Quick view Details Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema Y La Bruja Lechuza by Xavier Garza by Xavier Garza
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Quick view Details Estrellita Se Despide De Su Isla/Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island by Samuel Caraballo by Samuel Caraballo
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Quick view The Cucuy Stole My Cascarones / El Coco me robó los cascarones by Spelile Rivas Roberto and his mother made thirty dozen confetti-filled eggs, or cascarones, for guests at his birthday party, and he is sure the bogeyman--the cucuy--has stolen them along with the tamales, cake, and pinata. View Details
Quick view Lupita's First Dance / El primer baile de Lupita by Lupe Ruiz-Flores Lupita is excited about dancing La Raspa, a Mexican folk dance, with her first-grade class at a celebration of Children's Day, El Dâia de los Niänos, but just before the performance her partner, Ernesto, sprains his ankle. View Details
Quick view Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema Y La Bruja Lechuza by Xavier Garza by Xavier Garza Nine-year-old Zulema, the meanest girl in school, decides to change her wicked ways after receiving a visit from the witch owl. View Details
Quick view Pepita on Pepper Street/ Pepita En La Calle Pepper by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Pepita, unhappy about her family's move to a street where everything is new to her, is not very friendly to her neighbors as they pass by, but later has another chance to make friends. View Details
Quick view Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote / Mamá Zorra y Don Coyote by Victor Villasenor by Victor Villasenor MamGa Zorra distracts a hungry coyote from eating her and her three cubs by persuading him that the moon's reflection in a pond is actually a giant wheel of cheese. View Details
Quick view Mis Abuelos Y Yo / My Grandparents And I by Samuel Caraballo by Samuel Caraballo Illustrations and rhyming text describe all the special things a Puerto Rican boy enjoys doing with his grandparents thoughout the year. View Details
Quick view Lupita's Papalote: El Papalote De Lupita by Lupe Ruiz-Flores Lupita, a young girl, wants to fly a papalote, or kite, but her family cannot afford to buy one, so her father helps her make a kite of her own. View Details
Quick view Estrellita Se Despide De Su Isla/Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island by Samuel Caraballo by Samuel Caraballo As Estrellita leaves her beloved Caribbean island home, she combines all of its features into an ode celebrating its green and eternal beauty. View Details
Quick view Magda's Pinata Magic/Magda Y La Pinata Magica by Becky Chavarria-Chairez When Tio Manuel brings home a very special piñata for Gabriel's birthday party, his sister Magda figures out an ingenious way to preserve it and still make the party guests happy. View Details
Quick view Chave's Memories/Los Recuerdos de Chave by Maria Isabel Delgado A woman recalls childhood visits to her grandparents' ranch in Mexico, where she and her brother played with her cousins and listened to the stories of an old Indian ranch hand. View Details
Quick view Estas manos: Manitas de mi familia / These Hands: My Familys Hands by Samuel Caraballo by Samuel Caraballo In this heart-warming ode to family, the young narrator compares the hands of family members to plants in the natural world. Your hands, the most tender hands! / When I'm scared, / They soothe me, she says to her mother. The girl compares her mother's... View Details
Quick view Estrellita en la ciudad grande/ Estrellita in the Big City by Samuel Caraballo by Samuel Caraballo Relates, in Spanish and English, a telephone conversation in which young Estrellita, who has recently moved to Brooklyn, New York, tells her grandmother, who still lives in Puerto Rico, all about her adventures in and near Manhattan. View Details