Who Was Celia Cruz

Author : Pam Pollack,Meg Belviso,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593093870

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Who Was Celia Cruz? by Pam Pollack,Meg Belviso,Who HQ Pdf

How did a working-class girl from Cuba become a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban Americans and the "Queen of Salsa"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! Although her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers to her simply as Celia Cruz. Starting her career in 1950, Celia grew increasingly popular as the new lead singer of the Cuban band Sonora Matancera. Her exceptional vocal range and flashy costumes made fans fall in love with her. Celia's talent took her all around the world, including the United States. After Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, she wasn't allowed to return to her native country. She and other Cubans who were exiled used their music to express their love for their homeland. Celia rose to the top of the charts in a genre that was dominated by men. She become an award-winning singer and the most popular Latin artist of the twentieth century. Azucar! indeed!

Author : Veronica Chambers
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780142407790

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Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers Pdf

Everyone knows the flamboyant, larger-than-life Celia Cruz, the extraordinary salsa singer who passed away in 2003, leaving millions of fans brokenhearted. indeed, there was a magical vibrancy to the Cuban salsa singer. to hear her voice or to see her perform was to feel her life-affirming energy deep within you. relish the sizzling sights and sounds of her legacy in this glimpse into Celia’s childhood and her inspiring rise to worldwide fame and recognition as the Queen of salsa. Her inspirational life story is sure to sweeten your soul.

Author : Monica Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0873588851

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My Name Is Celia (Me Llamo Celia) by Monica Brown Pdf

Author : Lisbeth Kaiser,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593385463

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Who Was Celia Cruz?: A Who Was? Board Book by Lisbeth Kaiser,Who HQ Pdf

The latest addition to the Who HQ board book series: a biography of Celia Cruz, created specifically for the preschool audience! The #1 New York Times Bestselling Who Was? series expands into the board book space, bringing age-appropriate biographies of influential figures to readers ages 2-4. The chronology and themes of Celia Cruz's meaningful life are presented in a masterfully succinct text, with just a few sentences per page. The fresh, stylized illustrations are sure to captivate young readers and adults alike. With a read-aloud biographical summary in the back, this age-appropriate introduction honors and shares the life and songs of one of the most influential performers of our time. WHO WAS? BOARD BOOKS bring inspiring biographies to the youngest readers in an accessible and memorable way.

Author : Celia Cruz,Ana Cristina Reymundo
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780060725556

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Celia by Celia Cruz,Ana Cristina Reymundo Pdf

This is the authorized, posthumous autobiography of the Queen of Salsa's extraordinary--and until now, largely private--life.

Author : Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hispanic American singers
ISBN : 1400082021

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Presenting Celia Cruz by Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte Pdf

Knows as "The Queen of Salsa," Celia Cruz's influence went well beyond the dance floor and music studio, as her style, creativity and success established her not only as an innovative entertainer but also as an ambassador of Latino culture. She helped reinvent the sound of modern Latin music, with its tropical background and drumbeats that set-off swift, hip shaking, swirling and whirling dance moves for more than half a century. Published in the same month as Celia's birthday (October 21st) and Hispanic Heritage Month, her style and charisma are captured in more than 100 full-color photographs and anecdotes and essays from celebrity friends in Presenting Celia Cruz.

Author : Katie Sciurba
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805074686

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Oye, Celia! by Katie Sciurba Pdf

Illustrations and rhythmic text celebrate the life and music of singer Celia Cruz, as a young fan attends a neighborhood dance party and hears loss, happiness, Latin American culture, and more in her voice and lyrics. Includes translations of Spanish words used.

Author : Eduardo Marceles,Eduardo Márceles Daconte
Publisher : Reed Press(NY)
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114284339

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Azúcar! by Eduardo Marceles,Eduardo Márceles Daconte Pdf

This fascinating biography on Celia Cruz--Queen of Salsa, political exile and humanitarian--begins with her recent funeral in New York, travels back to her modest origins in Havana, and reveals how fate intervened to bring her seductive voice to the attention of millions of adoring fans.

Author : Alicia Castro,Ingrid Kummels,Manfred Schäfer
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780802199102

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Queens of Havana by Alicia Castro,Ingrid Kummels,Manfred Schäfer Pdf

“This evocative memoir is a joyous, rhythmic history” of the 11-sister dance band that broke musical and cultural barriers in 1930s Cuba and beyond (Publishers Weekly). In the 1930s, Havana was the place to be for tourists, ex-pats, celebrities, and excitement-seekers. Nights were filled with drinking, dancing, romance, and the roar of infectious music spilling from cafés into the streets. It was a time and place immortalized by Hemingway, and a macho mecca where only men took the stage. That is until Alicia Castro, a thirteen-year-old greengrocer’s daughter, picked up a saxophone and led her sisters into the limelight. With infectious melodies and saucy lyrics, the Sisters Castro—professionally known as Anacaona—became a dance-band of irresistible force. In her jubilant memoir, Queens of Havana, Alicia Castro tells of her incredible rise beyond her native city, to international stardom—swinging alongside legends from Dizzy Gillespie and Celia Cruz to Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. In an age that insisted women be seen and not heard, Alicia Castro and her unstoppable sisters grabbed the world by the ears and got it dancing to their beat. At eighty-seven-years old, Alicia’s stories are intoxicating and gloriously punctuated with more than 100 vintage photos, posters, and other memorabilia in a book that “reverberates with exotic echoes of a fabulous long-ago era” (Publishers Weekly).

