Reviewed by Allie Jane Bruce Review Source: Reading While White Book Author: The first-person narrator (who does the cooking) has a child’s voice, and teaches readers about the history and culture embodied in red salsa. “[M]olcajetes were / our ancestors’ / blenders”, the narrator tells us, and later references Nahua, Aztec, and Mayan ancestors (who Tonatiuh […]
Pig Park
Reviewed by Lyn Miller-Lachmann Review Source: DeColores Book Author: Martínez’s Pig Park is a contemporary novel that depicts with affection and a light touch a bustling, though little-known, neighborhood in Chicago and an unholy alliance between business interests and politicians. Ever since the American Lard Company closed in 15-year-old Masi Burciaga’s Pig Park neighborhood of Chicago, […]
Marisol McDonald and the Monster: Marisol McDonald y El Monstruo
Reviewed by Elsa Gall Review Source: Reading While White Book Author: Marisol McDonald loves the letter m, but there is one “m word” she does not like: ¡MONSTRUO! She knows that monsters are not real, but she hears them beneath her bed and her vivid imagination gets the best of her. After begging family member after […]
Best Mariachi in the World
Reviewed by Beverly Slapin Review Source: DeColores Book Author: This title was published in hardcover and paperback, in English-only, Spanish-only, and what the publisher labels “Bilingual—with mostly English and concept words in Spanish formats.” (For those who may not know—apparently including the publisher—a bilingual book contains the complete text in two languages.) Summary: “Gustavo wants […]
The Sky Painter
Reviewed by Deborah Menkart Book Author: Audubon is a familiar name, but how about that other influential painter of birds, Louis Agassiz Fuertes? Born in New York, Agassiz Fuertes’ father was Puerto Rican. Agassiz Fuertes created exquisite illustrations of birds that were printed on collectible cards and distributed to homes across the country by Arm […]
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