SPANISH MATERIALS

SPANISH MATERIALS FOR YOUNG ADULTS No. 23

Kaufman, Gershen
Como hablar de autoestima a los niños
Mexico City: Selector, 1993. ISBN 968403735X
158.10834 K16
Translation of "Stick up for yourself!" Discusses the challenges facing young people such as making choices, learning about and liking yourself, and solving problems. For elementary (4-6) and junior (7-9) high school students.
Self-esteem -- Juvenile literature. Assertiveness (Psychology) -- Juvenile literature. Control (Psychology) -- Juvenile literature.* Autoestima -- Literatura juvenil. Afirmación de si mismo -- Literatura juvenil. Control (Psicologia) -- Literatura juvenil.

Como planear mi vida
Washington, D.C.: Advocates for Youth, 199?
362.70973 C735
A pamphlet guide on helping adolescents prepare a life plan, set major life goals and address fundamental questions on sex, parenthood and employment.
Youth -- United States -- Life skills guides. Life skills -- United States. * Juventud -- Estados Unidos -- Arte de vivir -- Guías. Arte de vivir -- Estados Unidos.

Soto, Gary
Cruzando el pacifico
Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1997. ISBN 9681647238
813 So75pa
Translation of "Pacific crossing." Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends. For junior (7-9) and high (10-12) school students.
Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction. Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction. Japan -- Juvenile fiction * Muchachos adolescentes -- Novela juvenil. Hispano-estadounidences -- Novela juvenil. Japon -- Novela juvenil.

—-Tomando partido
Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1996. ISBN 9681650239
813 So75ta
Translatoin of "Taking sides." Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood. For junior (7-9) and high school readers.
Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction. Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction. Basketball -- Juvenile fiction. Schools -- Juvenile fiction. Single-parent family -- Juvenile fiction.* Muchachos adoles-centes -- Novela juvenil. Hispano-estadounidences -- Novela juvenil.

Leach, Christopher
Buscando mi destino
Barcelona: Ediciones Martinez Roca, 1980. ISBN 8427006071
823 L46
Translation of "Answering Miss Roberts." A sixteen-year-old girl gets into trouble with the police after she discovers that she is adopted, her father dies, and her mother remarries. Suitable for young adults.
Adoption -- Fiction. Teenage girls -- Fiction.* Adopción -- Novela. Muchachas adolescentes -- Novela.

Spence, David.
Picasso: una revolución del arte
Madrid: Celeste Ediciones, 1998. ISBN 8482111345
759.6 P58 Sp3
Translation of "Picasso." Illustrated presentation of the life and work of the Spanish artist. Suitable for young adults.
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. Painters -- Spain -- Biography.* Pintores -- España -- Biografia.