Mexico/Latin America

• Jaffe, Nina.
  The golden flower : a Taino myth from Puerto Rico
  This myth explains the origin of the sea, the forest, and the island now called Puerto Rico.
  Educ. Res. F 1969 .J33 1996
• De Paola, Tomie.
  Adelita : a Mexican Cinderella story
  After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta.
  Educ. Res. SELECT PS 3554 .E11
• Holtwijk, Ineke.
  Engelen van het asfalt. English
  Abandoned on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, thirteen-year-old Alex joins a group of children like him and finds himself adapting to his new life.
  Educ. Res. PT 5881.18 .O57 E51
• Alvarez, Julia.
  Before we were free
  In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
  Educ. Res. PS 3551 .L845 B4 20
• Joseph, Lynn.
  The color of my words
  When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.
  Educ. Res. Bushner PS 3560 .O7
• Orozco, José Luis, Arranger. Translator.
  De colores and other Latin-American folk songs for children
  For voice and piano, vocal line incorporated in piano part; includes chord symbols.
  Spanish words; includes words printed as text with English translations.
  Educ. Res. M 1997 .D32 1994
• Winter, Jonah.
  Diego
  Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
  Educ. Res. ND 259 .R5 W48 1991
• Veciana-Suarez, Ana.
  Flight to freedom
  Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives while leaving others behind.
  Educ. Res. Bushner PS 3572 .E2
• Winter, Jonah.
  Frida
  Educ. Res. ND 259 .K33 W56 200
• Alarcón, Francisco X., 1954-
  From the bellybutton of the moon and other summer poems
  A bilingual collection of poems in which the renowned Mexican American poet revisits and celebrates his childhood memories of summers, Mexico, and nature.
  Educ. Res. PS 3551 .L222 1998
• Lynch, Chris.
  Gold dust
  In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napolean, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napolean will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.
  Educ. Res. Bushner PS 3562 .Y4
• Montes, Marisa.
  Juan Bobo goes to work : a Puerto Rican folktale
  Although he tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, foolish Juan Bobo keeps getting things all wrong.
  Educ. Res. PS 3613 .O57 J8 200
• Ets, Marie Hall, 1895-
  Nine days to Christmas
  Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata for it.
  Educ. Res. PS 3509 .T7 N5
• Iterson, Siny Rose van.
  adjudant van de vrachtwagen. English
  For a fifteen-year-old boy from the slums of Bogotá, Colombia, being taken on as a truck driver's helper is an unbelievably good break.
  Educ. Res. PT 5881.19 .T4 A413
• O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989.
  The black pearl
  In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner.
  Educ. Res. PS 3565 .D38 B5 c.1
• González, Lucía M.
  The bossy gallito = El gallo de bodas ; a traditional Cuban folktale
  In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story.
  Educ. Res. PS 3557 .O479 B6 19
• Ada, Alma Flor.
  Under the royal palms : a childhood in Cuba
  The author recalls her life and impressions growing up in Cuba.
  Educ. Res. PS 3551 .D22 Z475 1