Name: My Name Is Celia : the Life of Celia Cruz
Author: Brown, Monica
ISBN: [978-0-87358-872-0,0-87358-872-X]

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My Name Is Celia : the Life of Celia Cruz

Author: Brown, Monica

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Follett Number: 25450Q7
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Luna Rising, 2004
Format: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-87358-872-0
ISBN-10: 0-87358-872-X
LCCN: 2004-004883
Dewey: 782.42164
Classifications: Biography; Nonfiction

Subjects:

Cruz, Celia

Singers Latin America

Spanish Language Materials Bilingual

Text in English and Spanish. Brightly colored illustrations and text follow the life of salsa singer Celia Cruz from her home in Havana, Cuba, to New York and Miami where she brings joy to herself and others through her music. Presented in English and Spanish.

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This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia "[a]n exuberant picture-book biography . . . a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music."

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