Elisa Amado

• Mar-2004
• / General Fiction
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In Cousins a little girl lives in two opposite worlds. There’s the house where she lives with her father and grandmother that is full of beautiful and expensive things, but rather quiet. Then there’s her other grandmother’s house where her cous...

• Apr-2007
• / General Fiction
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Margarita lives in a mansion. When she climbs her favorite tree, she can look down into the beautiful garden below. She can also see the small house next door where her friend Rosario and her family live. One day she sees Rosario and her brother drag...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Before he leaves for his first day of school, Chepito runs outside to play. He comes across all kinds of people in his neighborhood who are reading. �"Why, why, why?” he sings, and they each have a different answer for him, whether it’s a man rea...

• Jun-2014
• / General Fiction
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Chepito is full of questions. Why is his mother cooking eggs and frying beans? Why is Manuel digging around the corn? Why is Ramón milking the cow? Why is Maria slapping dough between her hands? In this simply told story, a little boy learns all abo...

• Apr-2019
• / General Fiction
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El conmovedor relato de un joven refugiado que busca asilo en NorteaméricaManuelito, un niño de trece años, vive con su familia en un pueblito en Guatemala. Pero la vida es todo menos idílica: las PAC -- o Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil -- son u...

• Oct-2019
• / General Fiction
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Friendship ― to be known, to be accepted as you are, to feel safe, especially when you are vulnerable. The girl in this story has recently arrived in Brooklyn with her family. On her very first day at school she meets a girl who almost instantly...