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Santa Fe Writers Conference
June 13, 2008
Susan Gonzales Abraham and Denise Gonzales Abraham will be speaking at the 2008 Santa Fe Writers Conference. The conference is from July 21 to July 25 and features a variety of women writers. Don’t miss this great opportunity! You can find more information and sign up here.
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Little Zizi in Publisher's Weekly
May 19, 2008
Publishers Weekly follows Kirkus in giving a strong review to our latest hit, Little Zizi.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: Wry but always empathic, Lenain brings a novelistic depth to [the] story…for sheer storytelling talent, there's no doubt: Lenain and Poulin are definitely well endowed.
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Ann Arbor Book Festival
May 12, 2008
Co-author of The Bee Tree, Stephen Buchmann will be a featured guest author at this years Ann Arbor Book Festival. The festival will be held from Thursday, May 15 through Sunday, May 18, 2008. (Visit the festival's website for more details.)
Stephen is an expert in bee conservation and pollination and will be giving several talks, workshops and book signings at the festival. Don't miss out!
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Skipping Stones Award
April 23, 2008
The Bee Tree has been chosen for a Skipping Stones Honor Book Award!
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Cinco Puntos Press Goes Blogging
March 10, 2008
Please Visit the Cinco Puntos Blog at: cincopuntospress.blogspot.com
The blog will have news about our books and bring our readers general news and comments about the very interesting world of independent publishing. We hope you will read the blog and comment when you have the urge.
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Southwest Book Award
February 15, 2008
White Panties, Dead Friends & Other Bits & Pieces of Love
by Bobby Byrd has been awarded a Southwest Book Award!
"I find this whimsical, irreverent, haunting voice compulsively readable. In fact, I breezed through the whole book in one sitting, and then read parts of it again...Trust me: you're in for a treat."—Powell's Books blog
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Read Aloud to Your Valentine!
February 8, 2008
Valentine's Day is almost here and Cinco Puntos has just the book to surprise your little bilingual reader!
Lover Boy / Juanito el cariñoso by Lee Byrd and illustrated by Francisco Delgado
This bilingual early reader will bring joy to everyone's heart!
Don't miss out on our newly released bilingual artbook ABeCedarios!
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The Resurrection of Harvey Goldner
February 4, 2008
Thurs Feb 7 ● Elliott Bay Bookstore ● 7:30 PM
Join publisher and poet Bobby Byrd, Harvey Goldner's two daughters Emily and Amy and Seattle poetry luminaries—Arnie Pihl, Chris Dusterhoff, Chrysta Casey, David Fewster, Brian McGuigan, Maged Zaher, J. Glenn Evans and others—to celebrate Harvey’s selected poems The Resurrection of Bert Ringold from Cinco Puntos Press.
For more information contact the Elliott Bay Bookstore at (206) 624-6600 or call Cinco Puntos at (915) 838-1625.
Click the headline to read a poem by Harvey.
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New Year Brings New Awards for Crossing Bok Chitto!
January 13, 2008
The American Indian Library Association (AILA) is pleased to announce Crossing Bok Chitto as the recipient of its American Indian Youth Literature Award for best picture book!
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New Year Full of Unusual Bilingual Books!
January 7, 2008
Everyone loves a classic Joe Hayes' folktale! Check out his latest kids' book: The Gum-Chewing Rattler Who can resist this dangerous desert tale with an ending full of pink bubble gum?!!
Care for something older and more frightGhost Fever / Mal de Fantasma is a bilingual chapter book which won the Texas Bluebonnet award in 2007.
Try a look at our childrens and young adult bilingual books here.
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Come Check Us Out, Unique Christmas Gifts Abound!
December 18, 2007
Holiday Hours
Cinco Puntos Press will be open this Saturday, December 22, from 9 to 5 pm. In fact, we'll be open for business Monday through Saturday until Christmas! Check out this map for directions to our building.
ALL our titles are discounted! We offer gift wrapping and shipping to help you get your presents out on time.
Don't let stress or the mall do you in!
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TLA names Crossing Bok Chitto to 2008-09 Bluebonnet Master List
November 1, 2007
The Texas Library Association’s (TLA) Bluebonnet Selection Committee has just announced its Master List for 2008-09. And we are delighted that Crossing Bok Chitto—written by Tim Tingle and illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges—is on that list. Such wonderful news for such a wonderful book. Please click here to find out more about Crossing Bok Chitto. To see the complete 2008-09 Master List, click here.
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Bilingual books for a spooky season!
October 23, 2007
The skeletons of the dead are dancing all through Cinco Puntos' bilingual children's books...don't miss a fun scare!
