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2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Celebrate Women
FPPL Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
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Celebrate Women
FPPL Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
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"It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found dead near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their death as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las...
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Hispanic & Latino Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage Month 2021: Nonfiction for Kids
K&T - National STEM/STEAM Day
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Hispanic Heritage Month 2021: Nonfiction for Kids
K&T - National STEM/STEAM Day
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Looks at the life and accomplishments of Teresa Carreño, one of the most famous pianists who, by age nine, performed for President Abraham Lincoln at the White House.
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"Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Macedonia. From an early age, she knew she wanted to dedicate herself to religion. She was fascinated by stories of missionaries helping people and wanted to do the same. She spent the rest of her life caring for the sick and poor around the world and is now remembered as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The incredible story of her life features a facts and photos section at the back"--Back cover.
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2022 Abraham Lincoln Teen Book Awards
2022 Lincoln Award Nominees
CSPL Women's History Month
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2022 Lincoln Award Nominees
CSPL Women's History Month
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With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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"De niña, a Teresa Carreño le encantaba dejar que sus manos bailaran a lo largo de las hermosas teclas del piano. Si se sentía triste, la música le levantaba el ánimo y, cuando estaba feliz, el piano la ayudaba a compartir esa alegría. Pronto comenzó a escribir sus propias canciones y a tocar en grandes catedrales. Entonces, una revolución en Venezuela hizo que su familia tuviera que huir a Estados Unidos. Teresa se sentía sola en este sitio...
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Mother Teresa is an informative introduction to the famous Catholic nun. Mother Teresa is one of the most admired Nobel laureates of all time. Born in Eastern Europe of Albanian parents, she became a Catholic missionary nun in India when she was still a teenager. After teaching in a convent school in Calcutta for nearly two decades, in 1946 she claimed that she heard God calling her to live and work among "the poorest of the poor" in that city's slums....
12) Mother Teresa
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the nun who helped the poor around the world.
13) Mother Teresa
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"Examines the life of Mother Teresa in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills"--Amazon.com.
14) Mother Teresa
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"Biography of Mother Teresa, presented for children who are learning to read"--
15) Mother Teresa
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A brief overview of the life of Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.
20) Mother Teresa
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"A biography of Albanian-born nun Mother Teresa, examining her position as a leader of the Missionaries of Charity in India, as well as her emphasis on compassion and other social stances."--Amazon.com.
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