Yes! we are Latinos : poems and prose about the Latino experience / Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy ; pictures by David Diaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ada, Alma Flor, author.

Campoy, F. Isabel, author.

Contributor:

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Diaz, David, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants.

Latin Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Latin Americans.

United States.

Latin Americans--United States--Juvenile fiction.

Latin Americans--Cultural assimilation--Juvenile fiction.

Immigrants--United States--Juvenile fiction.

Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

Emigration and immigration.

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2016.

Language Note:

Text primarily in English; some words in Spanish.

Summary:

A collection of stories about young Latino immigrant experiences in the United States.

Contents:

What makes someone Latino?

My name is Juanita

Our Indigenous roots

My name is Mónica

Latino Immigration to the United States

My Name is José Miguel

not Joe, not Mike

Cuba and the United States

My name is Gladys

The pride of being Boricua

My name is Santiago

From an island to a continent

My name is Sultana, o Susana

Ladino language and the cultural identity of Sephardic Jews

My name Is Julio

Migrant farmworkers

My name is Felipe

Deep African roots

My name is Rocío

The Spanish Civil War: a struggle for justice

My name is Lili

My name is Michiko

Chinese presence in Latin America

Japanese presence in Latin America

My name is Andrés

Latin America: source of biodiversity

My name is Román

Contributions of the evolving Latino culture.

Notes:

"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Back cover.

Poems and prose.

Includes bibliographical references (page 93) and index.

ISBN:

1580895492

9781580895491

9781580893831

158089383X

OCLC:

910979602