Recommended Reading

Pura Belpre Medal - Recommended Reading

• • Search Result #1. Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

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    Under the Mesquite

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    Guadalupe Garcia McCall

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    10 Copies Available Allen Park Public Lib. (Wayne Co. Library), Chelsea District Library, Dearborn Hts. South - JFK, Jr. Library, Highland Township Public Library, Northville District Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, White Lake Township Library, and Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Dist Lib
    

    Pub date

    2012 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #2. Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh

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    Diego Rivera: His World and Ours

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    Duncan Tonatiuh

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    10 Copies Available Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Dearborn Hts. South - JFK, Jr. Library, Highland Township Public Library, Novi Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Springfield Township Library, and Waterford Township Library
    

    Pub date

    2012 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #3. Grandma\'s Gift by Eric Velasquez

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    Grandma's Gift

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    Eric Velasquez

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    12 Copies Available Belleville Area District Library, Brandon Township Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Ferndale Public Library, Milford Public Library, Northville District Library, Pontiac Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Springfield Township Library, Wayne Public Library, and Wixom Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2011 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #4. The Dreamer by Pam Mu¸oz Ryan

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    The Dreamer

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    Pam Mu¸oz Ryan

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    1 copy available at Novi Public Library in Juvenile Collection

    Pub date

    2011 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #5. The Dreamer by Pam Mu¸oz Ryan

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    The Dreamer

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    Pam Mu¸oz Ryan

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    25 Copies Available Auburn Hills Public Library, Belleville Area District Library, Brighton District Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Dearborn Hts. South - JFK, Jr. Library, Dexter District Library, Highland Township Public Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Livonia Public Library Alfred Noble Branch, Milford Public Library, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Oxford Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Romulus Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Springfield Township Library, Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Wayne Public Library, White Lake Township Library, Wixom Public Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2011 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #6. Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children*s Day/Book Day by Pat Mora, ill. by Rafael L*pez

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    Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children*s Day/Book Day

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    Pat Mora, ill. by Rafael L*pez

    Holdings

    16 Copies Available Brandon Township Library, Chelsea District Library, Dexter District Library, Highland Township Public Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Melvindale Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Milford Public Library, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Oxford Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, Springfield Township Library, Waterford Township Library, and Wixom Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2010 Pura Belpré /Ill, 2010 Américas

  • Search Result #7. Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

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    Return to Sender

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    Julia Alvarez

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    2 Copies Available Novi Public Library and Royal Oak Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2010 Pura Belpré /Text, 2010 Américas

  • Search Result #8. Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

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    Return to Sender

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    Julia Alvarez

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    22 Copies Available Auburn Hills Public Library, Belleville Area District Library, Berkley Public Library, Brighton District Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Dexter District Library, Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Flat Rock Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Highland Township Public Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Livonia Public Library Alfred Noble Branch, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Pontiac Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Wayne Public Library, White Lake Township Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2010 Pura Belpré /Text, 2010 Américas

  • Search Result #9. Just In Case by Yuyi Morales

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    Just In Case

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    Yuyi Morales

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    14 Copies Available Brandon Township Library, Dexter District Library, Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Milford Public Library, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Oxford Public Library, Pontiac Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Springfield Township Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2009 Pura Belpré /Ill, 2009 Américas

  • Search Result #10. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba\'s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

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    The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

    Author

    Margarita Engle

    Holdings

    1 copy available at Southgate Veterans Memorial Library in Teen Audiobook Collection

    Pub date

    2009 Pura Belpré /Text, 2009 Américas

  • Search Result #11. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba\'s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

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    The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

    Author

    Margarita Engle

    Holdings

    3 Copies Available Inkster Leanna Hicks Public Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, and Livonia Public Library Carl Sandburg Branch
    

    Pub date

    2009 Pura Belpré /Text, 2009 Américas

  • Search Result #12. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba\'s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

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    The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

    Author

    Margarita Engle

    Holdings

    27 Copies Available Allen Park Public Lib. (Wayne Co. Library), Brighton District Library, Dexter District Library, Ferndale Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Madison Heights Public Library, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Pontiac Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Springfield Township Library, Waterford Township Library, Wixom Public Library, Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Dist Lib, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2009 Pura Belpré /Text, 2009 Américas

  • Search Result #13. The Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle; Sean Qualls, ill.

