A retelling of the Puerto Rican folktale in which a boy named Juan Bobo tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, but keeps getting things all wrong.
"A combined history of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of Puerto Rico, highlighting current efforts to save the Puerto Rican parrot by protecting and managing this endangered species"--Provided by publisher.
Presents a children's illustrated biography of baseball great Roberto Clemente who played for the Pittsburg Pirates from 1955 until his untimely death in an airplane crash in 1972.
Contains a Taino origin myth, in simple text with illustrations, and includes a story from folklore that explains the existence of the forest, sea, and island called Puerto Rico.
A biography of major league baseball player Roberto Clemente, chronicling his childhood in Nicaragua, his eighteen distinguished seasons, his charity work, and his tragic death.
A collection of nine folktales involving trickery, including "The Jester Who Fooled a King" from Poland, "Pedro Animala and the Carrao Bird" from Puerto Rico, and "The Tortoise and the Hare" from Ghana.
A biography of baseball star outfielder Juan Gonzalez, from his childhood in Puerto Rico to his success with the Texas Rangers to his dedication to the youth of Puerto Rico.
When thirteen-year-old Luz and her family move from Chicago to her stepfather's native home of Puerto Rico, she and her brother Rome struggle to adjust and to decide where it is they really belong.
