Raul Colon's Books
There are 9 books
1.
Look Up!
Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer
By: Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 19, 2013
Ages: 4 - 8
Henrietta Levitt was the first person to discover the scientific importance of a star’s brightness—so why has no one heard of her? Learn all about a female pioneer of astronomy in this picture book...
Other Formats: eBook
2.
Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops
By: Jill Biden
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: June 5, 2012
Ages: 5 - 8
Inspired by her own granddaughter Natalie, Vice President Joe Biden’s wife, Jill, tells a story through a child’s eyes of what family life is like when a parent is at war across the world.When her father leaves for...
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3.
Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!
By: Edie Colon
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 23, 2011
Ages: 4 - 8
When five year old Gabriella hears talk of Castro and something called revolution in her home in Cuba, she doesn't understand. Then when her parents leave suddenly and she remains with her grandparents, life isn't the same....
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4.
Sí, puedes (Play Ball!)
By: Jorge Posada
Illustrated by: Raul Colon / with: Robert Burleigh
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: February 23, 2010
Ages: 6 - 10
Jorge Posada adora sentir la bola en su guante, el bate en su mano, y el juego del béisbol. Como cualquier otro jugador del equipo Casa Cuba, ya puede batear bien con la mano derecha, pero su padre le dice, "Ser bueno no...
5.
Play Ball!
By: Jorge Posada
Illustrated by: Raul Colon / with: Robert Burleigh
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: February 23, 2010
Ages: 6 - 10
Jorge loved the feel of the ball in his glove, the bat in his hand, and the game of baseball. Day and night he would play with his sister, his father, and his friends. At night he dreamed of baseball. When he and his mother...
6.
Jose! Born to Dance
The Story of Jose Limon
By: Susanna Reich
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2005
Ages: 5 - 8
José was a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908, he came into the world kicking like a steer, and grew up to love to draw, play the piano, and dream. José's dreaming took him...
7.
Roberto Clemente
Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates
By: Jonah Winter
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2005
Ages: 4 - 8
On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America! As a...
8.
A Band of Angels
A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers
By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2002
Ages: 6 - 9
A Band of Angels is fiction, but it is based on real events and people. The character of Ella was inspired by Ella Sheppard Moore, who was born February 4, 1851, in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was able to free himself...
Other Formats: eBook
9.
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
By: Harriette Gillem Robinet
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
"Oh, I'm singing the bus-rider blues, the Alabamy bus-rider blues. I got me a feeling, deep down inside, It ain't never ever gonna be the same." During the Alabama bus boycott, six months after Rosa Parks made her famous bus...
