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La divina Catrina/Oh, Divine Catrina
The Mexican skeleton Catrina has been invited to a Day of the Dead dance, and she’s searching for just the right outfit to wear. She pulls her Aunt María’s dress from a dusty chest, but it has a stain! There’s...
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When Julia Danced Bomba/Cuando Julia bailaba bomba
“Julia, they’re already warming up. Hurry!” Cheito says to his little sister as they rush to their bomba class. Cheito is a natural on the drums, but Julia isn’t as enthusiastic about dancing. Julia tries to imitate the best dancer...
Tierra, Tierrita/Earth, Little Earth
“My name is Earth / but people call me Little Earth.” In the fourth installment of their award-winning Madre Tierra / Mother Earth series of trilingual picture books about the natural world, Jorge Argueta and Felipe Ugalde Alcántara collaborate again...
Growing Up with Tamales/Los tamales de Ana
“My name is Ana. Every year, my family makes tamales for Christmas. This year, I am six, so I get to mix the dough, which is made of cornmeal. My sister Lidia is eight, so she gets to spread the...
Maya's Blanket/La Manta de Maya
Little Maya has a special blanket that Grandma stitched with her own two hands. As Maya grows, her blanket becomes worn and frayed, so with Grandma’s help, Maya makes it into a dress. Over time the dress is made into...
Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English
Simple poems and glorious paintings offer a deeply moving portrait of migrant Chicano farmworker families at work and play.
El cuarto turquesa/The Turquoise Room
Esther paints a map and dreams of exploring the world. Esther's daughter Isabel paints pictures and dreams of becoming an artist. Isabel's daughter Monica paints with words and dreams of telling stories. From the turquoise room in Peru, Esther, then...
Un Premio Adentro/A Prize Inside
Rico is missing just one Hero Cat prize. Robot and Rico take a trip to the grocery store. With Robot's special tricks, Rico is sure he'll get the prize he wants. Even if he has to check every cereal box...
El niño de maíz/The Boy of Maize
In a land where the yellow jaguar lives and the sun rises behind green mountains, “the earth was filled with joy” when Balám, the boy of maize, was born. He climbed on top of a big, blue turtle, and along...
Siesta
A blue backpack. Una mochila azul. Empty! A brother and sister, un hermano y una hermana, and their little bear, un osito. Sleepy! But there are so many things to gather...
Mis días con papá/Spending Time with Dad
This sweet bilingual picture book follows a boy and his stay-at-home dad, who takes care of him while his mom goes to work at the port, “where huge cargo ships come and go every day.” She oversees the containers that...
Luna luminosa, ¿dónde estás?/Luminous Moon, Where Are You?
Juanito looked outside one dark night and discovered the moon was nowhere to be seen! Where could it have gone? Is it hiding under the bed or behind a great mountain? He wonders if the coyote took it to his...
Alicia’s Fruity Drinks/Las aguas frescas de Alicia
Seven-year-old Alicia and her parents are enjoying the annual festival celebrating Mexico’s independence. There are mariachis strolling across the festival grounds, folkloric dancers twirling in their colorful costumes and brightly colored booths lining the plaza. But the hot day has...
The Party for Papá Luis/La fiesta para Papá Luis
Everybody loves a birthday party, and there’s a lot to enjoy at Papá Luis’ fiesta! The children excitedly count the candy that will fill the piñata. The nieces bring the candles for the birthday cake that Mamá Marta baked. Family and...
The Hero of Cinco De Mayo/El héroe de Cinco de Mayo: Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín
Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín was born in Goliad, Texas, in 1829, when Texas was part of Mexico. His family lived on a Mexican fort because his father was a soldier in the army. Ignacio wanted to be a just like his...
Galapagos Girl / Galapagueña
Valentina was born on an island formed by fire, surrounded by blue-green sea. As a Galápagueña, Valentina spends her days observing the natural world around her. She greets sea lions splashing on the shore, scampers over lava rocks with Sally-lightfoot...
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Viento, Vientito/Wind, Little Wind
“My name is Wind / but everyone knows me / as Little Wind.” In this beautiful, poetic ode to the refreshing but sometimes dangerous force of wind, award-winning children’s book author Jorge Argueta describes—in English, Spanish and Nahuat—the power of...
Delicious Hullabaloo/Pachanga deliciosa
Acclaimed poet Pat Mora (Borders, Chants, Communion, and other works) has joined with artist Francisco X. Mora to create a charming and elegant book whose rhymes and drawings will delight not only children aged 3 to 7, but adults (and...
Sofi Paints Her Dreams/Sofi pinta sus sueños
Young Sofi enters a New York City community garden and finds a halfpainted mural. It’s full of big, leafy plants in blue and yellow, and a vibrant emerald green color appears where the two colors meet. As Sofi runs her...
Josefina's Habichuelas/Las habichuelas de Josefina
Like all kids, Josefina loves to eat sweets. She loves warm chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven, cupcakes and candy! One night, while eating a piece of flan, Mami asks her to consider giving up sweets for Lent,...
Fuego, Fueguito/Fire, Little Fire
“My name is Fire / but everyone calls me / Little Fire.” In this beautiful, poetic ode to the invigorating power of fire, awardwinning children’s book author Jorge Argueta describes—in English, Spanish and Nahuat—the characteristics of fire from the perspective...
My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders/Mis zapatos y yo: Cruzando tres fronteras
Young René’s mother has sent him a new pair of shoes from the United States. He loves his new shoes. “They walk everywhere I walk. They jump every time I jump. They run as fast as me. We always cross...
Just One Itsy Bitsy Little Bite/Sólo Un Mordadita Chiquitita
Awardwinning children’s book author Xavier Garza collaborates with illustrator Flor de Vita to create an engaging introduction to numbers and the Mexican cultural traditions of the Day of the Dead, mariachi music and sweet bread.
Grandma's Chocolate/El Chocolate de Abuelita
Abuela’s visits from Mexico are always full of excitement for young Sabrina. She can’t wait to see what’s in her grandmother’s yellow suitcase covered in stickers from all the places she has visited. Opening it is like opening a treasure...
Side by Side/Lado a lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La Historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez
Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables....
My Grandma/Mi Abuelita
Follow an imaginative boy and his family as they take a faraway trip above the clouds and across the sea to visit his beloved grandma.
Alicia and the Hurricane/Alicia y el huracán: A Story of Puerto Rico/Un cuento de Puerto Rico
After snuggling into bed each night, Alicia listens for the big voices of the tiny coquíes that live all around Puerto Rico and sing her to sleep. Ko-kee, ko-kee, the little frogs call. Ko-kee, ko-kee. One day a terrible hurricane...
The Desert is My Mother/El desierto es mi madre
A beautiful bilingual picture book for children that illustrates the relationship between people and nature.
La Frontera: El viaje con papa/My journey with Papa
Based on a true story! Join a young boy and his father on an arduous journey from Mexico to the United States in the 1980s to find a new life. They’ll need all the courage they can muster to safely...
La Guitarrista, The Rock Star
With the English and Spanish text side by side on the page, this bilingual edition of the rockin’ picture book about a tenacious girl who achieves her wildest dreams with a little help from her community and a broken guitar...
