Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics

10 best books like Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics (Margarita Engle): Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing, Stef Soto, Taco Queen, The Bicycle Spy, Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero, Garvey's Choice, The Harlem Charade, How to Avoid Extinction, Grand Canyon, Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

AuthorLesa Cline-Ransome
An ALA Notable Book

“This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

“Will appeal to children and...
AuthorKay Haring
ISBN0525428194
Iconic pop artist Keith Haring comes to life for young readers in this picture book biography lovingly written by his sister

This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist's great...
AuthorJennifer Torres
Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for her dad to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be put out to pasture. It's no fun being known as the "Taco Queen" at school. But just when it looks like Stef is...
The Bicycle Spy
AuthorYona Zeldis McDonough
ISBN0545850959
Can Marcel make the ride of his life?
Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through the streets of his small town in France or making bread deliveries for his parents' bakery. He dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France, the greatest bicycle race. But ever since Germany's...
AuthorPatricia McCormick
ISBN0062292595
The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine.

When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest and bravest...
AuthorNikki Grimes
ISBN1629797405
Garvey’s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and...
AuthorNatasha Anastasia Tarpley
ISBN0545783879
WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE.

Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time, but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own...
AuthorPaul Acampora
ISBN0545899060
For fans of Gary Schmidt and Joan Bauer, a laugh-out-loud intergenerational road trip story from acclaimed author Paul Acampora!

Since the death of his grandfather, Leo's number one chore has been to chase after his grandmother who seems to wander away from home every few days. Now, Gram's...
AuthorJason Chin
ISBN1596439505
Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon.

Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls...
AuthorDonna Janell Bowman
ISBN1620141485
William -Doc- Key had a special way with animals. Growing up enslaved in Tennessee, Doc was sent to plantations around the state to care for sick and wounded animals. When the Civil War ended and Doc was freed, he began to dream of breeding a winning racehorse. But those dreams were dashed when his colt...
AuthorBarry Wittenstein
ISBN1632895579
A young couple meet and marry. Josephine is prone to accidents and getting cuts. Her husband, Earle, has a father that is a doctor and Earle works in medical supplies. You know what happens next: Earle creates the Band-Aid.

This is the evolution of what we now know as our go to bandage. They even...
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
AuthorJacqueline Briggs Martin
ISBN0983661596
Chef Roy Choi calls himself a “street cook.”
He wants outsiders, low-riders,
kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders,
to have food cooked with care, with love,
with sohn maash.

"Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean...
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