Loqueleo Catalog 2019

Dinah Brown ¿Quién es Malala Yousafzai? Who Is Malala Yousafzai? James Buckley, Jr. ¿Quién fue Roberto Clemente? Who Was Roberto Clemente? ILLUSTRATIONS Andrew Thomson GR R Social Activists / Middle East / School and Education 9781631134180 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography ILLUSTRATIONS Ted Hammond GR Q Sports / Prejudice and Racism / Caribbean and Latin America 9781631134296 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / Sports Malala Yousafzai is a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014, she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues, where he spent eighteen seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who Was Roberto Clemente? tells the story of this remarkable athlete: a twelve-time All-Star, World Series MVP, and the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Roberta Edwards ¿Quién fue el rey Tut? Who Was King Tut? ILLUSTRATIONS True Kelley GR Q Ancient Civilizations / Curiosities and Wonders / How Things Work/Are Made 9781631138454 5½" x 7½" / 105 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History / Science Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has been a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. This entertaining biography is complete with one hundred black-and white illustrations and explains the life and times of this ancient Egyptian ruler, covering the story of the tomb’s discovery, as well as myths and so-called mummy curses. Jim Gigliotti ¿Quién fue la Madre Teresa? Who Was Mother Teresa? ILLUSTRATIONS David Groff GR P Humanitarians / Diseases, Illnesses, and Injuries / Poverty 9781631134258 5½" x 7½" / 112 pp $10.99 / PB Informational Text Literary Nonfiction / Biography / History Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She joined a religious order and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor, Teresa walked the streets of Calcutta tending to the needs of the destitute. Her charity work expanded internationally, and her name remains synonymous with compassion and devotion to the poor. 194 3-5 Hispanic Culture and Other Cultures WWW.LOQUELEO.COM/US HISPANIC CULTURE AND OTHER CULTURES