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Kitchen dance
Two sleepy children sneak out of their beds to watch as their parents, who love each other very much, break into a dance while washing the dishes
Just in case
As Señor Calavera prepares for Grandma Beetle's birthday he finds an alphabetical assortment of unusual presents, but with the help of Zelmiro the Ghost, he finds the best gift of all
Floating on Mama’s song / Flotando En La Cancion de Mama
A seven-year-old girl is amazed when her mother's singing suddenly begins to make her listeners float, but Grandma says she must stop, making Mama terribly sad until her daughter makes her smile again.
Clara and the curandera / Clara y la curandera
Clara's grumpiness leads her mother to take her to a neighbor who is a curandera, or healer, and although she is puzzled by her "treatment," Clara dutifully helps her neighbors, is kind to her siblings, and reads more books for a week
Charro Claus and the Tejas Kid
One Christmas Eve, Santa Claus asks his cousin Pancho to help him deliver toys to the boys and girls along the Texas-Mexico border, and when he agrees, Santa magically transforms him into Charro Claus
Braids
Isabella loves spending time with Abuela, especially when the two share stories while Abuela braids Isabella's hair
Grandpa used to live alone / Abuelo vivía solo
A young woman recalls her grandfather's abiding presence in her life as he cares for her throughout her infancy and childhood while her mother is at school or work, until she is the one fixing his snacks and seeing him safely to bed
Abuelos
Young Ray and Amelia move to a new village in New Mexico and experience the fright and fun of "los abuelos" for the first time. In the cold months of midwinter, village men disappear to disguise themselves as scary old men and then descend on the children, teasing them and asking if they've been good
Don’t say a word, mama / No digas nada, mamá
Sisters Rosa and Blanca are so kind, thoughtful, and generous--and such good gardeners--that their mamá who lives between the two winds up with a great deal of corn, tomatoes, and red hot chiles.
¡A bailar!
A young girl and her mother put on their red dresses and dance their way through the barrio, collecting friends and neighbors along the way as they go to the park to hear her father's salsa band play