Yuyi Morales
1) Dreamers
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IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
2) Just in case
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IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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As Senor Calavera prepares for Grandma Beetle's birthday he finds an alphabetical assortment of unusual presents, but with the help of Zelmiro the Ghost, he finds the best gift of all.
3) Bright star
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
4) Viva Frida
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Via spare text, in both English and Spanish, this book examines Kahlo's creative process.
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Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 1
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Lucha Libre champion Nino has no trouble fending off monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his skills.
6) Lucero
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
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Child, you are awake! You are alive! You are a bright star, Inside our hearts. Told with a combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous and complex imagery that is typical of Yuyi Morales's work, this is the story of a fawn making her way through a border landscape teeming with flora and fauna native to the region. A gentle but empowering voice encourages her to face her fears when she comes across an obstacle in the form of an insurmountable...
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¡Estás despierta, mi amor! ¡Estás viva! Eres un lucero en nuestros corazones. Contado con la combinación de lenguaje sobrio y poderoso y las metáforas suntuosas y complejas típica de la obra de Yuyi Morales, esta es la historia de una cervatilla que se abre paso a través del paisaje de la frontera, repleto de la flora y la fauna nativas de la región. Una voz dulce, pero que la estimula y le otorga fuerza, anima a la cervatilla a enfrentar...
9) Lucero
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¡Estás despierta, mi amor! ¡Estás viva! Eres un lucero en nuestros corazones. Contado con la combinación de lenguaje sobrio y poderoso y las metáforas suntuosas y complejas típica de la obra de Yuyi Morales, esta es la historia de una cervatilla que se abre paso a través del paisaje de la frontera, repleto de la flora y la fauna nativas de la región. Una voz dulce, pero que la estimula y le otorga fuerza, anima a la cervatilla a enfrentar...
10) Bright Star
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Child, you are awake! You are alive! You are a bright star, Inside our hearts. Told with a combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous and complex imagery that is typical of Yuyi Morales's work, this is the story of a fawn making her way through a border landscape teeming with flora and fauna native to the region. A gentle but empowering voice encourages her to face her fears when she comes across an obstacle in the form of an insurmountable...
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Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
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Las Hermanitas are the fiercest baby lucha libre wrestlers, but when big brother Nino shows up, he brings some stiff competition.
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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In this version of a traditional tale, Senor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.
14) Soñadores
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"This Spanish edition of Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales's Dreamers, published simultaneously with the English edition, is the author's own immigration story and a tribute to the transformative power of hope. and reading. In 1994, 25-year-old Yuyi Morales traveled from her home in Xalapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent residency in this country. Her passage was not easy and she...
16) Nochecita
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Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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At the end of a long day, Mother Sky helps her playful daughter, Little Night, to get ready for bed.
18) Thunder Boy Jr
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn't want to share a name"--