Six-year-old Ana looks forward to growing older and being allowed more responsibility in making the tamales for the family's Christmas celebrations. A la edad de seis, Ana piensa con mucha ilusión en que crezca y que le den más responsabilidad al componer los tamales para las fiestas navideñas.

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)

In a series of poetic sentences, a young boy (biracial Mexican/Caucasian) tells about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.

There are so many things to be thankful for.

For one young boy, it's
flying ladybugs,
splashing ocean waves,
a best friend,
Dad's thick chocolate syrup,
and much more.

Straight from the heart

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The train rolls along slowly at first, slowly enough to count the cars, to name their colors, and identify their functions, until it starts to pick up speed.

Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air. Includes a retrospective on the careers of Brown and Hurd as well as details of the publication and success of Goodnight moon.

The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas.

Bilingual text describes a family as they sit down to a table filled with good food.

In this story based on the author's childhood, a young Salvadoran immigrant is teased for having two last names until he presents his family tree project celebrating his heritage. Cuando el autor era niño e inmigró a los Estados Unidos, los otros niños se riéron porque tenía dos apellidos. René utiliza su tarea de genealogía para explicar porqué su nombre es tan largo.

Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure is an engaging and hilarious picture book that serves young readers as an introduction to basic Spanish vocabulary, brought to life by superstar team-up Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez. Meet Pollo, a friendly little chicken who just wants to play. And play, and play, and play all day! Pollo makes any activity more fun. Why just go to the beach when you could go to la playa con Pollo? Do you want to play soccer,...

A girl expresses her love of the river that she visits, plays in, and cares for throughout the year.