Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez – Cannonball Read 17

Oaxaca, Mexico and Southern India

Pearls in the Sand : Protecting Sea Turtles in Oaxaca by Beatriz Gutiérrez Hernández

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April 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Pearls in the Sand : Protecting Sea Turtles in Oaxaca is one of those picture books that I am not really sure I loved. I know I really enjoyed it, but not sure if I loved it. And I realized this is because I need to read it again. I honestly do not feel you can get the whole picture with one reading. Sure, Beatriz Gutiérrez Hernández has a story about how a group of people help save the turtle population of their area, but […]

A “tumultuous time” of Reform

Benito Juárez Fights for Justice by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez

August 29, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Benito Juárez Fights for Justice by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez was in a collection of old online reader links I had. This book is from 2023 so it is not as old as some I recently found, but it is not new either. However, the great thing about it is that it is relevant any time. Of course, that also is one of the drawbacks to things as it is dealing with the injustices minority peoples are still facing all over the world, even in the […]

When you’re lucky and you find one bad a$$ writer!

Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems by Margarita Engle

May 21, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems created by Margarita Engle are romantic in places and always serious with her pride in her heritage. And while history tends to “lump” Spanish, Mexican, Cuban, Native and other “Hispanic peoples” into one group, Engle shows how each one is separate, how each interacted with the others how Moctezuma’s great-granddaughter could also be Cortez’s great-granddaughter. The mix of historical and fiction characters is a nice touch. Each poem shows how history […]

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