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Tomas and the library lady
Record details
- ISBN: 0679904018 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 0679804013
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Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1997.
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| Subject: | Mexican Americans Fiction Migrant labor Fiction Libraries Fiction Books and reading Fiction |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | E MORA P (Text) | 33126008537957 | Easy | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | E MORA P (Text) | 33126006967362 | Easy | Available | - |
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While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library - Random House, Inc.
A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team
Tomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. But before long, Tomás knows all the stories by heart. "There are more stories in the library," Papa Grande tells him. The very next day, Tomás meets the library lady and a whole new world opens up for him.
Based on the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomás Rivera, a child of migrant workers who went on to become the first minority Chancellor in the University of California system, this inspirational story suggests what libraries--and education--can make possible. Raul Colón's warm, expressive paintings perfectly interweave the harsh realities of Tomás's life, the joyful imaginings he finds in books, and his special relationships with a wise grandfather and a caring librarian.
This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read-Aloud Stories) in Appendix B