Family & Friendship

El Mejor Regalo del Mundo: La Leyenda de la Vieja Belen/The Best Gift of All: The Legend of la Vieja Belen

Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez recreates the legend of the Dominican folk character La Vieja Belen in this delighful bilingual rhyming story, beautifully illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy Nunez. Alvarez's retelling keeps the magic of the...

Un Amigo de Veras Maravilloso by Suzanne Bloom by Suzanne Bloom

Bear wants to read and write and think. Goose wants to talk and talk and talk. Can Bear and Goose be friends? Suzanne Bloom's picture book says volumes about friendship with a few select words and charming illustrations in this Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor...

Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead/Un Ragalo para Abuelita: En Celebracion del Dia de lod Muertos by Nancy Luenn 

 This affectionate picture book reveals Rosita's sense of loss when her grandmother dies and how the family works together on the Day of the Dead to restore the healing power of remembrance. Full color.

My Tata's Remedies / Los Remedios de Mi Tata by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford 

A bilingual story of family and traditional wisdom: Tata teaches grandson Aaron natural remedies through healing neighbors and family.

My Tata's Remedies / Los Remedios de Mi Tata (Hardcover) by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford 

A bilingual story of family and traditional wisdom: Tata teaches grandson Aaron natural remedies through healing neighbors and family.

The Treasure on Gold Street/El Tesoro En La Calle Oro: A Neighborhood Story in Spanish and English by Lee Merrill Byrd by Lee Merrill Byrd

Hannah discovers that her neighborhood's real treasure is a mentally retarded woman named Isabel.

A Perfect Season for Dreaming / Un Tiempo Perfecto Para Sonar by Benjamin Alire Saenz by Benjamin Alire Saenz

An old man tells his granddaughter about the nine most beautiful dreams of his lifetime.

A Perfect Season for Dreaming / Un Tiempo Perfecto Para Sonar (Hardcover) by Benjamin Alire Saenz 

An old man tells his granddaughter about the nine most beautiful dreams of his lifetime.

A Gift from Papa Diego: Un Regalo de Papa Diego by Benjamin Alire Saenz 

Little Diego loves his grandfather, who lives far away in Mexico, and is sad because they don't get to see each other very often. For his birthday, he asks his mother for a Superman outfit so he can fly across the border to visit his grandfather. Even...

Little Chanclas (Hardcover) by Jose Lozano

Little Lily Lujan loves the slippety-slappety of her noise flip flops until she trades them in for soccer shoes. Clickety-clackety. Goooooal

Little Chanclas by Jose Lozano by Jose Lozano

Lily Lujan is known as Little Chanclas because she wears her chanclas, or flip flops, wherever she goes, especially to parties, so when the chanclas come apart while she's dancing at a family barbecue and Chewcho the bulldog eats one, Lily's inconsolable...

My Friends/Mis Amigos by Taro Gomi

Simple words and bold illustrations show children that friends are easy to find even in the most unlikely places.