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 by Medina, Juana 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2016)

BTSB #: P03535 Available

Dewey: FAges: 5-8   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: School stories Family life - Fiction English language - Study and teaching - Fiction Latin Americans - Fiction Colombians - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction Colombia - Fiction Bogota (Colombia) - Fiction

Summary: Juana loves many things--drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, living in Bogota, Colombia, and especially her dog, Lucas, the best amigo ever. She does not love wearing her itchy school uniform, solving math problems, or going to dance class. And she especially does not love learning English--until her grandparents plan to take her on a trip to an English-speaking country.

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   
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 Available

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: Isabella has recently arrived from Colombia with her mother and abuela. She misses Papa, who is still in South America. It's her first day of school, but when classes are cancelled because of too much snow, Isabella misses warm, green, Columbia more than ever. Then Isabella meets Katie and finds out that making friends in the cold is easier than she thought!