La Noche Buena

La Noche Buena PDF Author: Antonio Sacre
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810989672
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Sacre and Dominguez deliver a holiday book about a Cuban-American family and how they spend their La Noche Buena (Christmas Eve). Includes a glossary of Spanish words. Full color.

La Noche Buena

La Noche Buena PDF Author: Antonio Sacre
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810989672
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Sacre and Dominguez deliver a holiday book about a Cuban-American family and how they spend their La Noche Buena (Christmas Eve). Includes a glossary of Spanish words. Full color.

'Twas Nochebuena

'Twas Nochebuena PDF Author: Roseanne Greenfield Thong
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698136454
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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’Twas Nochebuena and all through our casa, every creature was kneading tamale masa... It’s Christmas Eve, and you’re invited to a Nochebuena celebration! Follow a family as they prepare to host a night filled with laughter, love, and Latino tradition. Make tasty tamales and hang colorful adornos (decorations) on the walls. Gather to sing festive canciones (songs) while sipping champurrado (hot chocolate). After the midnight feast has been served and the last gifts have been unwrapped, it’s time to cheer, “Feliz Navidad and to all a good night!” Savor the magic of Nochebuena with a holiday tale you’ll want to read again and again.

The Legend of the Poinsettia

The Legend of the Poinsettia PDF Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698115678
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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In Mexico, the poinsettia is called flor de la Nochebuenao flower of the Holy Night. At Christmastime, the flower blooms and flourishes, the quite exquisite red stars lighting up the countryside. This Mexican legend tells how the poinsettia came to be, through a little girl's unselfish gift to the Christ Child. Beloved Newbery honor-winning author and Caldecott honor-winning illustrator Tomie dePaola has embraced the legend using his own special feeling for Christmas. His glorious paintings capture not only the brilliant colors of Mexico and its art, but also the excitement of the children preparing for Christmas and the hope of Lucida, who comes to see what makes a gift truly beautiful.

Milagro de la flor de nochebuena

Milagro de la flor de nochebuena PDF Author: Brian Cavanaugh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780809167791
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"The story about the Christmas cráeche is from "The Life of St. Francis (Legenda maior)" by St. Bonaventure."--Title page verso.

Tomàs Rivera

Tomàs Rivera PDF Author: Tomàs Rivera
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611923131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Book Description
Tomàs Rivera quite possibly has been the most influential voice in Chicano literature. Besides his masterpiece, ƒy no se lo tragÑ la tierra / ƒAnd the Earth Did Not Devour Him, included here is the sum total of his published works, in English and Spanish, as well as many that never made print in his lifetime.

Noche Buena

Noche Buena PDF Author: Nicolas Kanellos
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198030932
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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A family seated round the fireplace Singing and making merry; A sprightly waltz played with grace Noche Buena brings us all the magic of the Christmas season as seen through the eyes of the Hispanic Americans who celebrate it. Christmas is at times a universal story, and many of the images here are recognizable across cultures. We hear and see proud, joyful singing; the adoration of the Infant Jesus; and the peaceful strains of Adeste Fidelis. But here as well are the rich traditions and legends specific to the Hispanic culture, such as the celebration of the posadas for nine nights leading up to Christmas, with candy raining down from colorful swinging piñatas, egg shells filled with confetti, and beautiful paper lanterns crafted to illuminate the town on Christmas Eve. There is the "Legend of the Poinsettia" where a poor child embarrassed by the modesty of his gift for the Christ Child sheds tears on the dull green leaves of the familiar plant, thereby miraculously transforming them to a brilliant red. And here too are hopeful children singing "If You Give Me Meat Pies," asking for the reward of warm meat pies and rice pudding in return for their sweet caroling. Thirty-six inspiring literary selections comprise this enchanting collection of works from Mexican, Colombian, Cuban, and Puerto Rican writers--writers who represent the range of Hispanic minority groups in the United States. Through these stories, traditional tales, songs, and poetry, readers gain a true understanding of the importance of the Christmas holiday within the Hispanic community, and begin to grasp the issues that inform the Hispanic American creative process--issues such as communal identity, patriotism, poverty, assimilation, and religion. With vivid illustrations and original Spanish text for all poetry, this fascinating anthology will inform readers of all cultural backgrounds, and give them the opportunity to celebrate this cherished time with a newly extended family.

How to Leave Hialeah

How to Leave Hialeah PDF Author: Jennine Capó Crucet
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587298791
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Book Description
United in their fierce sense of place and infused with the fading echoes of a lost homeland, the stories in Jennine Capó Crucet’s striking debut collection do for Miami what Edward P. Jones does for Washington, D.C., and what James Joyce did for Dublin: they expand our ideas and our expectations of the city by exposing its tough but vulnerable underbelly. Crucet’s writing has been shaped by the people and landscapes of South Florida and by the stories of Cuba told by her parents and abuelos. Her own stories are informed by her experiences as a Cuban American woman living within and without her community, ready to leave and ready to return, “ready to mourn everything.” Coming to us from the predominantly Hispanic working-class neighborhoods of Hialeah, the voices of this steamy section of Miami shout out to us from rowdy all-night funerals and kitchens full of plátanos and croquetas and lechón ribs, from domino tables and cigar factories, glitter-purple Buicks and handed-down Mom Rides, private homes of santeras and fights on front lawns. Calling to us from crowded expressways and canals underneath abandoned overpasses shading a city’s secrets, these voices are the heart of Miami, and in this award-winning collection Jennine Capó Crucet makes them sing.

The Christmas Story

The Christmas Story PDF Author: Jane Werner Watson
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0385374771
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Book Description
Share the true meaning of Christmas with your children this holiday season. This simple but poetic text brings to life the story of Jesus' birth in a stable in Bethlehem. First published in 1952, this Little Golden Book adaption of the Christmas story was illustrated by beloved artist Eloise Wilkin. This classic picture book retelling of the Christmas story is a perfect gift for the holidays.

La Nochebuena South of the Border

La Nochebuena South of the Border PDF Author:
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
In this bilingual version of "The Night before Christmas," Santa has become Papá Noel and his reindeer have been replaced with eight burros pulling a cart.

Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!

Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York! PDF Author: Edie Colon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442434848
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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“Lush, evocative.” —School Library Journal “Raul Colón’s art…has a sweetness that’s sometimes tinged with anxiety, sometimes with hope. A fine addition to books about the immigrant experience.” —Booklist “This gentle look back at an important time will also speak to contemporary children whose families are starting anew in the United States.” —Publishers Weekly When five year old Gabriella hears talk of Castro and something called revolution in her home in Cuba, she doesn't understand. Then when her parents leave suddenly and she remains with her grandparents, life isn't the same. Soon the day comes when she goes to live with her parents in a new place called the Bronx. It isn't warm like Havana, and there is traffic not the ocean outside her window. Their life is different—it snows in the winter and the food at school is hot dogs and macaroni. What will it take for the Bronx to feel like home?