A collection of haikus that celebrates indigenous foods of the Americas, such as blueberries and vanilla, and includes information about each food's origins.
Collects fifty poems written in the voice of teenagers which reveal the speakers' feelings about and experiences with love. Includes notes about the various types of poetic forms.
Presents an adaptation of the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" in which friends exchange gifts such as pi?atas and a little girl receives a present from a secret friend whose identity is eventually revealed.
As he participates in the festivities of Las Posadas, preparing for the birth of Christ, a young Mexican boy worries about what gift he will have for the baby Jesus.