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"Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers...
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Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed the border into the U.S. But when his wife left him, Carlos's only goal became to make sure his son Luis was given the opportunities he never had. A story that follows father and son as they embark on a physical and spiritual journey where they discover that family is the most important part of the American dream.
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Una niña no entiende la palabra ajena en la Tarjeta de Residente de su madre y dejar que de su imaginación, llegando a la conclusión de que su madre es desde el espacio exterior. Incluye notas y glosario de autor.
"A young girl misunderstands the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien Card and let's her imagination run wild, coming to the conclusion that her mother is from outer space. Includes author's note and glossary"--
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Largo recorrido volume 131
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Vi es la única hija de una familia vietnamita muy singular: una madre trabajadora, de extracción humilde, y un padre rico y mimado que nunca tuvo que crecer. La Guerra de Vietnam destruirá el equilibrio familiar conseguido por la madre, un personaje "de otro tiempo". Vi, junto a ella y sus hermanos, huirá a Canadá, tras pasar por un campo de refugiados; su padre no tendrá la misma suerte...
5) Brooklyn
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An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
6) Soñadores
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"En 1994, Yuyi Morales dejó su hogar en Xalapa, México, para emigrar a Estados Unidos con su hijo pequeño. Aunque dejó atrás casi todas sus pertenencias, no llegó con las manos vacías. Trajo consigo su fortaleza, su trabajo, su pasión, sus esperanzas y sueños ... y sus historias. El nuevo y magnífico libro de Yuyi Morales, Soñadores, se centra en la búsqueda por encontrar un hogar en un nuevo lugar. El trayecto de Yuyi y su hijo Kelly...
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This documentary is based on over 700 interviews with men and women in the Mexican countryside. The film explores why so many people leave small Mexican towns to work in the United States and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. The audience is encouraged to think about new and creative ways that the U.S. and Mexican governments can work together to solve the problem of undocumented immigration.
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Criterion collection volume 458
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Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on...
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"Una niña y su papá emprenden un viaje hacia un lugar que la pequeña desconoce. Nadie le indica su destino. La niña confía en su padre, quien la protege y encuentra trabajo para conseguir dinero. Las ilustraciones muestran los obstáculos del camino hacia la frontera: hambre, deportaciones, violencia, pero también solidaridad, regalos y conejos. Libro álbum que requiere de una lectura de imágenes profunda para descifrar los símbolos. Un relato...
10) Farmingville
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Documentary film about the next group of immigrants, the Mexicans, that are following in our long history of immigration. It looks at the people of Farmingville, New York, and at how they are dealing with the influx of about 1,500 Mexican workers.
A finales de los noventa, alrededor de 1,500 inmigrantes mexicanos se mudaron a la ciudad de Farmingville, cerca de Nueva York. Ahí surgirá el movimiento de "Aliens" mas grande en la historia reciente....
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"When Aurora came to the United States, she learned to speak English. But her spaniel, Nena, did not. Sweet Nena loves to give besos, and she knows only Spanish. At the park, Nena may not know what the other dog owners are saying, but she and Aurora will always understand each other just fine."--
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Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again....
14) An American tail
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A Russian mouse lands in New York in the 1880s, only to be separated from his family. He must now learn to live on the streets and evade the mean cats.
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Esta gu?a contiene la informaci?n ?til en la ayuda de inmigrantes se adaptan a la vida diaria de EE UU y tambi?n incluye la informaci?n de educaci?n c?vica importante para ayudar presentar a nuevos inmigrantes al sistema de gobierno. Hay puntas para ayudar a inmigrantes a hacerse complicados en sus comunidades, encontrar su responsibilies y ejercer sus derechos como residentes permanentes.
This guide contains useful information on helping immigrants...
16) Solito
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Desde su pequeño pueblo en El Salvador hasta llega a la frontera con Estados Unidos, la aventura de Javier Zamora es un viaje de tres mil millas. Va a reunirse con sus padres, una travesía que en su imaginación infantil durará solo dos semanas, pero que en realidad le tomará dos meses. Viajará solo y, como cualquier niño de nueve anos, será incapaz de preveer el peligro que acecha: los arriesgados viajes en bote, el implacable desierto, las...
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When Reyna Grande's father leaves his wife and three children behind in a village in Mexico to make the dangerous trek across the border to the United States, he promises he will soon return from "El Otro Lado" (The Other Side) with enough money to build them a dream house where they can all live together. His promises become harder to believe as months turn into years. When he summons his wife to join him, Reyna and her siblings are deposited in...
18) Lola
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When she has to draw a picture of where she immigrated from, Lola asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland.
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When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled in America. Without her, he became lonely and troubled. After eleven years, he decided he would go find her. He set off alone, with little more than a slip of paper bearing...
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Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage Month - Kids
September - Celebrate National Hispanic-Heritage Month - YOUTH
Hispanic Heritage Month - Kids
September - Celebrate National Hispanic-Heritage Month - YOUTH
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Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life. They ll need all the resilience and courage they can muster to safely cross the border - la frontera - and to make a home for themselves in a new land.
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