Yolanda Rodriguez: 5 books

I dedicate these poems to the students and the teachers and staff of P.S. #5 in Jersey City New Jersey. Also to all my children, Alex, Lynnette, Ronny, Merry, and grandchildren, Tiffany, Micaela, Max, and Sofia. To my father Anibal and my mother Francisca.

Adventures of Mr. Twig was created from a twig I picked up from the ground. When I saw this stick, somehow it looked like a human figure. I observed it for a while, then I threw it away. And that's how the story of Mr. Twig developed.

This book is a delightful and silly story. It is educational, full of bright and colorful images with learning experiences in the classroom.

Race relations in twenty-first-century America will not be just a black-and-white issue. The 2000 census revealed that Hispanics already slightly outnumber African Americans as the largest ethnic group, while together Blacks and Hispanics constitute the majority population in the five largest U.S. cities....

Winner of the 2017 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS) From Caitlyn Jenner to Laverne Cox, transgender people have rapidly gained public visibility, contesting many basic assumptions about what gender and embodiment mean. The vibrant discipline...