Latinxs in Kid Lit

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...