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Quick view Delicious Hulabaloo/Pachanga Deliciosa by Pat Mora by Pat Mora In this poem in English and Spanish, lizards, armadillos, and other creatures of the night make merry beneath the desert moon View Details
Quick view FranciscoÂs Kites / Las cometas de Francisco by Alicia Z Klepeis Francisco misses his village in El Salvador, and especially flying a kite with his friends, but Mamâa cannot afford to buy a kite so he gathers discarded materials around his apartment building and makes his own, which catches the eye of a store... View Details
Quick view The Land of Lost Things / El pais de las cosas perdidas by Dina Bursztyn I was going to draw, but my blue pencil was missing. It was lost! Where do all the lost things go? A young boys search for his misplaced pencil leads him to wonder where all the lost things go. View Details
Quick view Clara y la curandera / Clara and the Curandera by Monica Brown by Monica Brown Once there was a little girl named Clara, who was grumpy. She was grumpy about having to take out the trash, having to share her toys with her seven brothers and sisters, and having to read one book a week for school. View Details
Quick view The Battle of the Snow Cones / La guerra de las raspas by Lupe Ruiz-Flores Ten-year-old Elena sets up a snow cone stand in front of her house, and when her friend Alma sets up a stand of her own, it creates an ever-escalating competition between the two girls to see who can outdo the other. View Details
Quick view Sunflowers/ Girasoles by Gwendolyn Zepeda After helping her grandfather plant the vegetables that her mother uses in soups and salsas, seven-year-old Marisol plants sunflower seeds in her neighbors' yards, and weeks later, everyone gets to enjoy the fruits of Marisol's labor. View Details
Quick view Sundays on Fourth Street / Los domingos en la calle cuatro by Amy Costales A young girl enjoys her family's weekly trip to Fourth Street, where she and her cousins eat mangos and tacos, look at clothes and shoes, watch all the people on the busy street, and take care of such chores as haircuts and grocery shopping. View Details
Quick view Rene Has Two Last Names / Rene tiene dos apellidos by Rene Colato Lainez by Rene Colato Lainez In this story based on the author's childhood, a young Salvadoran immigrant is teased for having two last names until he presents his family tree project celebrating his heritage. View Details
Quick view Baseball on Mars / Beisbol en Marte by Rafael Rivera After "traveling to Mars" in Roberto's homemade spaceship, Roberto and his father play a game of catch. View Details
Quick view Growing Up With Tamales / Los Tamales De Ana by Gwendolyn Zepeda by Gwendolyn Zepeda Rhythmic prose and vivid illustrations combine to create an affectionate and amusing story about sibling rivalry and an important Hispanic holiday tradition: making tamales. View Details
Quick view The Woodcutter's Gift/ El regalo del lenador by Lupe Ruiz-Flores When a violent thunderstorm knocks down the giant mesquite tree in the town square, some of the villagers see it as only worth firewood, but the woodcutter sees it as material for carving a beautiful gift for the children of the town. View Details
Quick view Goodnight, Papito Dios / Buenas Noches, Papito Dios by Victor Villasenor A father comforts his son at bedtime by singing the turtledove song his own mother once sang to him, in hopes that the child will awake refreshed and secure in the knowledge that he is loved. View Details