THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

   The Latina Book Club remembers and honors All the fallen Soldiers and Heroes – men and women – who have sacrificed so much for our country’s freedom.   We can never Thank Them enough ! Here are some books that honor our Latino Soldiers.   Enjoy. SOLDIER FOR EQUALITY: JOSE DE LA LUZ SAENZ AND THE GREAT WAR By Duncan Tonatiuh A 2020 Pura Belprè Author Honor Book Abrams Books for Young Readers Josè de la Luz Sáenz believed in fighting for what was right. He fought in WWI and was an invaluable member of the Intelligence Office in Europe. But even in the army, he faced prejudice. When he returned home, he joined other Mexican American Veterans to create the League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC), one of largest and oldest Latinx civil rights organizations. GOOD NIGHT CAPTAIN MAMA / BUENAS NOCHES CAPITAN MAMA By Graciela Tiscareňo-Sato Gracefully Global Group A sweet, reassuring bedtime conversation between a military ...

The Latina Book Club is honored to participate once again in Multicultural Children's Book Day .   We celebrate four years of MCCBD with a review of a bilingual book courtesy of  author Graciela Tiscare ň o-Sato. --mcf Take your kid to work day!  It’s always fun when kids go to Mom’s job, but it’s even more fun when Mamá is a plane navigator on a refueling jet! So begins Marco’s adventure. He and his second-grade class visit his mom on a real US Air Force plane.  There they meet the other three crew members and visit the different parts of the plane, and that's just the beginning of the fun part. CAPTAIN MAMA’S SURPRISE/ LA SORPRESA DE CAPITAN MAMA is a charming bilingual children’s book, illustrated by Linda Lens and published by Gracefully Global Group. This is book two in author Graciela Tiscareňo-Sato’s aviation adventure series, and includes a glossary of aviation in English and Spanish.  Her first book was GOOD NIGHT CAPTAIN MAMA / B...

As we celebrate our Independence Day, it is only fitting that we celebrate our military and give them thanks for defending our families and our country. The Latina Book Club would also like to thank Condor Book Tours for allowing us to be part of this historical blog tour for GOOD NIGHT CAPTAIN MAMA/ BUENAS NOCHES CAPITAN MAMA , the first bilingual –English and Spanish– children’s picture book that teaches young children why Mommies wear military uniforms. Written by Graciela Tiscareño-Sato , a Latina veteran herself, this book is based on a conversation with her four year old son. Like the pajama-clad Marco in the story, her son was curious about his Mami’s flight uniform and what all the patches meant. GOOD NIGHT CAPTAIN MAMA, the first of a planned series, does a great job of simplifying the meaning of the patches, and giving children ages 3-8 a better understanding of the important role that their mothers play in today’s military. Graciela Tiscareño-Sato was a navigato...