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I Love Saturdays y Domingos
Alma Flor Ada
Paperback - $12.95
Saturdays and Sundays are very special days for the child in this story. On Saturdays, she visits Grandma and Grandpa, who come from a European-American background, and on Sundays -- "los domingos -- she visits "Abuelito y Abuelita, who are Mexican-A ...
Me Llamo Mar'a Isabel : My Name Is Mar'a Isabel
Alma Flor Ada
Paperback - $9.95
When Maria Isable Salazar Lopez enters a new school, her teacher insists on calling her Mary. But Maria Isabel has been named after her Papa's mother and her beloved Puerto Rican grandmother. She just can't see herself as Mary. How can she find the c ...
The Gold Coin
Alma Flor Ada
Paperback - $12.95
Juan is a hardened thief, and when he discovers that old Dona Josefa has a gold coin, he decides to steal it. First, however, he must find Dona Josefa. "Set in South America, this beautifully designed book features an unusual, rewarding fable and . . ...
Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico
Malin Alegria
Hardcover - $27.95
Although 17-year-old Sofi Mendoza was born in Mexico, she's lived in California for most of her life. But while on a spring-break trip to Tijuana with her friends, Sofi gets an unexpected crash course in local culture and learns she is not a U.S. cit ...
A Bear for Miguel
Elaine Marie Alphin
Paperback - $9.95
One day, MarÍ a's father takes her to the busy market. There they trade goods for food for Mana's mother and baby brother. MarÍ a helps by making her father laugh while he works. But she wants to do more. So Mana finds a very special way to ...
A Gift of Gracias : The Legend of Altagracia
Julia Alvarez
Hardcover - $26.95
After Maria's family's olive crop fails, a mysterious woman appears in her dreams and suggests the family grow oranges instead. That very day the family plants seeds that yield a magnificent orange grove and saves the farm. Who was the mysterious wom ...
A Gift of Gracias : The Legend of Altagracia
Julia Alvarez
Library Binding - $37.95
After their olive crop fails, Maria fears that her family will have to abandon their farm on the new island colony. Then, one night she dreams of a mysterious beautiful lady shrouded by trees with branches hung with hundreds of little suns. They are ...
Las Huellas Secretas
Julia Alvarez
Paperback - $12.95
Based on the Dominican folktale of the ciguapas, "The Secret Footprints" tells of a tribe of beautiful underwater people whose feet are attached backwards, so humans cannot follow their footsteps.
The First Tortilla : A Bilingual Story
Rudolfo Anaya
Hardcover - $27.95
This moving, bilingual story of courage and discovery tells a legendary tale of the first tortilla, made by a small girl who saves her Mexican village from drought and starvation. Full color.