Amazona by Canizales 

Paperback(Graphic Universe, 2022)

BTSB #: 185266 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 430 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Indigenous peoples - Colombia - Fiction Family life - Colombia - Fiction Gold mines and mining - Fiction Colombia - Fiction Colombia - Fiction

Summary: Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has returned to the land she calls home. She comes to mourn her child-and to capture evidence of the illegal mining that displaced her family. In graphic novel format.

Digging for words : Jose Alberto Gutierrez and the library he built by Kunkel, Angela Burke 

BTSB Prebound(Schwartz & Wade Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 534870 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4 LG Lexile: 730 AD

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Gutierrez, Jose Alberto - Fiction Libraries - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Refuse collectors - Fiction Community life - Fiction Colombians - Fiction Bogota (Colombia) - Fiction Colombia - Fiction

Summary: In Bogota, Columbia, young Jose eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by Jose Alberto Gutierrez, a garbage collector, and take a book home to enjoy all week. Includes note about Gutierrez's life and Bogota.

Enchanted life of Valentina Mejia by Alessandri, Alexandra 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 050005 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Family Life

Subjects: Folklore - Colombia - Fiction Magic - Fiction Mythical animals - Fiction Families - Fiction Colombia - Fiction

Summary: To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all--the Madremonte.

Juana & Lucas [Juana & Lucas]by Medina, Juana 

Publisher Edition(Candlewick Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 635012 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.9 LG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 F&P: P

Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: School stories Family life - Fiction Latin Americans - Fiction Colombians - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction Colombia - Fiction

Summary: Juana, a spunky young Colombian girl, does not love learning English. But when Juana's abuelos tell her about a special trip they are planning she begins to wonder whether learning the English might be a good thing.

Juana & Lucas : muchos changes [Juana & Lucas]by Medina, Juana 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 635006 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.8 LG F&P: P

Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Surprise - Fiction Skating - Fiction Infants - Fiction Latin Americans - Fiction Colombians - Fiction Colombia - Fiction

Summary: Mami springs two new sorpresas on Juana. One: Juana will be spending her school break going to skating camp instead of relaxing (even though she doesn't know how to skate!). Two: Mami is going to have a baby! How can one Juana-size person possibly handle SO. MANY. CHANGES?

Neverforgotten = Nuncaseolvida by Algorta, Alejandra 

BTSB PreboundBILINGUAL(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 051057 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG Lexile: 1030

Genres: Spanish Bilingual Family Life

Subjects: Colombians - Fiction Bicycles - Fiction Cycling - Fiction Memory - Fiction Family life - Fiction Old age - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Upside-down books Bilingual books - English-Spanish Colombia - Fiction

Summary: Fabio flies through the streets of Bogota on his bicycle, the children of his neighborhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right--where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again. In English and Spanish.

Rescatando palabras : Jose Alberto Gutierrez y la biblioteca que creo by Kunkel, Angela Burke 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Random House Studio, 2020)

BTSB #: 534916 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.8 LG Lexile: 720 AD

Genres: Spanish Language General Fiction

Subjects: Gutierrez, Jose Alberto - Fiction Libraries - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Bogota (Colombia) - Fiction Colombia - Fiction

Summary: In Bogota, Columbia, young Jose eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by Jose Alberto Gutierrez, a garbage collector, and take a book home to enjoy all week. Includes note about Gutierrez's life and Bogota. In Spanish.