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1) Celia Cruz
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz--once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable determination led to her meteoric rise to fame, opening the door for Latinx performers everywhere. Her booming career took her from the Sonora Matancera to the Fania All-Stars, with the rising popularity of salsa, a genre born of Afro-Cuban musical stylings. Six decades and more than seventy albums later,...
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Meet Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente--once just a kid from Carolina, Puerto Rico, who loved to play baseball on the streets of his hometown with friends and family. As a right fielder, Roberto played eighteen seasons with Major League Baseball, but his life was tragically cut short when a plane he chartered to bring earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua crashed. The first Latin American player to be inducted into the National...
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Read about Sylvia Rivera, who is among the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have shaped our culture and the world in Hispanic Star: Sylvia Rivera, co-written with J. Gia Loving, from Claudia Romo Edelman's gripping Hispanic Star biography series for young readers.
Meet Stonewall uprising veteran Sylvia Rivera—once just a kid from New York City. A transgender Latina, Sylvia became an influential gay liberation and transgender...
4) Celia Cruz
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Read about "La Reina de la Salsa" in Hispanic Star: Celia Cruz, and learn the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes that have shaped our culture and the world in this gripping biography series for young readers, perfect for fans of the Who Was series.
If you can see it, you can be it.
Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz—once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable...
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Read about Selena Gomez, who is among the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have shaped our culture and the world in Hispanic Star: Selena Gomez, from Claudia Romo Edelman's gripping Hispanic Star biography series for young readers.
Meet Selena Gomez--once just a girl from Grand Prairie, Texas, who loved to perform for her family. Her courage, drive, and empathy have been guiding posts in her lifelong career since her beginnings...
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Español
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Read about Sylvia Rivera, who is among the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have shaped our culture and the world in Hispanic Star: Sylvia Rivera, co-written with J. Gia Loving, from Claudia Romo Edelman's gripping Hispanic Star biography series for young readers.
Meet Stonewall uprising veteran Sylvia Rivera-once just a kid from New York City. A transgender Latina, Sylvia became an influential gay liberation and transgender...
7) Selena Gomez
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Español
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Lee sobre Selena Gomez, quien se encuentra entre los héroes hispanos y latinos más innovadores que han forjado nuestra cultura y el mundo en Hispanic Star: Selena Gomez, uno de los libros que forma parte de la fascinante serie de biografías Hispanic Star, creada por Claudia Romo Edelman para jóvenes lectores.
Conoce a Selena Gomez, una muchacha de Grand Prairie, Texas, a quien le encantaba actuar para su familia. Su valentía, su empuje y su...
8) Celia Cruz
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Conoce a la Reina de la Salsa, Celia Cruz, antes solo una niña de La Habana, Cuba, que amaba cantar. Su voz conmovedora, su encanto irresistible y su voluntad de hierro le permitieron alcanzar la fama de forma meteórica, abriéndoles así las puertas a artistas latinos en el mundo entero. Su espectacular carrera la llevó de la Sonora Matancera a la Fania All-Stars con la creciente popularidad de la salsa, un género nacido de los estilos musicales...
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Relates the story of transgender Latina Sylvia Rivera, an influential gay liberation and transgender rights activist who fought especially for transgender people of color and, with Marsha P. Johnson, founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), a group devoted to providing services and advocacy for homeless LGBTQ+ people"--
10) Sonia Sotomayor
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Meet Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor-once just a girl growing up in the Bronx, New York, with her brother and Puerto Rican-born parents. When Sonia was young, her mother emphasized the value of education, and Sonia would eventually graduate summa cum laude from Princeton University, receive a juris doctor from Yale Law School, and later serve as an assistant district attorney for New York County. Throughout her decades-long career, Sonia's...
11) Ellen Ochoa
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Meet award-winning engineer and veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa--once just a girl from Los Angeles, California. The granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, Ellen would pursue a career in physics at a young age and go on to earn master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. In 1993, Ellen became the first Latina in space. As a retired astronaut, she became the first Hispanic and second female director of the Johnson...
12) Selena Gomez
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From a girl who loved performing for her family in Texas to one of "Time" magazine's most influential people, Selena Gomez is an emblem of her generation whose empathy and courage have guided her throughout her career.
13) Roberto Clemente
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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"Conoce al miembro del Salón de la Fama del Béisbol, Roberto Clemente, antes solo un niño de Carolina, Puerto Rico, al que le encantaba jugar pelota en las calles de su pueblo con sus parientes y amigos. Roberto, un estelar jardinero derecho, jugó dieciocho temporadas en las Grandes Ligas, pero su vida terminó trágicamente cuando el avión que había alquilado para llevar auxilio a Nicaragua chocó. Clemente, el primer jugador latinoamericano...
14) Selena Gomez
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Conoce a Selena Gomez, una muchacha de Grand Prairie, Texas, a quien le encantaba actuar para su familia. Su valentía, su empuje y su empatía han sido los pilares de su carrera desde sus comienzos en el programa de televisión Barney &Friends. Su ascenso a la fama de Selena la llevó de Disney Channel a ser nombrada una de las personas más influyentes del mundo por la revista Time en 2020. Emblema de su generación, Selena demuestra que debes aceptarte...
15) Sylvia Rivera
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Meet Stonewall uprising veteran Sylvia Rivera--once just a kid from New York City. A transgender Latina, Sylvia became an influential gay liberation and transgender rights activist who fought especially for transgender people of color. In the 1970s, Sylvia and Marsha P. Johnson founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), a group devoted to providing services and advocacy for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Nearly two decades after her...
16) Ellen Ochoa
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Conoce a la astronauta veterana e ingienera galardonada, Ellen Ochoa, quien una vez fue simplemente una niña de Los Ángeles, California. Nieta de inmigrantes mexicanos, Ellen se dedicaría a la física a temprana edad y procedería a recibir una maestría y un doctorado en ingeniería eléctrica de la Universidad de Stanford. En 1993 Ellen se convirtió en la primera latina en el espacio. Como astronauta retirada, fue directora del Centro Espacial...
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