Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual English-Spanish (Pura Belpre Honor Books - Illustration Honor) Teen & Young Adult Mysteries & Detective Stories New York Times bestselling author

New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Big brother beats little brother and holds their spot

She just knows that everything’s more fun when she and her new classmate are together

and other gifts and decorates the cemetery with ofrendas so they can enjoy Día de los Muertos with the spirits of the people they love

the shadows moving in the corners

Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual English-Spanish (Pura Belpre Honor Books - Illustration Honor) Teen & Young Adult Mysteries & Detective Stories New York Times bestselling authorIn this vibrant bilingual picture book biography of musician Tito Puente, readers will dance along to the beat of the 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 Awardsand all the beats in betweenthis is the true life story of a boy whose passion for music turned him into the "King of Mambo." Award winning author illustrator duo