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Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual English-Spanish

by Monica Brown

A bilingual picture-book portrait of Tito Puente’s musical path

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A bilingual picture-book portrait of Tito Puente’s musical path

Monica Brown introduces Tito Puente through the early spark of a child making music with pots and pans and dreaming of leading a band. The book traces the musician’s life from Spanish Harlem to his recognition at the Grammy Awards, using mambo as the thread connecting childhood ambition, performance, and achievement. Presented in English and Spanish, this 32-page biography places a major figure in Latin music within an accessible picture-book format while foregrounding the rhythms and instruments that shaped his career.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children exploring biographies of musicians and performers
  • Families and classrooms seeking English-Spanish picture books
  • Young readers interested in mambo and Latin music history

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Music and rhythmChildhood dreamsBilingual storytellingLatin musicBiography

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Book overview

In 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 Awards--and all the beats in between--this is the true life story of a boy whose passion for music turned him into the "King of Mambo."

Award-winning author-illustrator duo Monica Brown and Rafael L

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