Joe Cepeda

"When a boy finds a canteen in his garage, he finds his superpower--helping everyone, from the postman to the local birds"--

"A boy and his father go on a camping trip and despite one disaster after another, in the end father and son agree it was their best weekend ever!"--

A boy rides a pogo stick to a visit with grandma.

When Josey uses the new swing attached to the tree in her messy yard, she retrieves all the things her parents thought they had lost over the years, including Leopoldo, their dog.

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

"En un día muy ventoso, un niño se para junto a una ventana con su molinillo y de repente es llevado al cielo donde puede ver un cerdo, una gallina, una vaca y una oveja."-- "On a very windy day, a boy stands by a window with his pinwheel and is suddenly whisked into the sky where he can see a pig, a hen, a cow, and a sheep"--

When Lupe Lopez struts through the doors of Hector P. Garcia Elementary in sunglasses with two taped-up Number 2 pencils--drumsticks, of course--poking from her pocket, her confidence is off the charts. All day, Lupe drums on desks, tables, and chairs while Ms. Quintanilla reminds her of school rules. Lupe has her own rules: 1) Don't listen to anyone. 2) Make lots of noise. Rataplan! 3) Have fans, not friends. But with her new teacher less than starstruck,...

Trouble ensues when Papa gets Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving and Miguel develops an attachment to it.

On their way to have lunch together, two friends have an argument but when they go their separate ways, each misses his buddy.

Children spend the day with their grandmother, who ignores their mother's carefully planned schedule in favor of activities that are much more fun.