Author : Rebel Girls
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781953424112

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Questions for Rebel Girls by Rebel Girls Pdf

"Rebel Girls latest installment puts your kid in the driver’s seat. It’s a great way to kickstart conversations and get them thinking about the world around them and their place in it." ― Motherly Designed to ignite exciting discussions between little rebels and their siblings, friends, and grown-ups, Questions for Rebel Girls is packed with more than 300 entertaining and thought-provoking questions inspired by real rebel women from the best-selling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series — including some questions submitted by young fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Jane Goodall devoted her life to studying chimpanzees. If you dedicated your life to one type of animal, what would it be? When cyclist Alfonsina Strada began racing, she was so unstoppable that newspapers nicknamed her “the devil in a dress.” What would your cycling nickname be? Celia Cruz is the Queen of Salsa music. Beyoncé is a pop superstar. Roxanne Shante is an amazing rapper. And Joan Jett is all about rock and roll. If you could be a singing sensation, what type of music would you sing? If you could perform a duet with anyone in the world, who would you pick? If you could meet any woman from any country and any time in history, who would it be? What would you ask her? Would you rather ask questions or answer them? Luckily, with Questions for Rebel Girls, you can do both! Girls love to explore their feelings, uncover their personality, and decode the world around them. One way to do that is to explore their answers to provocative questions about anything and everything. Questions for Rebel Girls introduces readers to extraordinary women throughout history and asks them to imagine themselves in similar scenarios.

Author : Gabriel P. Cooper,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781524791087

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What Is the Story of Doctor Who? by Gabriel P. Cooper,Who HQ Pdf

Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. This What Is the Story of? title is out of this universe! Learn the history of the Time Lord, the TARDIS, and the epic battles they've faced across time and space. When Doctor Who began airing on the BBC in 1963, British audiences were introduced to the rogue Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. Now, viewers from all over the world are glued to their screens for the mysterious Doctor's intergalactic adventures. But how did this time traveler became such a beloved character? Author Gabriel P. Cooper provides readers with the inside scoop on the Doctor's unique time machine, loyal companions, and diabolical foes. This book, just like the show, is sure to intrigue a new generation of fans.

Author : Max Bisantz,Kate Bisantz,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781101995501

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Who Was Selena? by Max Bisantz,Kate Bisantz,Who HQ Pdf

Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century! As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The family performed at fairs, weddings, quinceañeras, and on street corners in their native Texas. Selena learned how to sing in Spanish and soon became hugely popular within the Latino community--so much so that she became the best-selling Latin artist of the 1990s. Selena was poised to be a great success, but her life was cut short after being fatally wounded by the president of her fan club. Selena's contributions to music and fashion during her life made her one of the top Latin musicians in the 1990s, and readers will want to know more about the woman who introduced the world to Tejano music.

Author : Sarah Fabiny,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780698159785

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Who Was Frida Kahlo? by Sarah Fabiny,Who HQ Pdf

You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman who was an invalid most of her life, she transformed herself into a living work of art. As famous for her self-portraits and haunting imagery as she was for her marriage to another famous artist, Diego Rivera, this strong and courageous painter was inspired by the ancient culture and history of her beloved homeland, Mexico. Her paintings continue to inform and inspire popular culture around the world.

Author : Douglas Yacka,Francesco Sedita,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781524786526

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Where Is Broadway? by Douglas Yacka,Francesco Sedita,Who HQ Pdf

Take your seats, because Where Is Broadway? is ready to take center stage! In a lively and engaging style, authors Douglas Yacka and Francesco Sedita cover the development of the first theaters and the birth of the American musical, as well as the shows and stars that have become Broadway legends. Readers will get the inside story on their favorite shows and may even discover some new ones.

Author : Monica Brown
Publisher : Rayo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0061227838

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Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo by Monica Brown Pdf

In this vibrant bilingual picture book biography of musician Tito Puente, readers will dance along to the beat of this mambo king's life. Tito Puente loved banging pots and pans as a child, but what he really dreamed of was having his own band one day. From Spanish Harlem to the Grammy Awards—and all the beats in between—this is the true life story of a boy whose passion for music turned him into the "King of Mambo." Award-winning author-illustrator duo Monica Brown and Rafael López bring the remarkable story of this talented legend to life in this Pura Belpré Honor Book. Supports the Common Core State Standards.