Celebrate Día de los Muertos and Halloween with some classic folktales from the famous storyteller Joe Hayes or a charming Festival of Bones with Luis San Vicente.
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Señor Caca is here!
August 13, 2007
Smells like BILINGUAL NON-FICTION to us!
Check out our exciting new bilingual kids' book:
The Long Journey of Mister Poop / El Gran Viaje del Señor Caca
by Angèle Delaunois and illustrated by Marie Lafrance
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New book hot off the presses!
July 23, 2007
Cinco Puntos has a brand new book available now!
The Face of Pancho Villa, A History in Photographs and Words by Friedrich Katz with photographs from The Casasola Collection.
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Harvey Goldner
July 5, 2007
Harvey Goldner (1942-2007), known as “The Bard of Belltown" in Seattle, died early morning on July 4th in Seattle, WN.
Click here to read his obituary in the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and here to read Bobby Byrd's Blog about Harvey. Cinco Puntos is publishing his collection The Resurrection of Bert Ringold in October.
We are broken-hearted that he won't see his new book which we all love. May he rest in peace.
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National Pollinator Week
June 25, 2007
To raise awareness about pollinators and the important role they play, this week has been made National Pollinator Week (June 24-30).
In honor of the most famous pollinators, honey bees, we have made The Bee Tree on sale!
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Could a book really win this many awards??!!
May 25, 2007
Of course! Great judges know a good book when they see it!
Crossing Bok Chitto
ALA (American Library Association) Notable Children's Book 2007
Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book
Oklahoma Book Award for Best Illustrations, 2007
Oklahoma Book Award for Best Children's Book, 2007
Anne Izard's Storytellers' Choice Award
Paterson Prize
Skipping Stones Honor Book
Teddy Award, Texas Writers League, 2005
Texas Institute of Letters Best Children's Book of 2006
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A literary evening with Bobby & Lee Byrd
May 9, 2007
El Paso Public Library Association Presents
A literary evening with guest authors
Bobby & Lee Byrd
Thursday, May 10, 2007
6-9 PM at J.B.’s Café
5801 N. Mesa
Cost $25 per person, includes light dinner
Call 861-4633 or 541-5406 for more information
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Crossing Bok Chitto wins over Oklahoma
March 14, 2007
Crossing Bok Chitto won not one but TWO awards from the 2007 Oklahoma Book Awards!
Jeanne Rorex Bridges' haunting artwork in Crossing Bok Chitto won the 2007 Oklahoma Book Award for best illustrations! Congratulations Jeanne!
As the perfect companion award for best illustrations, Crossing Bok Chitto took home the 2007 Oklahoma Book Award for best children's book! Congratulations Tim Tingle!
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Joe Hayes Wins the Bluebonnet Award
February 6, 2007
Ghost Fever/ Mal de Fantasma chosen by Texas children as the 2007 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
The Texas Library Association has announced that Joe Hayes has won the 2007 Bluebonnet Award. Joe joins a prestigious pantheon of writers who have also received the Bluebonnet. Former winners include Kate DiCamillo, Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary.
Joe won the Bluebonnet with Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma, a bilingual middle reader which is written the same way he likes to tell his stories—in two languages.
This is the first time that a bilingual book has won the Bluebonnet.
Texas school children vote each year to select the winner of the Texas Bluebonnet award. This year 170,000 children participated in the voting; 23,580 of those children selected Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma as their favorite book.
Congratulations, Joe!
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ALA Notable Children's Book
January 26, 2007
Congratulations to Tim Tingle and Jeanne Rorex Bridges!
The American Library Association has listed Crossing Bok Chitto on their Notable Children's Books list for 2007!
Other awards and starred reviews Crossing Bok Chitto has been awarded are:
Teddy Award, Texas Writers League, 2005
Starred Review, Publisher's Weekly
Starred Review, Booklist
Editor's Choice, The New York Times Book Review
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Riley's Fire—PEOPLE Magazine Top Ten
December 21, 2006
Riley's Fire by Lee Merrill Byrd lands on PEOPLE Magazine's list of Top Ten Books of 2006!
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Cinco Puntos gets a face lift!
November 11, 2006
We apologize for any inconveniences you may experience. Cinco Puntos is currently upgrading our website.
If you have ANY problems at all please email us at info@cincopuntos.com or call us at 1-800-566-9072. If you report a verified problem, we will gladly give you a deeper discount on your order.
Unfortunately we were not able to transfer our customer accounts to our new, upgraded website. All customers, as well as returning customers will need to create a brand new account and enter all their contact and billing information. We greatly apologize for the inconvenience.
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