Author Archives: Emily Rose

Originally posted on Latinxs in Kid Lit on March 29, 2021 Reviewed by Dr. Sonia Rodriguez and Dr. Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez Welcome to another Book Talk, which can be found on our new YouTube channel! Here, Dr. Sonia Rodriguez and Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez talk about LUCI SOARS by Lulu Delacre. Before you watch the video, youContinue reading “Book Talk: Luci Soars by Lulu Delacre”

Originally posted on Latinxs in Kid Lit on November 2, 2020 Reviewed by Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. But on their way to Gulf City’s water park, they get lost on 13th Street. Only it’s not a street at all.Continue reading “Book Review: 13th Street: Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats by David Bowles, illus. by Shane Clester”

Originally posted on Latinxs in Kid Lit on April 16, 2020 Reviewed by Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: Selena Quintanilla’s music career began at the age of nine when she started singing in her family’s band. She went from using a hairbrush as a microphone to traveling from town to town to play gigs.Continue reading “Book Review: Queen of Tejano Music: Selena by Silvia López, illus. by Paola Escobar”

Originally posted on Latinxs in Kid Lit on February 6, 2020 Reviewed by Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: What’s that terrible smell? Plug your nose! Run! Something smells…rotten! But rotten isn’t always bad. If nothing ever rotted, nothing could live. Decomposition seems like the last stop on the food chain, but it’s just the beginning.Continue reading “Book Review: Rotten! Vultures, Beetles, Slime, and Nature’s Other Decomposers by Anita Sanchez, illus. by Gilbert Ford”

Originally posted on Latinxs in Kid Lit on January 9, 2020 Reviewed by Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez In the past year I have been immersed in numerous early readers and transitional chapter books as part of a research project that examines representations of Latinx characters in these kinds of texts. The Sarai book series has been one ofContinue reading “Review: The Sarai Books by Sarai Gonzalez and Monica Brown, illus. by Christine Almeda”

Originally posted on Latinxs in Kid Lit on October 17, 2019 Reviewed by Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez Review by Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with Papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she’s always known: the tortillería!, Abuelita’s church!, Franky, the barking Labradoodle! She alsoContinue reading “Book Review: My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illus by Zeke Peña”