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Pam Muñoz Ryan

Forfatter af Esperanza Rising

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Author Pam Muñoz Ryan was born in Bakersfield, California on December 25, 1951. She received a B. A. in child development and a M. A. in education from San Diego State University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a bilingual Head Start teacher and as an early childhood program vis mere administrator. At first, she wrote adult books about child development, but soon switched to writing children's books. She has written over twenty-five picture books, novels, and nonfiction books for young readers. The novel Esperanza Rising, winner of the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and the Americas Award Honor Book, is based on her own grandmother's immigration from Mexico to California. Riding Freedom has also won many awards including the national Willa Cather Award and the California Young Reader Medal. When Marian Sang, a picture book about singer Marian Anderson, won numerous awards including the ALA Sibert Honor and NCTE's Orbis Pictus Award. In 2015 her title Echo made The New York Times Best Seller List. She also won a Kirkus Prize in the children's literature category with her title 'Echo'. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Pam Muñoz Ryan

Esperanza Rising (2000) — Forfatter — 10,765 eksemplarer
Becoming Naomi León (2004) 2,982 eksemplarer
Riding Freedom (1998) 2,569 eksemplarer
Echo (2015) 1,738 eksemplarer
The Dreamer (2010) 1,240 eksemplarer
Hello Ocean (2001) 1,158 eksemplarer
The Flag We Love (1996) 1,130 eksemplarer
Paint the Wind (2007) 919 eksemplarer
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (1999) 915 eksemplarer
Mice and Beans (2001) 793 eksemplarer
Tony Baloney: School Rules (2012) 317 eksemplarer
A Pinky Is a Baby Mouse (1997) 285 eksemplarer
The Crayon Counting Book (1996) 271 eksemplarer
Mañanaland (2020) 271 eksemplarer
One Hundred Is a Family (1994) 221 eksemplarer
Tony Baloney (2011) 207 eksemplarer
Tony Baloney Buddy Trouble (2013) 168 eksemplarer
Nacho and Lolita (2005) 165 eksemplarer
Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs (2022) 112 eksemplarer
Cornelia and the Great Snake Escape (2010) 109 eksemplarer
Our California (2008) 109 eksemplarer
There Was No Snow on Christmas Eve (2005) 107 eksemplarer
Tony Baloney: Pen Pal (2014) 99 eksemplarer
Mud Is Cake (2002) 91 eksemplarer
What Makes a Family? (2009) 78 eksemplarer
Tony Baloney Yo Ho Ho, Halloween! (2015) 77 eksemplarer
How Do You Raise a Raisin? (2003) 46 eksemplarer
A Box of Friends (2003) 32 eksemplarer
California Here We Come! (1997) 32 eksemplarer
Tony Baloney: Pen Pal (2015) 13 eksemplarer
Mañanaland (Spanish Edition) (2020) 11 eksemplarer
Doug's Treasure Hunt (1999) 6 eksemplarer
Yo, Naomi Len 4 eksemplarer
Paint The Wind 2 eksemplarer
El soador 2 eksemplarer
Hayalperest (2013) 2 eksemplarer
When Marian Sang 1 eksemplar
Becoming Naomi Len 1 eksemplar
Il sognatore 1 eksemplar
Les Roses du Mexique (2003) 1 eksemplar
Mics and Beans 1 eksemplar
Where's Porkchop? (1999) 1 eksemplar
Solimar: The Sword of Monarchs (2022) 1 eksemplar
Riding Freedom 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

The Gift Of The Magi And Other Stories (Scholastic Classics) (1990) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver790 eksemplarer
First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants (2004) — Bidragyder — 196 eksemplarer
Because of Shoe and Other Dog Stories (2012) — Bidragyder — 59 eksemplarer
Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (2017) — Bidragyder — 45 eksemplarer
Peace Story (2010) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer

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Excellent book. I highly recommend listening to this book rather than reading it. All four protagonists are musicians, and I think you will appreciate the story more if you hear the music as you read it, at least I did.
 
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ISBN
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