Lectorum Catalog 2024

101 • prices in red reflect a 20% discount • Bilingual Books EL CUARTO TURQUESA/THE GR: R TURQUOISE ROOM Monica Brown Grades 2-4 BIOGRAPHY In this bilingual memoir, Monica Brown presents a touching tribute to her mother and grandmother. These important women passed down a love for art, imagination, and adventure. Readers will be inspired to create their own family histories and traditions. HC (CB46519) 9780892394357 $20.95/16.76 BRAIDS/TRENCITAS AR:4.4/GR: N/640L Kathleen Contreras Illustrated by Margaret Lindmark Grades 2-4 FAMILY/MEXICAN AMERICAN INTEREST This bilingual story shows the importance of family and of reading, while also emphasizing the rewards of passing along cultural traditions. Beautiful illustrations portray the moving story of Bela and her grandma, who love to tell stories, braid hair, and play lotería with the family: “Our stories, like our braids, bind us forever.” HC (LC36051) 9781933032276 $16.99/13.60 2010 América’s Commended Book SWEET MEMORIES/DULCES AR:3.9/ RECUERDOS GR: O/600L Kathleen Contreras Grades 2-4 MEXICAN INTEREST/GRANDFATHERS Kathleen Contreras follows up her debut picture book Braids/Trencitas with a loving portrait of family and Mexican culture. A young boy and his grandfather share memories and their love of paletas, the delicious popsicles that originated in Michoacan. HC (LC39318) 9781933032917 $14.99/12.00 MY SHOES AND I/MIS ZAPATOS Y YO René Colato Laínez Grades 2-4 BIOGRAPHY/IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE The author shares his experiences of fleeing the civil war in El Salvador and sneaking across three borders with his father in order to join his mother in the United States. One constant and solace during the journey were the new shoes his mother sent him before they left. HC (AR44072) 9781558858848 $18.95/15.16 New THE WOMAN WHO AR:4.5/GR:O/AD860L OUTSHONE THE SUN/LA MUJER QUE BRILLABA AÚN MÁS QUE EL SOL Alejandro Cruz Martinez Grades 2-4 MEXICAN LEGEND This Zapotec legend from Oaxaca tells the story of a woman so beautiful that the river falls in love with her. While most of the people in the town revere her, others fear her and drive her away. To their surprise, the river goes with her, turning the lush area into an arid wasteland. The people then see the error of their ways and must convince her to return. PB (CB38500) 9780892391264 $11.95/9.56 MY NAME IS JORGE ON BOTH AR:4.3/ SIDES OF THE RIVER GR:W/AD530L Jane Medina Grades 2-4 POETRY Through heartfelt poems in both English and Spanish, Jorge poignantly conveys his feeling about his life as a newly arrived Mexican immigrant in the United States. Trying to fit in at school yet still hold on to his family heritage, Jorge describes his everyday experiences as he struggles to get along in a new country. PB (BMP3022) 9781563978425 $11.99/9.60 SOFI AND THE MAGIC, AR:4.2 MUSICAL MURAL/SOFI Y EL MÁGICO MURAL MUSICAL Raquel M. Ortiz Grades 2-4 PUERTO RICAN INTEREST Sofi is drawn to the colorful mural with images of Puerto Rico that she walks by in her neighborhood. One day on her way home from the store, she finds herself transported to Old San Juan with the characters from the painting. The book contains a glossary of Puerto Rican terms and provides information about the mural which can be seen in the Bronx. HC (AR40199) 9781558858039 $18.95/15.16 THE TREE IS OLDER THAN YOU ARE A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico with Paintings by Mexican Artists Edited by Naomi Shihab Nye Grades 2-4 POETRY This anthology of poems and stories from Mexico, illustrated with the brilliant and vivid paintings of Mexican artists, provides a truly captivating experience for the reader. Each poem or story is presented in its original Spanish form, alongside the English translation. PB (SS7260) 9780689820878 $19.99/16.00 LA FIESTA DE LAS TORTILLAS/ AR:4.6/ THE FIESTA OF THE TORTILLAS GR: Q Jorge Argueta Grades 3-4 FAMILY LIFE The author remembers the day in which the Spirit of the Corn visited the restaurant that his family owned in El Salvador. The narration is full of suspense and impregnated with the delicious scents that surrounded the kitchen and that remain intact in the memory and the heart of the author from his childhood. PB (SN41159) 9781631138713 $16.95/13.56 LA GALLINITA EN LA CIUDAD/ AR:3.9/ THE LITTLE HEN IN THE CITY GR:O/980L Jorge Argueta Grades 3-4 FAMILY LIFE A small, tired, and ill speckled hen that spends a rainy day flying in front of her window, arouses in Natalia nostalgia for her grandfather, who stayed in El Salvador. She then is determined to save the hen and moves heaven and earth to do so. PB (SN43015) 9781631138706 $16.95/13.56 SHARUKO: EL ARQUEÓLOGO GR:R PERUANO/PERUVIAN 1050L ARCHAEOLOGIST Monica Brown Grades 3-5 BIOGRAPHY Born in Peru in 1880, Julio C. Tello grew up to become one of the most important archaeologists in the Americas. As a boy, he was daring and curious and was given the nickname Sharuko, which means brave in Quechua. This bilingual biography traces his life, studies, and work glorifying Peru’s indigenous history. HC (CB44887) 9780892394234 $20.95/16.76 2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration THE STORYTELLER’S CANDLE/ AR:4.3/ LA VELITA DE LOS CUENTOS GR: O/ Lucía M. González 730L Illustrated by Lulu Delacre Grades 3-5 BIOGRAPHY Pura Belpré’s ability to inspire and bring stories to life resonates through the pages of this beautifully illustrated book, which captures the essence of Puerto Rican life and culture in El Barrio. As New York’s first Latina librarian, Belpré’s tremendous strides made the public library accessible to people of all ages. PB (CB38504) 9780892392377 $11.95/9.56 LUCA’S BRIDGE/EL PUENTE DE LUCAS Mariana Llanos Grades 3-5 DEPORTATION There are many stories about people coming to the United States, but this bilingual book tells the story of Lucas and his family who return to Mexico because Lucas’s parents are undocumented. The young boy plays the trumpet and it’s his music that creates a bridge to his former life and lessens his sadness. HC (PER44022) 9780998799957 $16.95/13.56