Argueta, Jorge

"Describes--in English, Spanish, and Nahuat--the life cycle of water from the perspective of one drop"--Provided by publisher.

Poems explore the lives of children fleeing their homes in Central America, sometimes alone, to seek refuge in the United States.

For the narrator, cooking is like making music. In Spanish and English verse, he describes how every weekend he and his family make salsa, adding cloves of garlic trompetas and stirring with a "saxophone spoon.".

After settling in San Francisco, Xochitl feels homesick for El Salvador, but selling flowers eventually helps her to adjust to her adopted country. Presented in English and Spanish.

Five-year-old Luna is afraid she'll find monsters at her new school until a kind teacher and her new classmates show her that she has nothing to fear.

A little boy's mother has always warned him not to eat before going to bed and not to sleep with his hands crossed on his chest or he would have nightmares, but one night he decides not to listen and finds himself lost in a dream.

A little boy's mother has always warned him not to eat before going to bed and not to sleep with his hands crossed on his chest or he would have nightmares, but one night he decides not to listen and finds himself lost in a dream.

A boy explains how to make tamalitos: "The dough is like a little pillow / in the middle of the husk.".

If this poetic tribute to the culinary delights of guacamole doesn't inspire you to try the dish, nothing will. Illustrations show the avocado in its entirety, and the steps that should be followed in preparing guacamole.