During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpre, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.
A reader for beginning Spanish students in which Teresa experiences the renowned Semana Santa in Seville and learns of the long-kept secret of an elusive penitent.
A reader for beginning Spanish students in which confusion at the Mexico City airport brings anxiety and excitement to Jennie's first days with her Mexican family.
A reader for beginning French students in which travelling students' summer escapades in the French Riviera lead them to the spot of a plutonium smuggling rendezvous.
A reader for beginning Spanish students in which Steve's secret mission to find his half sister in Mexico and his grandfather's inheritance proves challenging and rewarding.
A reader for beginning French students in which travelling students unexpectedly find the bank robbers' hide-out for stolen money and bag both the scoundrels and money for the police.
A reader for beginning French students in which travelling students fall into a trap involving shady characters, highways, trucks, and mysterious loads smuggled from Italy into France.
A reader for beginning French students in which international spies try to use travelling students and their French friends to further their cause and transfer stolen military plans from one continent to another.