Jairo Buitrago
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Muhammad Ali, Jimmy starts training to become a boxer, and while his future looks bright, he decides leaving his small town for big matches might not be the best option for him.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Maybe your school has a playground, gym, computers, and a library. But at this school in a faraway mountain range, things are a little different. There's a blackboard, some chairs ... and not much else. But with the help of an extraordinary teacher and a little imagination, anything is possible! The students in this spirited picture book spend their days drawing dinosaurs outdoors. They draw astounding, spectacular creatures that come to life before...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books / House of Anansi
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn...