Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La Juez Que Creció En El Bronx (Hardcover)

from nbmars

Each double-page spread of this book has text both in English and in Spanish. The book tells the story of our first Latin-American Supreme Court justice from the time she was a little girl. As we learn in an Author's Note at the end of the book (also both in English and in Spanish), Sonia Maria S...

from KennaEmerson

This book about Sonia Sotomayor could be very inspiring to both English speaking and Spanish speaking students. It describes the hard work that Sonia and her mother went through during her journey to become a Supreme Court Justice. The book is billingual and written by Edel Rodrigueq and Jonah Wi...

from shelf-employed

According to the book jacket, Sonia Sotomayor is a Children's Book-of-the-Month Featured Selection, and and also an Alternate Selection of Mosaico. Despite these honors and the book's illustrious subject, I found the writing slightly disappointing. Jonah Winter's "familiar" style and does not fit...

from fvalle89

She was a very impressive woman, Latina, she worked incredibly hard to get to be one of the supreme court justices, nominated by Barack Obama.

from DBerkwits

This book provides a fantastic opportunity for children to hear the story of a girl from the Bronx who makes the most of very little growing up. From the streets to a seat in the highest court in our country, Sonia Sotomayor made all of her dreams come true with the love of her mother a determina...