Farmer Hector and his daughter Carla seek help from the monstrous chupacabra when their goats become giants and threaten the town.

When he looks for his missing blue pencil, a boy enters a strange new world which contains some very familiar objects.

From the Publisher: Ninety-two-year-old Octavio Rivera is a beautiful dreamer. And lately he has been visited by some very interesting dreams-dreams about pinatas that spill their treasures before him, revealing kissing turtles, winged pigs, hitchhiking armadillos and many more fantastic things! Octavio doesn't tell anyone about his dreams except his young granddaughter Regina because she alone understands beautiful and fantastic dreams. On the ninth...

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

While sharing stories of their Mexican-American family's past, a father gives his young son the guitar he received from his own father. Al compartir historias del pasado de su familia mexicano-americana, un papá le regala a su hijo la guitarra que su propio papá le regaló

As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and help connect him to all the different places in which he lives.

Young Toñito thinks and dreams of soccer all the time, even as he does homework, eats dinner and spends time with his family.

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

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

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