Bøker av Denis O'Leary

A newborn baby is found dead in a California strawberry field. The tragedy brings dismay in the community and surprisingly a phone call from the Sheriff 's Department to a sixth-grade school teacher asking for help to decipher the mystery of such inexplicable demise. Based on a true story, the school teacher, Award-winning author Denis O'Leary, tells how he dived into the search for the perpetrator and the meaning of what caused the newborn to be left to die in the mud. He narrates the riveting story of Alba Walking in the Shadows of Murder as well as the response and inner workings of the Mixteco indigenous community in the United States.

Grandpa's Short-Handled Hoe is an English / Spanish bilingual Early Reader Story book telling the story of the now banned short-handled hoe in the agricultural fields of California. The hoe was a 12" to 18" tool that had caused many back problems over generations of use. Field workers were often forced to stoop for hours a day while weeding the crops. In great part because of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and others, the short-handled hoe was made illegal in 195 by the California Supreme Court.Many elder fieldworkers supported civil rights events while they were subjected to this harsh working practice. Today, should know of the value of the people who physically harvest the food we eat. The short-handled hoe, (el cortito, or el diablito) is a pivotal symbol of the Chicano movement.Children should not need to wait for high school or the university to learn about Chicano Studies. Award winning author presents Grandpa's Short Handled Hoe.

El libro galardoneado, La Caravana de Esteban, es la apasionante historia de un niño de diez años con su familia en su viaje para encontrar seguridad en los Estados Unidos. Buscando asilo en una nación de inmigrantes, Esteban viaja desde su paraíso dañado de Guatemala con la esperanza de una vida mejor solo para ser separado de sus seres queridos. Veinte años después, Esteban regresa para contar la historia de esperanza, tragedia y triunfo de un niño ante un comité senatorial en Washington DC.La reflexión se eleva por encima de la oscura política de separar a los niños de sus padres para presentarse legalmente en Estados Unidos bajo la política de inmigración de tolerancia cero de la administración Trump. Los hechos reales se presentan en La Caravana de Esteban tal como los vieron los niños inocentes que pasaron de la esperanza de paz a una jaula estadounidense y más allá.

Little Dolores Huerta. La pequeña Dolores Huerta. An English / Spanish bilingual Early Reader Story book is an illustrated, bilingual biography of the labor leader and social rights activist. It depicts Dolores Huerta's life from the time that she was a>Award-Winning Author, Denis O'Leary was an elementary school teacher to migrant students for three decades. He wrote Little Dolores Huerta for his students.

I Am America Paz, I am a DREAMer is the bilingual story of a little girl who loves her Mommy and Daddy. The three come to the United States to seek a better life. America Paz has the dream to contribute to her family and world. Award-winning author, Denis O'Leary is a retired elementary teacher. He often worked with children who wanted to be accepted like all children. The wanted to be happy and loved their family and friends like all other children. They were immigrants in a country of immigrants. They are children. They are human. They have a dream.

An English / Spanish bilingual Early Reader Story book, Little César Chávez is an illustrated, bilingual biography of the labor leader and social rights activist. It depicts César Chávez's life from the time that he worked in the fields as a young boy, went to school, and founded the United Farm Workers' Union.

Popol Vuh is the ancient text of the Quiche Maya of Mexico and Guatemala well before the Spanish and Europeans landed on the shores of these lands. The story of creation had been passed down over unknown generations, being scribed possibly in 1554. Popol Vuh, also known as the The Book of the People tells about the creation of the Earth, people and animals that inhabit it. Though banned by the Spanish Conquest, copies were rediscovered in the nineteenth century.Popol Vuh follows the hero twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque in their struggle with the Lords of Death in the underworld. Through the Twin Hero's actions, people, animals and plants were allowed to inhabit the Earth.Popol Vuh, Stories for Children brings the complex and beautiful story to the young who seek answers to the beliefs before European history was taught in the Americas.