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Elena and Miguel's parents don't live in the same house anymore. Now the kids live in two, Mami's during the week and Papi's on weekends. "At first, " Elena says, "it felt like I left half of me behind each time I changed houses. And it didn't feel like family anymore." Elena wonders if Rico the cat misses Papi, surely, he too senses the change. At the movie theater, only three share the big tub of popcorn. The kids help their mom pick the ora...

In this poetic ode to grandmothers, a young girl likens her abuela's long hair to strength, security and understanding. The black strands speak of "finding courage in the unknown, " while the white ones represent wisdom and hope. Camacho-Church evokes the natural world with references to creatures such as owls and dragonflies, plants like roses and wildflowers, and sunlight, the moon and waterfalls. The girl wonders if her own hair will one da...

My name is Gerónimo Pérez, / but everybody calls me Bilingual. / I like my name Gerónimo, / but I like Bilingual better." The boy speaks English and Spanish and loves the ease with which he can flip back and forth between the two, "easy as pie, / so smooth, so cool, so beautiful, suuuuper sweet." He can taste the words--and dance with them too! He explains the instructions for his grandmother's medications and translates his grandfather's stor...

Vincent and his dad are on a bus in Mexico, headed to his late mom's village of Nagual, when he hears a loud animal roar! Oddly, no one else seems to have heard it. Looking out the window, he is surprised to see a girl running alongside the bus, he's even more amazed when she turns into a jaguar! And then he sees a sinister sight: a woman with a cadaverous-looking donkey's head whose glowing red eyes burn as if on fire! Even in a different cou...

Jacqueline Bravo can't understand why she's being called to the principal's office and is shocked to learn her mother hasn't paid her tuition at St. Bernadette High School in three months! Now Sister Mary Grace is threatening to kick her out and even recommends a vocational school until she gets married. Finances have been tight ever since Jacqui's father was killed in Vietnam. She is determined to win the alumni scholarship to UCLA, and there...

Pedro came from a family of artists who created papier-mâché sculptures. With newspaper, cardboard and glue, they made piñatas, masks and mojigangas, giant puppets used in parades and festivals in Mexico. As a boy, he helped his family by collecting newspapers in the neighborhood. When he got older, he began making the large figures himself. The family had to make new ones every year because all the mojigangas were burned after the events! One...

Grandma and I dance together, / sew together, / bake together / and go to the market together." This engaging picture book depicts the loving relationship between a young girl and her grandmother and the girl's growing realization that her grandmother will not always be physically present. Her beloved abuela "walks slower, sits longer and takes more medicine." Abuela comforts her granddaughter by using nature's beauty, power and mystery to rea...

When students ask author René Saldaña, Jr. how one becomes a writer, he says, "It's complicated." In this memoir written in verse for young adults, the author remembers his boyhood and the path that led to his becoming a reader, writer and scholar. He begins with "The Deets: My Parents as Kids, " and recounts "'Apá was born a long time ago / 'Amá a few years after him." His father finished elementary school in Mier, Tamaulipas, and then went t...

Mariano Rivera, a record-breaking major league baseball player, grew up in a small fishing village in Panama. His father had his own boat and wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, but Mariano didn't want to be a fisherman. He loved baseball! Without money for equipment, the boy and his friends had to be creative. They improvised a mango tree limb for a bat, made gloves out of cardboard and wrapped a rock in shredded fishing nets and tape ...

Alaín's parents have a home in Tepoztlán, outside of Mexico City, and he invites a group of friends to spend the long Mexican Independence weekend there. They can't wait to hang out, play video games and climb up to the Toltec pyramid that's in the town! Once there, the city kids meet some of the locals, including Pancho, who's about their age, and his mother, a curandera who does cleansings. The young people are thrilled to be able to watch t...

Loud music wakes Vincent up in the middle of the night, and he sees a red pickup truck pull in at the house across the street. A red-headed girl and a man decked out in a sparkly western shirt and cowboy hat get out, and he proceeds to two-step up and down the driveway before they go inside. Through the windows, Vincent can see them dancing in unison, the man downstairs and the girl upstairs. Their movements are virtually identical and they be...

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 Alcâantara collaborate again to introduce Mother Earth, who is "full of all the colors / and all the flavors." She is the mother of water, fire, wind and earth. Some call her planet, others nature or creation. "I am Mother Ea...

There's a rumor going around school that Mickey Rangel, detective extraordinaire, has competition! Apparently, Tina has gotten an online license just like Mickey. He can't believe it! Doesn't she know detectives are guys? Look at all the greats: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Colombo, the Hardy BOYS! But when a pack of baseball cards--a collector's item worth a lot of money--donated to the school's fundraiser is stolen, Principal Abrego wants Mi...

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 go around the world! The boy recounts his days spending time with his father, from "when the sun starts filling the room with light, " to eating breakfast, brushing his teeth and talking to his grandparents who live in a different...

Award-winning children's book author René Colato Laínez teams up again with illustrator Fabricio Vanden Broeck to explore the experiences of newcomers in U.S. schools and affirm that yes! They do belong here.

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In this poetic ode to kids' favorite fall holiday, a young boy eagerly anticipates the impending night. There are so many costumes to choose from that he can't decide. But finally, "A fierce pirate that's what I'll be, / and no one will recognize me." There are pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, haunted houses and spooky front porches. And best of all, the treats! Nicole Montenegro's vibrant illustrations bring to life a neighborhood with children ...

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Funded in part by a grant from the Clayton Fund.

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