Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela!

Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela!
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807504513

2020 Florida Book Awards, Young Children's Literature category, Silver Award 2021 International Latino Book Awards Bronze medal in The Mariposa Book Awards Best First Book, Children & Youth category STARRED REVIEW! "This gentle family story lets readers know that shyness is nothing to worry about."—Kirkus Reviews starred review Ava's excited to say goodbye to el Año Viejo—but will her shyness keep her from joining in the celebration? Ava Gabriela is visiting her extended family in Colombia for the holidays. She's excited to take part in family traditions such as making bunuelos, but being around all her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes Ava shy and quiet. How will Ava find her voice before she misses out on all the New Year's fun?

Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!

Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN:

Ava Gabriela is excited to celebrate the New Year with her extended family in Colombia, but being around her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes her shy and quiet. Includes author's note and glossary of Spanish words.

Our World Colombia

Our World Colombia
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2024-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

¡Hola! Come along for a day of exploring the sights and sounds of Colombia from the farm to the city. Join Bebé and Perrito as they snack on arepa con chocolate, visit the market, dance cumbia, and count whales in the waves. Colombian author Alexandra Alessandri and illustrator Manu Montoya draw on their personal experiences to create this vibrant board book as part of the Our World series for very young readers.

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Beaming Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2024-05-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1506488897

Kindness can be shown during even the harshest of storms. Shutters rattled. Wind howled. As a ferocious hurricane descends upon her town, Lupita finds two baby birds who have fallen out of their nest and brings them inside to shelter them from the storm. While Lupita and her family wait out the tempest, she focuses on protecting the palomitas to alleviate her own fears and hopes she can soon reunite them with their mother. Perfect for families living in hurricane-prone states or with children who have storm-related anxieties, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas offers a gentle, soothing story about extending a hand of kindness to others even while facing fears of our own. The book includes Spanish-language vocabulary words and a glossary in the back.

Grow Up, Luchy Zapata

Grow Up, Luchy Zapata
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2024-07-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665935960

When eleven-year-old Luchy's best friend Cami returns from a summer in Colombia and ditches her for the cool kids at school, Luchy is left to figure out who she is and where she belongs.

The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía

The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2023-02-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665917059

"To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all--the Madremonte"--

Grow Up, Luchy Zapata

Grow Up, Luchy Zapata
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2024-07-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665935987

A funny, relatable middle school drama about two Colombian American girls who have always been BFFs—until sixth grade turns everything upside down. Luchy Zapata is starting middle school, and she’s muy excited. She and her two best friends, Cami and Mateo, will finally be at the same school. Luchy and Mateo will be in art class together, and she and Cami can try out for the same soccer team! As long as they’re all together, Luchy can handle anything. But Cami has been acting weird ever since she got back from visiting family in Colombia. She’s making new, “cool” friends who just seem mean. And suddenly, everything about Luchy and Mateo is too immature for her. Luchy is determined to help Cami remember how special their friendship is. They’ve been BFFs their whole lives, and that can’t just disappear in a poof of glitter! But…what if Cami doesn’t even want to be friends anymore?

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas

Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2024-05-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1506488889

As a hurricane rages around her home, Lupita shelters two baby birds from the storm, hoping their mamà will return soon.