Gabriela Baeza Ventura

A Cuban girl transforms her long and unruly hair into a garden.

Adventures of several children in a largely Hispanic, but still diverse, neighborhood.

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 team over to try them.

During their annual trip to West Texas to pick cotton, an accident shakes the Hernández family to its core, leaving them in fear for thirteen-year-old Junior's life and worried they may not be able to earn enough money to see them through the coming year. Durante su viaje anual al oeste de Texas para recoger algodón, un accidente sacude a la familia Hernández hasta la médula, dejándoles temerosos por la vida de Junior de trece años y preocupados...

David is always about to reach a new level of a video game when his friends invite him to play outside, but while the game is broken, he discovers that learning to skateboard or play basketball can be like "leveling up" in real life.

Told in two voices and languages, Vietnamese American Annie and Hispanic American Maya attend different schools but spend nearly every weekend together, until something special happens to bring them closer together.\ Contadas en dos voces e idiomas, la vietnamita estadounidense Annie y la hispanoamericana maya asisten a diferentes escuelas, pero pasan casi todos los fines de semana juntas, hasta que sucede algo especial que las une.

"After learning that a hungry classmate is taking tomatoes from their garden, Lupe and her mother invite their neighbors to help in what becomes a community garden and gathering place. Includes recipes." --

In this bilingual memoir of her family's life as migrant workers, Lilia Garcia recreates how it felt to be on the road, to live in make-do accomidations and to labor in the fields. "En esta obra bilingüe sogre los recuerdos de su familia como trabajodores agrícolas, Lilia García recrea lo que sentía al tener que viajoar por varios días, vivir en distintos lugares y casas y trabajar en las labores."--P. [3] of cover. Recounts the author's childhood...

When a violent thunderstorm knocks down the giant mesquite tree in the town square, some of the villagers see it as only worth firewood. The woodcutter, however, sees it as material for carving a beautiful gift for the children of the town. Cuando una fuerte tormenta tumba el gran árbol de mezquite en la plaza principal, algunos de los vecinos piensan que el árbol sólo es bueno para leña. Sin embargo, el leñador ve su gran valor y piensa...

When Benjamin beats his friend James at handball, James calls him a name that hurts his feelings, but Benjamin's father helps him sort out his feelings and figure out why James might have used the word.