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.

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?

Mil mariposas blancas by Betancourt-Perez, Jessica 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Charlesbridge, 2023)

BTSB #: 117196 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 430 AD

Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural

Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction First day of school - Fiction Snow - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Language and languages - Fiction Colombians - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Newly arrived from Colombia, Isabella's first day of school in the United States is cancelled because of snow and when Isabella notices a girl playing outside she makes a new friend, despite the language barrier. In Spanish.

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.

Thousand white butterflies by Betancourt-Perez, Jessica 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 117194 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
F&P: L

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Snow - Fiction First day of school - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Language and languages - Fiction Colombians - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Newly arrived from Colombia, Isabella's first day of school in the United States is cancelled because of snow and when Isabella notices a girl playing outside she makes a new friend, despite the language barrier.