Quiara Alegría Hudes

This book was amazing. It was a whirlwind of what the author's life has been like yet it captured much of what I went through. I often found little gems of wisdom in the characters' words and was compelled to write them down and/or commit them to memory. You will love this book no my your ethnic race but as a Latinx I think perhaps we might feel it a different way but that is just me. Hudes does an excellent job of weaving together traditions, food, music, sayings, and life experienced as a generation brought here to the US or one that was born here but your parents were not. Take the time to walk this journey of the author's memories and enjoy.… (mer)

Vivo, un kinkajou único, pasa sus días tocando música junto a su querido dueño Andrés. Pero cuando se produce una tragedia, Vivo se embarcará en una aventura para entregar el mensaje en forma de canción que Andrés nunca pudo entregar: una carta de amor a su antigua pareja, la famosa Marta Sandoval. Para llegar a Marta, que vive a un mundo de distancia, Vivo necesitará la ayuda de Gabi, una enérgica adolescente que se mueve al ritmo de su propio tambor, para cumplir los deseos de su dueño y poder completar su misión. EXTRAS: Detrás de la animación;Sing-along de "My own drum (Remix)"… (mer)