Latinitas : Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers - Juliet Menéndez

Latinitas

Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

By: Juliet Menéndez

Hardcover | 23 February 2021

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Dream big with the Latinitas in Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers.

Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menendez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menendez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams.

From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA's first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreams-and just might encourage you to follow yours!

The book features Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Rosa Pena de Gonzalez, Teresa Carreno, Zelia Nuttall, Antonia Navarro, Matilde Hidalgo, Gabriela Mistral, Juana de Ibarbourou, Pura Belpre, Gumercinda Paez, Frida Kahlo, Julia de Burgos, Chavela Vargas, Alicia Alonso, Victoria Santa Cruz, Claribel Alegria, Celia Cruz, Dolores Huerta, Rita Moreno, Maria Auxiliadora da Silva, Mercedes Sosa, Isabel Allende, Susana Torre, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Sonia Sotomayor, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Mercedes Doretti, Sonia Pierre, Justa Canaviri, Evelyn Miralles, Selena Quintanilla, Berta Caceres, Serena Aunon, Wanda Diaz-Merced, Marta Vieira da Silva, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Laurie Hernandez.

Latinitas is also available in Spanish.

Godwin Books

Industry Reviews
Will inspire young children to follow their own dreams . . . This book belongs in any child's hands. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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