Alma Flor Ada

"Short poems for children about rivers and the life found along them"--

A series of letters describe the actions of Goldilocks, Peter Rabbit, the Three Pigs, Little Red Hen, and other storybook characters when Little Red Hen and her chicks become the target of the unsavory Wolf and his cousin, Fer O'Cious.

This illustrated book for children introduces and organizes Christmas songs into the following categories: on the road to Bethlehem, the posadas, Christmas eve, the shepherds, Christmas lullabies, Saint Joseph, the Christmas tree, aguinaldos, and the Three Wise Kings. Musical notations of six of the songs are included at the end. Este libro ilustrado para niños introduce y organiza canciones de Navidad en las siguientes categorías: camino a Belén,...

When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.

En este cuento ilustrado para niños, Caperucita hace todas las preparaciones para su fiesta de cumpleaños. In this illustrated story for children, Red Riding Hood makes all the preparations for her birthday party.

Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.

Juanita lives in New York and is Mexican. Felipe lives in Chicago and is Panamanian, Venezuelan, and black. Michiko lives in Los Angeles and is Peruvian and Japanese. Each of them is also Latino. Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific...

A young girl enjoys the similarities and the differences between her English-speaking and Spanish-speaking grandparents.

Presents the authors' retellings of traditional tales. El autor recuenta los cuentos tradicionales.

Rabbit and Turtle reenact their famous race while they are on their way to school.