Latinitas

Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Latinitas
Juliet Menendez
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Hardback
h229 x 178mm - 120pg
11 May 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781250234629
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Dream big with the Latinitas in Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers. Discover how 40 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 Menendez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menendez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams. From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA' s first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreams-and just might encourage you to follow yours!The book features Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Rosa Pena de Gonzalez, Teresa Carreno, Zelia Nuttall, Antonia Navarro, Matilde Hidalgo, Gabriela Mistral, Juana de Ibarbourou, Pura Belpre, Gumercinda Paez, Frida Kahlo, Julia de Burgos, Chavela Vargas, Alicia Alonso, Victoria Santa Cruz, Claribel Alegria, Celia Cruz, Dolores Huerta, Rita Moreno, Maria Auxiliadora da Silva, Mercedes Sosa, Isabel Allende, Susana Torre, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Sonia Sotomayor, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Mercedes Doretti, Sonia Pierre, Justa Canaviri, Evelyn Miralles, Selena Quintanilla, Berta Caceres, Serena Aunon, Wanda Diaz-Merced, Marta Vieira da Silva, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Laurie Hernandez. Godwin Books
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 Will inspire young children to follow their own dreams . . . This book belongs in any child' s hands. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Juliet Menendez is a Guatemalan American author and illustrator. 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, writing and illustrating her first children' s book, Latinitas. julietmenendez. com
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781250234629
Published: 11 May 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Henry Holt & Company Inc
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 178mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 120

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