Author: Carlos Aponte
Narrator: Anthony Lee Medina
Unabridged: 0 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
Published: 12/08/2020
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America
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Author-illustrator Carlos Aponte takes readers on a journey to the heart of Puerto Rico in this enchanting picture book set in Old San Juan.
"A lively and honest story about filling voids and exploring what defines a family--as well as a love letter to a childhood home."--Horn Book
Carlitos lives in a happy home with his mother, his abuela, and Coco the cat. Life in his hometown is cozy as can be, but the call of the capital city pulls Carlitos across the bay in search of his father. Jolly piragüeros, mischievous cats, and costumed musicians color this tale of love, family, and the true meaning of home.
Women are turning up dead in the rural outskirts of Virginia, killed in grotesque ways, and when the FBI is called in, they are stumped. A serial killer is out there, his frequency increasing, and they know there is only one agent good enough to cra...
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In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to twist her own braids into ...
From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school ...
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“A MASTERPIECE OF THRILLER AND MYSTERY. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this ...
Explora las maravillas de la Amazonia con Zonia, una nina ashaninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un dia por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento. La selva es el hogar de Zonia. Es su jardin y su patio, su vecindario y...
So we purr, cara cara, and we glide, taka taka, and we zoom, zoom, ZOOM!Together, a boy and his parents drive to the city of Havana, Cuba, in their old family car. Along the way, they experience the sights and sounds of the streets—neighbors t...
A magic door that leads to a beautiful Caribbean islandImane is a curious young girl with a big question: What is behind the magic door inside her house?Her sister Caroline says it’s a door that goes everywhere and nowhere. Sometimes it’...