Maya Christina Gonzalez

Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset. Maya, que vive en el polvoriento desierto, abre los ojos de par en par para encontrar los colores en su mundo, desde el cabello negro de Papi y las flores naranjas y púrpuras de Mami hasta el columpio rojo de Maya y el ardiente atardecer rosado.

Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset.

With the help of her family, a resourceful Mexican American girl realizes her dream of having a space of her own to read and to think.

The author recounts the real-life events leading up to and surrounding the 1931 Superior Court of California school desegregation case of Roberto Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, Lemon Grove, California.

Prietita, a young Mexican American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman. While looking for an herb to cure her mother, Prietita gets lost in the woods in this English-Spanish fantasy. Prietita goes into the woods in search of the missing herb that can help cure her mother. Despite the frightening stories she has heard of the legendary ghost woman who steals children at night, she...

Amada and her family build a chicken coop, hoping that her grandmother, visiting from Mexico, will enjoy raising the chickens and be distracted from her grief at Grandfather's death.

These poems celebrate winter in San Francisco and the mountains of Northern California.

A bilingual collection of poetry by the late Francisco X. Alarcón, acclaimed Chicano poet celebrating the days of the week and everyday childhood experiences.