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    The Poet Slave of Cuba

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    Margarita Engle; Sean Qualls, ill.

    Holdings

    2 Copies Available Inkster Leanna Hicks Public Library and Southgate Veterans Memorial Library
    

    Pub date

    2008 Pura Belpré /Text, 2006 Américas

  • Search Result #14. The Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle; Sean Qualls, ill.

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    The Poet Slave of Cuba

    Author

    Margarita Engle; Sean Qualls, ill.

    Holdings

    19 Copies Available Allen Park Public Lib. (Wayne Co. Library), Belleville Area District Library, Brighton District Library, Dexter District Library, Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Flat Rock Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Highland Township Public Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, Inkster Leanna Hicks Public Library, Livonia Public Library Carl Sandburg Branch, Manchester District Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Wixom Public Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2008 Pura Belpré /Text, 2006 Américas

  • Search Result #15. Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes; Yuyi Morales, ill.

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    Los Gatos Black on Halloween

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    Marisa Montes; Yuyi Morales, ill.

    Holdings

    15 Copies Available Chelsea District Library, Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Flat Rock Public Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, Inkster Leanna Hicks Public Library, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Waterford Township Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

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    2008 Pura Belpré /Ill, 2008 Tomás Rivera

  • Search Result #16. The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales

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    The Tequila Worm

    Author

    Viola Canales

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    13 Copies Available Belleville Area District Library, Chelsea District Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Inkster Leanna Hicks Public Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Manchester District Library, Melvindale Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Oak Park Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Wayne Public Library, and Wixom Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2006 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #17. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart by Pat Mora; Raul Colón, ill.

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    Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart

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    Pat Mora; Raul Colón, ill.

    Holdings

    1 copy available at Belleville Area District Library in In Library

    Pub date

    2006 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #18. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart by Pat Mora; Raul Colón, ill.

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    Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart

    Author

    Pat Mora; Raul Colón, ill.

    Holdings

    12 Copies Available Belleville Area District Library, Brandon Township Library, Dexter District Library, Ferndale Public Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Oak Park Public Library, Oxford Public Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), and Wixom Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2006 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #19. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales

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    Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book

    Author

    Yuyi Morales

    Holdings

    1 copy available at Northville District Library in Juvenile Videos & DVD Collection

    Pub date

    2003 Américas, 2004 Pura Belpré /Ill, 2004 LBA Picture Book/English, 2004 Tomás Rivera

  • Search Result #20. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales

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    Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book

    Author

    Yuyi Morales

    Holdings

    23 Copies Available Berkley Public Library, Brandon Township Library, Chelsea District Library, Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dexter District Library, Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Garden City Public Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Manchester District Library, Milford Public Library, Northville District Library, Pontiac Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Springfield Township Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Waterford Township Library, White Lake Township Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

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    2003 Américas, 2004 Pura Belpré /Ill, 2004 LBA Picture Book/English, 2004 Tomás Rivera

  • Search Result #21. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

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    Before We Were Free

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    Julia Alvarez

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    4 Copies Available Brighton District Library, Highland Township Public Library, Oxford Public Library, and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Américas, 2004 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #22. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

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    Before We Were Free

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    Julia Alvarez

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    All copies currently checked-out or unavailable.

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    2002 Américas, 2004 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #23. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

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    Before We Were Free

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    Julia Alvarez

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    3 Copies Available Brandon Township Library, Royal Oak Public Library, and Salem-South Lyon District Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Américas, 2004 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #24. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

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    Before We Were Free

    Author

    Julia Alvarez

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    25 Copies Available Allen Park Public Lib. (Wayne Co. Library), Auburn Hills Public Library, Belleville Area District Library, Brandon Township Library, Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Dexter District Library, Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Flat Rock Public Library, Garden City Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, Inkster Leanna Hicks Public Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Lyon Township Public Library, Madison Heights Public Library, Milford Public Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Wixom Public Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Américas, 2004 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #25. Chato and the Party Animals by ill. by Susan Guevara

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    Chato and the Party Animals

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    ill. by Susan Guevara

    Holdings

    10 Copies Available Brandon Township Library, Chelsea District Library, Dexter District Library, Flat Rock Public Library, Novi Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Waterford Township Library, and Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Dist Lib
    

    Pub date

    2002 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #26. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

