Peter Sís

Pam Muñoz Ryan

A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world. Includes author's note about the poet.

The Dreamer

A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.

Riding Freedom

Held prisoner in her Grandmother's house in California, Maya, forbidden to have any friends, creates an imaginary world in her mind where a tobiano paint horse named Artemisia runs free and holds the key to unlocking the secrets to Maya's past. 75,000 first printing.

Paint the Wind

Music, magic, and a real-life miracle meld in this genre-defying masterpiece from Newbery Honoree Pam Muñoz Ryan! Winner of a 2016 Newbery Honor, ECHO pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation. Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo. Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, this impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.

Echo

The Sword of the Monarchs

Solimar

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Esperanza Rising

An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.

The True Recital of Marian Anderson

When Marian Sang

Pictează vântul

Il sognatore. Storia del ragazzo che diventò Pablo Neruda

Newbery Honoree Pam Muñoz Ryan weaves an entrancing tale of courage and self-discovery.

Mañanaland

Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.

Hello Ocean

"Três irmãs chamadas Eins, Zwei e Drei. Um, Dois e Três. Três princesas que escaparam das garras da morte para se tornar prisioneiras de uma bruxa. A única maneira que elas têm para quebrar o feitiço e escapar da floresta onde vivem é através da música. Uma harmonia em três vozes capaz de viajar pelo tempo e espaço, e tocar profundamente a vida das pessoas que a escutam.ECOS, da premiada escritora norte-americana Pam Muñoz Ryan, é uma fábula como há muito não se via – ou se ouvia. Um conto de fadas dark, que resgata o melhor da tradição dos irmãos Grimm, combinado com delicados momentos do século XX, como as duas grandes guerras e a Depressão econômica que assolou os Estados Unidos nos anos 1930. O resultado é uma fantasia histórica repleta de perigos e beleza, emoldurada pelo poder da música.A aventura começa cinquenta anos antes da Primeira Guerra Mundial ― “a guerra para acabar com todas as guerras” ―, quando o pequeno Otto se perde na Floresta Negra e encontra as três irmãs encantadas, prisioneiras de uma velha bruxa, que conhecia apenas das páginas de um livro, e acreditava ser apenas uma lenda.Como em um passe de mágica, as irmãs ajudam o garoto a encontrar o caminho de casa. E Otto promete libertá-las, levando o espírito das três dentro de uma inusitada gaita de boca.Ao longo dos anos, o instrumento chega à mão de novos donos: um menino que vê o sonho de se tornar músico interrompido pela ascensão do nazismo; um jovem pianista prodígio que vive num orfanato e luta para não ser separado do irmão caçula; uma filha de imigrantes mexicanos que cuidam de uma casa de japoneses enviados a um campo de concentração dentro dos Estados Unidos, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.Personagens com dramas diferentes, mas um amor transformador pela música. Cada um à sua maneira, eles são afetados pela magia das três irmãs. Assim como os leitores do livro em todos os países em que ECOS foi lançado. Prepare-se para também ser arrebatado e enfeitiçado por essa fábula harmônica.ECOS é mais um lançamento da DarkSide® Books. Como nos outros títulos da coleção DarkLove, é perfeito para quem quer morrer de amor. Sempre escritos por autoras com grandes histórias para contar, os livros DarkLove transbordam de talento narrativo e muito sentimento. Quem se apaixonou por Em Algum Lugar nas Estrelas, Minha Vida Fora dos Trilhos e A Guerra que Salvou a Minha Vida, não vai largar ECOS até a última página, até a última nota dessa sinfonia em forma de romance literário."--

Ecos

Re-illustrated and re-designed, OUR CALIFORNIA (previously CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME!) is a lively tour of award-winning author Pam Muñoz Ryan's home state. Spirited poems celebrate California's major cities and regions. Backmatter includes state symbols and additional information about each place. Bold paintings by illustrator Rafael López capture the spirit of the land.

Our California

Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for a start. Then, there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, and her status at school as "nobody special." But according to Gram, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. And with Gram and her little brother, Owen, life at Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho in California is happy and peaceful...until their mother reappears after seven years, stirring up all sorts of questions and challenging Naomi to discover who she really is. Spanish title: Yo, Naomi Leon Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw ha tenido que enfrentarse a mucho en su corta vida, empezando por su nombre. Tambien esta el problema de su ropa (hechas por su abuela en tela de poliester), su timidez y la fama que tiene en la escuela de no ser nadie especial. Pero segun su abuela, la mayoria de los problemas se solucionan con mentalidad positiva. Y su vida, junto a su abuela y su pequeno hermano, Owen, en el parque de casas moviles Avocado Acres, es tranquila y feliz... hasta que su mama aparece luego de siete anos, creando confusion y retando a Naomi a que averigue quien es.

Yo, Naomi León

Esperanza Ortega tiene todos los tesoros que una chica pueda desear: hermosos vestidos, una linda casa llena de sirvientes en México, y la promesa de que un día llegará a presidir el Rancho como su mamá. Pero una tragedia inesperada destruye ese sueño, obligando a Esperanza y a su madre a escapar a California dónde tendrán que trabajar en una finca junto a o

Esperanza renace (Esperanza Rising)

On the brink of her Quinceanera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. There, the sun pierces through a sword-shaped crevice in a boulder, which shines on her and sends the butterflies hum

Tony Baloney wants to stand out from the crowd during his school's Halloween parade, but he has to make sure to keep his costume intact until then.

Yo Ho Ho, Halloween!

The fourth Tony Baloney Beginning Reader is a treat, filled with all the humor and heart that have come to define this loveable character and series. Halloween is coming! This year, Tony Baloney wants to stand out in the crowd at the school Halloween parade. But can he keep his costume intact until the day of the parade?This hilarious story is great fun for anyone who's ever come up with a brilliant plan that doesn't go quite the way they envisioned...readers will delight in a treat ending-the Baloneys have a few tricks up their sleeves!

Tony Baloney Yo Ho Ho, Halloween!

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. Read by Trini Alvarado. Book available.

"Award-winning author Ryan has masterfully crafted a story using cultural elements from Mexico with a generous sprinkling of magic. In this story of courage, determination, and ingenuity, readers will cheer on Solimar in her arduous journey to save what is near and dear to her heart." --Booklist "I advise you to tell no one about the gift unless you trust them implicitly." Ever since Solimar was a little girl, she has gone to the ouamel forest bordering her kingdom to observe the monarch butterflies during their migration, but always from a safe distance. Now, on the brink of her quinceañera and her official coronation, Solimar crosses the dangerous creek to sit among the butterflies. There, a mysterious event gives her a gift and a burden--the responsibility to protect the young and weak butterflies with her magical rebozo, or silk shawl. Solimar is committed to fulfilling her role, and has a plan that might have worked. But when her father, the king, and her brother, the prince, leave on an expedition, a neighboring king overthrows the kingdom and holds everyone left in the village hostage. It takes all of Solimar's courage to escape and then embark on a dangerous journey to save her kingdom, but she's not alone. Her pet bird, Lázaro, the butterflies she protects, and a magical rag doll, Zarita, are with her. Then, at a precarious moment, she meets a river boy who knows the rapids. Even with help, can Solimar save her family, the kingdom, and the future of the monarchs from a greedy king? Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story!

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