Hear my voice : the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States = Escucha mi voz : los testimonios de ninos detenidos ...

BTSB PreboundBILINGUAL(Workman, 2021)

BTSB #: 433074 Available

Dewey: 362.8709/NAges: 8-12   


Genres: Spanish Bilingual Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Immigrants - Mexican-American Border Region - Biography Refugees - Mexican-American Border Region - Biography Unauthorized immigrants - Mexican-American Border Region Upside-down books Bilingual books - English-Spanish

Summary: Introduces a difficult topic, amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant children detained at the border between Mexico and the US. In English and Spanish.

I am an American : the Wong Kim Ark story by Brockenbrough, Martha 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2021)

BTSB #: 153688 Available

Dewey: 305.8951/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.1 LG F&P: U

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Subjects: Ark, Wong Kim United States.|bSupreme Court - History Citizenship - United States Immigrants - Legal status, laws, etc. - United States Immigration law - United States - History Chinese Americans - Legal status, laws, etc.|y19th century - Sources Chinese Americans - California - Biography

Summary: A timely and important picture book that introduces readers to Wong Kim Ark, who challenged the Supreme Court for his right to be an American citizen.

Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 353894 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 10-14   


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Subjects: American poetry - African American women authors African Americans - Poetry Harlem Renaissance - Influence

Summary: Using "The Golden Shovel" method the author creates wholly original poems based on the works of the groundbreaking women poets of the Harlem Renaissance.

Make meatballs sing : the life & art of Corita Kent by Burgess, Matthew 

BTSB Prebound(Enchanted Lion Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 530541 Available

Dewey: 769.92/BAges: 6-8   


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Subjects: Corita,|d1918-1986 Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Biography Nuns - United States - Biography Silk screen printing - United States - Biography Artists - Biography Pop art

Summary: Deeply influenced by her religious beliefs and fired up by the social justice causes of her day, Corita Kent lived a remarkable life as a nun, educator, designer, artist, and activist. This story draws readers into the life of a singular woman whose work and commitment invite us all to seek joy in the everyday, to observe the world with open eyes, and to question and see beyond the existing framework of society.

Nano : the spectacular science of the very (very) small by Wade, Jess 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 913154 Available

Dewey: 620.5/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.7 LG F&P: W

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Subjects: Nanotechnology Technology - Social aspects Industrial research

Summary: An acclaimed physicist and debut picture-book author introduces readers to the tiny building blocks that make up the world around us. Friendly text and stylish illustrations explain atoms, the elements, and other essential science concepts and reveal how very (very) small materials are manipulated to create self-washing windows; stronger, lighter airplanes; and other wonders of nanotechnology.

Ninos : poems for the lost children of Chile by Ferrada, Maria Jose 

BTSB Prebound(Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 333019 Available

Dewey: 861/NAges: 7-11   
Lexile: 780

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Subjects: Children's poetry Disappeared persons - Poetry Homicide - Poetry Chile - History|y1973-1988

Summary: With one poem for each child, this collection explores the hopes of the thirty-four children disappeared and killed during Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile.

Sea-ringed world : sacred stories of the Americas by Esperon, Maria Garcia 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 315188 Available

Dewey: 398.2/NAges: 8-14   


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Subjects: Native Americans - Folklore Short stories

Summary: Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories which are part of this collection from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska.