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El gran día de Lily. (Lilly’s Big Day)
Reviewed by Ann Welton, Grant Center for the Expressive Arts, Tacoma, WA - 04/15/2008 Henkes, Kevin.
tr. by María Candelaria Posada. illus. by author. U.S.: Greenwillow & Rayo: HarperCollins. 2008. unpaged. ISBN 978-0-06-136316-0. $16.99.More
Skulduggery Pleasant.
Reviewed by School Library Journal, 06/01/07 - 04/01/2008 Landy, Derek. tr. by Xohana Bastida. Spain: SM. 2007. 335p. ISBN 978-84-675-1984-6. $29.95.More
Mi hermano. (My Brother)
Reviewed by School Library Journal, 03/01/07 - 04/01/2008 Browne, Anthony.
tr. by Laura Emilia Pacheco. Mexico/U.S.: Fondo de Cultura Económica (Los especiales de A la orilla del viento). 2007. unpaged. ISBN 978-968-16-8479-2. $14.99.More
El Flautista de Hamelín/The Pied Piper.
Reviewed by Betsy Duarte Shepard, Wakefield Middle School, Tucson, AZ - 03/15/2008 Cela, Jaume.
tr. by Elizabeth Bell. illus. by Losantos. Cristina. U.S.: Chronicle Books (A Bilingual Book). 2008. ISBN 978-0-8118-6028-4. $14.95
Snow White/Blancanieves.
Reviewed by Anat Shenker, Univ. of California, Berkeley - 03/15/2008 Desclot, Miguel.
tr. by TK. illus. by Ignasi Blanch. U.S.: Chronicle Books (A Bilingual Book). 2008. ISBN 978-0-8118-6030-7. $14.95.More
Publisher Spotlight—Pinto Books, A Publisher with Garbo
In Spanish, garbo means a jaunty air: elegance and grace. The quintessence of garbo in the independent publishing world is Pinto Books, a New York City-based multicultural house that favors books with substance in English and Spanish, the kind to be read many times.
New Year, New Look!
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