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May 2009
RFB&D Librarian's Choice Books

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with new lesson plans featuring books from our audiobook collection that focus on Mexican history and culture. There are lesson plans for the juvenile books at ww.learningthroughlistening.org.

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Juvenile Titles 

HJ662
--and now Miguel
Krumgold, Joseph. HarperTrophy 1984, c1981. 1st HarperTrophy ed. [Grades 3-7].

HV387
Adelita: a Mexican Cinderella story
De Paola, Tomie. Puffin Books 2004, c2002. [Grade 1 and up].

HR472
The ancient American world
Fash, William Leonard. Oxford University Press c2005. Grades 6-8.

GZ996
Any small goodness: a novel of the barrio
Johnston, Tony. Scholastic c2001. [Grades 3-7].

HD732
Becoming Naomi León
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Scholastic Press c2004. Grades 4-7.

GV135
Breaking through
Jimenez, Francisco. Houghton Mifflin c2001. Grade 7 and up.

HA004
The circuit: stories from the life of a migrant child
Jiménez, Francisco. University of New Mexico Press c1997. 1st ed. Grades 4-8.

HX907
Crazy loco: stories
Rice, David. Speak 2003, c2001. [Grades 8-12].

GT573
Esperanza rising
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Scholastic c2000. RL: 4. [Grades 2-7].

GZ588
The hummingbirds' gift
Czernecki, Stefan. Hampton-Brown Books c1994. Grades K-3.

Adult/Teen Titles

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HK438
Burro genius: a memoir
Villaseñor, Victor. Rayo 2005, c2004. 1st Rayo paperback ed.

GT479
Caramelo, or, Puro cuento: a novel
Cisneros, Sandra. Alfred A. Knopf c2002. 1st ed.

HT351
The eagle's throne: a novel
Fuentes, Carlos. Random House c2006. 1st U.S. ed.

JD118
Ex Mex: from migrants to immigrants
Castañeda, Jorge G. New Press c2007.

JG596
Hecho en Tejas: an anthology of Texas-Mexican literature
University of New Mexico Press c2006.

HT499
The labyrinth of solitude and The other Mexico ; Return to the labyrinth of solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The philanthropic ogre
Paz, Octavio. Grove Press c1985.

HC459
The life and times of Mexico
Shorris, Earl. W.W. Norton c2004. 1st ed.

GW257
Mexican phoenix: Our Lady of Guadalupe : image and tradition across five
centuries
Brading, D. A. Cambridge University Press c2001.

GY416
So far from God: a novel
Castillo, Ana. Plume c1993.

MM293
The underdogs : a novel of the Mexican Revolution
Azuela, Mariano. Signet Classic 1996.