that discharge electricity from their wings during thunderstorms; and blood-sucking beasts that drain every single drop of blood from their victims’ bodies! Set in contemporary times, Garza’s young protagonists deal with much more than just the supernatural: there are chupacabras and drug dealers, witches and bullies, a jealous cousin and the devil. Accompanied by the author’s dramatic black and white illustrations, the short, blood-curdling stories in this bilingual collection for ages 8 – 12 are sure to bewitch a whole new generation of young people.
Author: Shane Peacock
Publisher: Owlkids
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781771471381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA boy recounts how he took on the attitude of the adults around him and bullied an eccentric painter in 1880's France, before discovering that there is more than one way to see the world.
Author: Alejandro Morales
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 1992-01-01
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781611922561
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA mysterious plague is decimating the population of colonial Mexico. One of His MajestyÍs highest physicians is dispatched from Spain to bring the latest advances in medical science to the backward peoples of the New World capital. Here begins the cyclical tale of man battling the unknown, of science confronting the eternally indifferent forces of nature. Morales takes us on a trip through ancient and future civilizations, through exotic but all-too-familiar cultures, to a final confrontation with our own ethics and world views. In later chapters, the colonial physician finds his successors as they once again engage in life or death struggles, attempting to balance their own hopes, desires and loves with the good society and the state. Book II of the novel takes place in modern-day southern California, and Book III in a futuristic technocratic confederation known as Lamex. In the tradition of Latin American born novelist, Alejandro Morales is one of the finest representatives of magic realism in the English language. In The Rag Doll Plagues, Morales creates a many layered fictional world, taking us on an entertaining and thought-provoking safari thorough lands, times, peoples and ideas never before encountered or presented in this manner. But ultimately, this valuable trip leads to a reacquaintance with our own society and its moral vision.