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Author:

Dole, Mayra L.

Title:

Birthday in the barrio / story, Mayra L. Dole ; illustrations, Tonel = Cumpleaños en el barrio / cuento, Mayra L. Dole ; ilustraciones, Tonel.

Publisher:

Distributed to the book trade by Publishers Group West,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Quinceañera (Social custom)--Juvenile fiction.
Birthdays--Juvenile fiction.
Parties--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Cuban Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Miami (Fla.)--Juvenile fiction.
Quinceañera (Social custom)--Fiction.
Birthdays--Fiction.
Parties--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Cuban Americans--Fiction.
Miami (Fla.)--Fiction.
Cumplean̋os--Novela juvenil.
Fiestas--Novela juvenil.
Amistad--Novela juvenil.
Cubano-americanos--Novela juvenil.
Spanish language materials--Bilingual.

Other Authors:

Eligio, Antonio, 1958-

Summary:

When Lazarita's unemployed father cannot afford a party for her "quinces," the birthday celebration that marks a fifteen-year-old girl's entrance into womanhood, her friends in her Miami Cuban-American community enlist the mayor's help to plan a surprise block party.
Viendo que el papá de Lazarita está desempleado y por eso no puede proveer una fiesta para su quinceañera de ella, sus amigos en el barrio cubano de Miami consiguen la ayuda del alcalde para planear una fiesta de sorpresa para todo el vecindario.

ISBN:

9780892391943
0892391944

LCCN:

2004041305

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

NXPA663 -- Stacyville Public Library (Stacyville)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)