Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many young adult verse novels about the island, including THE SURRENDER TREE, which received the first Newbery Honor ever awarded to a Latino author, and THE LIGHTNING DREAMER, recipient of the 2014 PEN USA Award. Her books have also received multiple Pura Belpré Awards and Honors, Américas Awards, Jane Addams Awards and Honors, International Reading Association Award, Claudia Lewis Poetry Award, and many others.
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Drum Dream Girl
Illustrated by Rafael López
Read by Adriana Sananes
How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpré Award winner.
3.5 STARS "...(an) inspirational tale..." - Video Librarian, Starred Review
Released May 24, 2016
English, Unabridged
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Drum Dream Girl
Read by Adriana Sananes
How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
A young girl fulfills her dreams in this audio treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpre Award winner.
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award and Author Award - Awards
Released May 24, 2016
English, Unabridged
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Dreams from Many Rivers
Read by Tim Andrés Pabon and Frankie Corzo
A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems
A middle-grade verse history of Latinos in the United States told through the voices of many
Released October 15, 2019
English, Unabridged
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Miguel's Brave Knight
Read by Thom Rivera
Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra imagines the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight.
"Sounds of the horse whinnying and trotting bring his adventures to life, while classical guitar music and Rivera's accent heighten the Spanish ambiance. Listeners will feel like they are in sixteenth-century Spain." - Audiofile
Released June 5, 2018
English, Unabridged
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Miguel's Brave Knight
Illustrated by Raúl Colón
Read by Thom Rivera
Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra imagines the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight.
"...a solid argument for why Cervantes should be revered as an important figure in the Western canon." - School Library Journal, Starred Review
Released June 5, 2018
English, Unabridged
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Dancing Hands
Read by Almaire Guerra
How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln
Released November 19, 2019
English, Unabridged
