New Releases by Monica Brown

A bilingual portrait of the Queen of Salsa describes her childhood in Cuba, her musical career, and her move to the United States, and explains how her music brought her native Cuba to the world.

Short biographical poem depicting the life of Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner Gabriela Mistral.

An introduction to the life and work of the Nobel prize-winning Colombian author describes his childhood in Aracataca, Colombia, and how the things that surrounded him inspired his imagination and his desire to become a storyteller.

A Lola levine le gusta exribir en su diario, tomar el café con leche de su mamád la sopa de bolitas de matzo de su de su papá y jugar al fúbol con su equipo, Los Batidos de Naranja. Lola es feriz en la cancha, pero cuando un partido de fúbol duran el recreo se vuelve demasiado competitivo, ella sin querer le hace daño a Juan Gómez. ¡Y ahora todos le dicen Lola, la Mala! ¿Podrá Lola arreglar sus conflictos con sus amigos y seguir siendo ella misma?

Describes how Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez worked together to motivate migrant farm workers to fight for their rights.