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 Temp OS

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.

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!