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Show FiltersGathering the sun
A book of poems about working in the fields and nature's bounty, one for each letter of the Spanish alphabet
Iguanas in the snow y otros poemas de invierno
These poems celebrate winter in San Francisco and the mountains of Northern California
We are like the clouds / Somos como las nubes
Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.
Salsa
Provides a poetic recipe for making salsa by grinding the ingredients together on a black lava mocaljete as the early Mesoamericans did
My shoes and I
As Mario and his Papá travel from El Salvador to the United States to be reunited with Mamá, Mario's wonderful new shoes help to distract him from the long and difficult journey.
My name is Celia
A bilingual portrait of the "Queen of Salsa" describes her childhood in Cuba, her musical career, and her move to the United States, and explains how her music brought her native Cuba to the world
The dead family Diaz
Angelito Diaz is afraid of walking among the Living on the Day of the Dead - Dìa de los Muertos -- especially with his older sister, Estrellita, teasing him, but once in the Land of the Living, he quickly makes a new friend.