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Margarita Engle

Margarita Engle (she/her) is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; and Forest World. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl; Dancing Hands; and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com. 
El canto de los elefantes
Singing with Elephants
The Poet Slave of Cuba
The Surrender Tree
Tropical Secrets

Books

El canto de los elefantes
Singing with Elephants
The Poet Slave of Cuba
The Surrender Tree
Tropical Secrets

Books for World Wildlife Day

For World Wildlife Day on March 3rd, we’re sharing books to enlighten students on the amazing diversity of the natural world and encourage them to appreciate and protect their planet. Find a collection of Wildlife Titles here. Check out our Secondary level collections of titles in Zoology here.

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