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Dream with the/Sueña con las Latinitas Spiral-Bound | 2022-09-27

Juliet Menéndez Juliet Menéndez (Illustrated by)

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In this sweet, simplified, and poetic bilingual board book edition of Latinitas, Juliet Menéndez celebrates Latinas and Latin American women who followed their dreams.

Discover how twenty-two influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menéndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams.

Descubre cómo veintidós latinas influyentes se convirtieron en las mujeres que hoy celebramos. En esta colección de biografías cortas de personajes de toda América Latina y de Estados Unidos, Juliet Menéndez explora los primeros pasitos con los que estas latinitas iniciaron su camino. Con hermosas ilustraciones, hechas a mano, Menéndez pone en relieve el poder que tienen los sueños de la infancia.

Godwin Books

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Board Book
Pages: 24 pages
ISBN-10: 1250840449
Item Weight: 0.6 lbs
Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.5 x 6.5 inches
Latinitas hardcover:

"This is an engaging and important book that should stimulate young Latinas to become the best they can be--and I am delighted to be in such good company!" --Susana Torre, acclaimed architect featured in Latinitas

"What will pull young people in is that Menéndez depicts these women as children (Latinitas), both visually and anecdotally . . . What will keep these readers engaged is how their soon-to-be heroines bloom into their future selves on the page." --The New York Times Book Review

"Will inspire young children to follow their own dreams . . . This book belongs in any child's hands." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Juliet Menéndez is a Guatemalan American author and illustrator living between Guatemala City, Paris, and New York. While working as a bilingual teacher in New York City's public schools, Juliet noted the need for more books that depicted children like the ones in her classrooms. She studied design and illustration in Paris and now spends her days with her watercolors and notebook. Latinitas is her first children's book.

Juliet Menéndez es una autora e ilustradora guatemalteca-estadounidense que vive entre la ciudad de Guatemala, Paris y Nueva York. Mientras trabajaba como maestra bilingüe en las escuelas públicas de la ciudad de Nueva York, se dio cuenta de que hacían falta más libros que mostraran niños parecidos a sus estudiantes. Juliet estudió diseño e ilustración en Paris y ahora pasa el tiempo entre acuarelas y libretas. Latinitas es su primer libro infantil.

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