A Bailar! / Let's Dance! by Judith Ortiz Cofer

A bailer! There's music in the park today—let's dance!" Marita and her mother are finishing their Saturday chores and anticipating Papi's salsa concert in the park that night, so Mami makes the broom...

A Bean and Cheese Taco Birthday/Un Cumpleanos con Tacos de Friloles Con Queso by Diane Gonzales Bertrand by Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Seven-year-old Dario is excited about his brother’s upcoming fifth birthday. He can’t wait for the party, and imagines one similar to his own with lots of friends and presents.

A Day Without Sugar/Un Dia Sin Azucar by Diane De Anda by Diane De Anda

Tía Sofía’s nieces and nephews love to spend the weekend at her house. She lets them camp out on mattresses and in sleeping bags in the living room, where they play games and watch TV in their...

A Mummy in Her Backpack / Una momia en su mochila by James Luna

Flor enjoyed her two-week trip to Mexico, though she's glad to be back at school. But when she tries to pull her homework out of her backpack, she's shocked to feel a cold hand clutching hers...

A Mystery Bigger than Big: A Mickey Rangel Mystery / Un misterio más grande que grandísimo: Colección Mickey Rangel, Detective Privado by Rene Saldana 

In this fourth installment of the bilingual Mickey Rangel Mystery series, acclaimed author and educator René Saldaña, Jr. writes a thought-provoking novel for intermediate readers that explores the...

A School Named for Someone Like Me/Una Escuela Con Un Nombre Como El Mio by Martinez Davila

The sister of Jaime Dâavila, a promising young lawyer and Mexican American community leader, recounts his boyhood, education, and death and describes how a school came to be named after him.

Abuelo Vivia Solo/Grandpa Used To Live Alone by Amy Costales by Amy Costales

Grandpa used to live alone in a quiet pink house. But when his granddaughter was born, everything changed: “Mamá and I moved in. Grandpa’s house was still pink, but it was not so quiet anymore

Adelita and the Veggie Cousins/Adelita y Las Primas Verduritas by Diane Gonzales Bertrand by Diane Gonzales Bertrand

It was Adelita’s first day at a new school, and she didn’t know anyone! As Miss Cantú started a lesson on vegetables, cries of “I hate vegetables” filled the classroom. She watched the kids as they...

Agua, Aguita/Water, Little Water by Jorge Argueta

In this beautiful, poetic ode to the life-giving force of water, award-winning children's book author Jorge Argueta describes in English, Spanish and Nahuatthe life cycle of water from the...

Alicia's Fruity Drinks / Las Aguas Frescas de Alicia by Lupe Ruiz-Flores

After enjoying a blended fruit drink called aguas frescas during a festival celebrating Mexico's independence, seven-year-old Alicia and her mother make their own at home, then invite Alicia's soccer...

Animal Jamboree: Latino Folktales / La fiesta de los animales: leyendas latinas by Judith Ortiz Cofer 

A collection of four Puerto Rican folktales featuring a lion, mice, and a brave little ant, as well as other animals.

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.