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Books in Hispanic Heritage series

  • Cesar Chavez: Labor Leader

    Maria E. Cedeno

    Library Binding (Demco Media, July 1, 1994)
    Traces the accomplishments of the labor leader who fought to improve the lives of Mexican American farm workers in California
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  • Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla: Father of Mexican Independence

    Frank De Varona

    Paperback (Demco Media, )
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  • Juan Felipe Herrera: From Migrant to Poet Laureate

    Tammy Gagne

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, July 1, 2020)
    Juan Felipe Herrera had an unusual childhood traveling with his migrant parents from one farm to another. They did not speak much English, but they taught him much about the world around him. For this family it was a world that spanned two countries, Mexico and the United States. Young Juan learned early that his life had a lot in common with great literature. He loved stories from the time his mother first told them to him. Read more about Juan Felipe Herrera as he discovers his own voice and the road that led to him becoming the first Latino poet laureate in the United States.
  • Maria Elena Salinas: Legendary Journalist

    Tammy Gagne

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, July 1, 2020)
    Maria Elena Salinas was born in Los Angeles, California. Her birthplace made her an American citizen. But her heritage allowed her to identify with two countries. One was the United States. The other was Mexico, where she spent the first several years of her childhood. When she returned to the United States as a young girl, she spoke Spanish. In just a few months, she learned English at her new school. As a teen, Maria dreamed of becoming a successful fashion designer. As an adult, she would discover a new calling: journalism. Find out more interesting information about this popular journalist inside this book about one of the first female news anchors in the nation.
  • Nydia Velazquez: First Puerto Rican Congresswoman

    Tammy Gagne

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, July 1, 2020)
    Nydia Velázquez learned about politics while sitting around her familys dinner table each evening. Her father, who worked in Puerto Ricos sugarcane fields, talked to his nine children about the importance of workers rights. He also taught them that they had a responsibility to help their community. Young Nydia took his words to heart. After earning two college degrees, she decided to put them to use helping the Puerto Rican people of New York City. She became the first Hispanic woman to hold a seat on the city council before her historic run for Congress in 1992. Her victory in that election made her the first Puerto Rican woman in the United States House of Representatives. Learn more about Nydia Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican Congresswoman in this book.
  • Spain: Explorers and Conquerors

    Richard Sanchez

    Paperback (Abdo Group, )
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  • Mario Molina: Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist

    Tammy Gagne

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, July 1, 2020)
    Mario Molina knew at a young age that he wanted to grow up to become a scientist. He studied chemistry in his native Mexico before heading off to other countries to learn and prepare for the wondrous career that awaited him in the field. He soon put his curiosity and knowledge to work as a research chemist. In the early 1970s, he made a startling discovery which led him to an upsetting theory. Chemicals that industrial companies were releasing into the world's atmosphere were destroying the Earth's ozone layer. Although many people were not pleased to hear Molina's theory, other scientists eventually confirmed it. Read more about Mario Molina and how he received the Nobel Prize for alerting the world to this problem that threatened the very existence of life on Earth.
  • Antonia Novello: U.S. Surgeon General

    Joan C. Hawxhurst

    Paperback (Demco Media, March 1, 1995)
    A biography of President Bush's Surgeon General, focusing on her childhood in Puerto Rico, personal medical problems, training and practice as a pediatrician, and opinions on today's health issues.
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