Books for Children and Young Adults in Spanish 2021

Joan Holub ¿Qué fue la Fiebre del Oro? What Was the Gold Rush? ILLUSTRATIONS Tim Tomkinson GR R Exploration and Discovery / American West / Rocks and Minerals 9781631134135 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over three hundred thousand people from all over the world. Some struck it rich, but many more didn’t. Hear the stories about the gold- seeking “forty-niners!” With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life! Kathleen Krull ¿Qué fue el Motín del Té? What Was the Boston Tea Party? ILLUSTRATIONS Lauren Mortimer GR P American Colonies / American Revolution / Convention and Rebellion 9781631134111 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History “No Taxation without Representation!” The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution. Outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists destroyed British tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists who fought against the British Monarchy, and read about this act of rebellion from our history. With illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, the Boston Tea party is brought to life! Kathleen Krull ¿Qué fue la Marcha de Washington? What Was the March on Washington? ILLUSTRATIONS Tim Tomkinson GR R Civil Rights / Prejudice and Racism / African Americans 9781631134166 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History On August 28, 1963, more than two hundred thousand people gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s. With black-and-white artwork throughout and sixteen pages of photographs, the March is brought to life! Jim O’Connor ¿Qué fue la batalla de Gettysburg? What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? ILLUSTRATIONS John Mantha GR S American Civil War / Military and Wars / U.S. in the 19th Century 9781631134104 5½" x 7½" / 124 pp $11.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / History “Four score and seven years ago …” begins Abraham Lincoln’s beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North? With black-and-white illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is vividly brought to life. AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER 129 MIDDLE GRADE READERS