Pam Muñoz Ryan crea narrazioni che esplorano profondamente temi di identità, famiglia e il potere duraturo dello storytelling. Il suo stile distintivo è caratterizzato da una prosa lirica e da una notevole abilità nel creare personaggi i cui viaggi risuonano attraverso le generazioni. Attraverso le sue opere, Ryan celebra la resilienza dello spirito umano e le profonde connessioni che legano passato e presente. La sua magistrale narrazione offre uno sguardo intimo nel cuore dell'esperienza umana, lasciando un'impressione duratura nei lettori.
Decades after a man is entwined in a prophecy-based quest involving three mysterious sisters and a harmonica, three individuals from different areas of the world confront daunting challenges involving the same harmonica. By the award-winning author of Paint the Wind. Simultaneous eBook.
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
Pura Belpré Award Winner A tender, transcendent, and meticulously crafted novel from Newbery Honoree, Pam Munoz Ryan, and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Peter Sís! From the time he is a young boy, Neftalí hears the call of a mysterious voice. Even when the neighborhood children taunt him, and when his harsh, authoritarian father ridicules him, and when he doubts himself, Neftalí knows he cannot ignore the call. He listens and follows as it leads him under the canopy of the lush rain forest, into the fearsome sea, and through the persistent Chilean rain on an inspiring voyage of self-discovery that will transform his life and, ultimately, the world. Combining elements of magical realism with biography, poetry, literary fiction, and transporting illustrations, Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sís take readers on a rare journey of the heart and imagination as they explore the inspiring early life of the poet who became Pablo Neruda.
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
On the eve of her Quinceañera, Princess Solimar discovers that it will take more than magic to save her kingdom and prevent the destruction of the Monarch butterfly
A heartwarming and hilarious new beginning chapter book series from the Pura Belpre and Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author of ESPERANZA RISING.Cornelia's pet corn snake is wiggly and wonderful. Corny is dazzling...just like Cornelia! But Mom isn't crazy about having a snake in the house. Cornelia isn't sure she'll ever convince her that Corny is the perfect pet. Especially when he escapes from his cage! Can Cornelia find Corny before Mom sends him back to the pet shop for good? Of course she can. Now all she needs is an escape-proof cage....
Verhaal over het leven van Charlotte (Charley) Darkey Parhurst (1812-1879), een Amerikaanse, die zich vermomde als jongen om uit de handen van de directeur van het weeshuis te blijven. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.
