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Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Something special happened when Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez met. Together, they fought for the rights of countless farmworkers. Side by side, inspiring hope, they changed history.
Algo especial sucedió cuando Dolores Huerta y César Chávez se conocieron. Juntos, lucharon por los derechos de innumerables trabajadores agrícolas. Lado a lado, inspirando esperanza, cambiaron la historia.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"El Deafo: Superpowered Edition is a must-have collector's edition for existing fans and the perfect gift for new readers, with 40 all-new pages of childhood photographs, early sketches, notes from Cece, and much more!"--Amazon.com.
Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic...
983) Growing pangs
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old homeschooled Katie experiences the ups and downs of growing up and 6th grade--from bad haircuts and friendship breakups to new experiences, new friends, and a new understanding of her OCD"--
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A moving picture book for older children and families that introduces a difficult topic, amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant children detained at the border between Mexico and the US. The children's actual words (from publicly available court documents) are assembled to tell one heartbreaking story, in both English and Spanish (back to back). Each spread is illustrated in striking full-color by a different Latin artist. A portion of...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
"Musically, Franz Liszt (1811–1886) is one of the most written about but least understood composers of the 19th century. As for his life -- Felix Mendelssohn observed that Liszt's character was 'a continual alternation between scandal and apotheosis.' 'Scandal and apotheosis'? What could that possibly mean? Join music professor Robert Greenberg for these lectures, and go on a fascinating journey in search of the truth about both. 'Franz Liszt, Both...
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
"The music of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) is so technically superb, so widely imitated, and so rich in quality and quantity that almost since the moment of its creation it has exemplified the classical style. More than any other single composer, it was Haydn who created the classical-era symphony. And his 68 string quartets? They are the standard by which all other classical string quartets were and are judged. No less an expert than Mozart wrote...
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to creative longevity, brilliance across a range of styles, and near-universal fame, Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) is nearly unrivaled among 20th-century artists. As told by Professor Robert Greenberg, Stravinsky's career is a dizzying, enthralling progression across the miles and the decades from fin de siècle Czarist Russia to Southern California in the 1960s." -- Publisher's website.
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the most prolific and inspiring forces in the history of music. With his brilliant compositions and his unique approach to the piano, he changed the face of western concert music forever. After Beethoven nothing could ever be the same again. This course by Professor Robert Greenberg is a biographical and musical study of Beethoven . It puts the great musician's life in a social, political, and cultural context." --...
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
"In this course by Professor Robert Greenberg you meet the Schumanns -- brilliant, gifted, troubled, and unique in the history of music. Robert Schumann (1810–1856) and his wife Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896) have earned a distinct place in the annals of Western music. As a couple with a two-career marriage -- he as a pioneering critic and composer, she as one of the leading concert pianists of Europe -- they were highly exceptional in their...
992) Imagina
Author
Series
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
¿Alguna vez imaginó lo que podría ser cuando sea mayor? Cuando era muy joven, Juan Felipe Herrera recogía flores de manzanilla en campos ventosos y dejaba que los renacuajos nadaran en sus manos en un arroyo. Dormía afuera y aprendía a despedirse de sus amiguitos cada vez que su familia se mudaba a un nuevo pueblo. Fue a la escuela y aprendió a leer y escribir inglés por sí mismo y llenó blocs de papel con ríos de tinta mientras caminaba...
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