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    Esperanza Rising

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    Pam Munoz Ryan

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    3 Copies Available Chelsea District Library, Dexter District Library, and Oak Park Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #27. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

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    Esperanza Rising

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    Pam Munoz Ryan

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    3 Copies Available Brandon Township Library, Royal Oak Public Library, and Salem-South Lyon District Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #28. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

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    Esperanza Rising

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    Pam Munoz Ryan

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    5 Copies Available Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Waterford Township Library, and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #29. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

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    Esperanza Rising

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    Pam Munoz Ryan

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    1 copy available at Manchester District Library in Juvenile Audiobook Collection

    Pub date

    2002 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #30. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

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    Esperanza Rising

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    Pam Munoz Ryan

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    6 Copies Available Brighton District Library, Brandon Township Library, Livonia Public Library Carl Sandburg Branch, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #31. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

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    Esperanza Rising

    Author

    Pam Munoz Ryan

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    53 Copies Available Allen Park Public Lib. (Wayne Co. Library), Auburn Hills Public Library, Belleville Area District Library, Berkley Public Library, Brighton District Library, Brandon Township Library, Chelsea District Library, Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Dearborn Hts. South - JFK, Jr. Library, Dexter District Library, Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Franklin Public Library, Garden City Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Highland Township Public Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Livonia Public Library Alfred Noble Branch, Livonia Public Library Carl Sandburg Branch, Madison Heights Public Library, Melvindale Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Milford Public Library, Oxford Public Library, Pontiac Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Romulus Public Library, River Rouge Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Salem-South Lyon District Library, Springfield Township Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Waterford Township Library, and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #32. Under the Royal Palms by Alma Flor Ada

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    Under the Royal Palms

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    Alma Flor Ada

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    2000 Pura Belpré /Text

  • Search Result #33. Magic Windows by ill. by Carmen Lomas Garza

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    Magic Windows

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    ill. by Carmen Lomas Garza

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    2 Copies Available Pontiac Public Library and Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Dist Lib
    

    Pub date

    2000 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #34. Magic Windows by ill. by Carmen Lomas Garza

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    Magic Windows

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    ill. by Carmen Lomas Garza

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    7 Copies Available Auburn Hills Public Library, Melvindale Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Oxford Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Wayne Public Library, and Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Dist Lib
    

    Pub date

    2000 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #35. Snapshots from the Wedding by ill. by Stephanie Garcia

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    Snapshots from the Wedding

    Author

    ill. by Stephanie Garcia

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    15 Copies Available Brandon Township Library, Dexter District Library, Ferndale Public Library, Flat Rock Public Library, Garden City Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Novi Public Library, Pontiac Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Romulus Public Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Wayne Public Library, and Wixom Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1998 Pura Belpré /Ill

  • Search Result #36. Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martínez

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    Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida

    Author

    Victor Martínez

    Holdings

    2 Copies Available Hazel Park Memorial Library and Pontiac Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1998 Pura Belpré /Text, 1996 National Book Award, 1996 Américas

  • Search Result #37. Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martínez

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    Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida

    Author

    Victor Martínez

    Holdings

    14 Copies Available Berkley Public Library, Brighton District Library, Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Flat Rock Public Library, Franklin Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Madison Heights Public Library, Northville District Library, Oxford Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Riverview Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), and Waterford Township Library
    

    Pub date

    1998 Pura Belpré /Text, 1996 National Book Award, 1996 Américas

  • Search Result #38. Chato\'s Kitchen by ill. by Susan Guevara

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    Chato's Kitchen

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    ill. by Susan Guevara

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    No copies currently available. Estimated wait undetermined.

    Pub date

    1996 Pura Belpré /Ill, 1996 Tomás Rivera

  • Search Result #39. Chato\'s Kitchen by ill. by Susan Guevara

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    Chato's Kitchen

    Author

    ill. by Susan Guevara

    Holdings

    7 Copies Available Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Highland Township Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Springfield Township Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1996 Pura Belpré /Ill, 1996 Tomás Rivera

  • Search Result #40. An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio by Judith Ortiz Cofer

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    An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

    Author

    Judith Ortiz Cofer

    Holdings

    4 Copies Available Ecorse Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Oak Park Public Library, Pontiac Public Library, and River Rouge Public Library (Wayne Co. Library)
    

    Pub date

    1996 Pura Belpré /Text

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