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Five questions for Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez

In their dynamic picture-book biography Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos (Calkins/Astra, 7–10 years), author Nathalie Alonso and illustrator Rudy Gutierrez trace their subject’s baseball career and his advocacy. See also the Sports--Baseball and Puerto Ricans tags in the Guide/Reviews Database. 1. Nathalie, as a sports...
      

Books mentioned in the September 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book

Five Questions for Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso, illus. by Rudy Gutierrez; Calkins/Astra. National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month 2024 Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park by María Dolores Águila, illus. by Magdalena Mora; Dial. Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown, illus. by...
      

From the Editor - September 2024

In my house, baseball season never really ends, and September, with its lead-up to the MLB playoffs, is clutch. Sunday, September 15, was the annual celebration of Roberto Clemente Day — all players wear #21 — and the start of National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month (September 15–October 15). What...
      

Teens and parents

Relationships between teens and parents aren’t always simple. In these six books, recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers, those varied and evolving bonds play a central role. Breaking into Sunlight by John Cochran Middle School    Algonquin    304 pp. 6/24    9781523527298    $17.99 e-book ed.  9781523529049    $9.99 Seventh grader Reese Buck has...
      

Line by line

Novels in verse, such as these five recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, can pack a lot of meaning into relatively short lines. See also the March/April 2024 Horn Book Magazine, with its centennial mini-theme of Poetry & Folklore, and Dorie Raybuck’s 2015 Field Notes column, “This Is Too Much!”:...
      

National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month 2024

These seven engaging fiction and nonfiction picture books are recommended in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 through October 15 — and should be shared all year long! See also our Five Questions interview with Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez about Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente...
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