mexican americans

Examines the life and accomplishments of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.

When his parents and grandfather are late on Christmas Eve, it's up to Carlos to take over his grandfather's role in the traditional Mexican reenactment of the Nativity called Las Posadas.

Describes the life and career of activist Cesar Chavez who founded the first effective farmworkers' union in the United States in 1962.

Presents the life of Mexican-American Cesar Chavez focusing on his childhood, and the family moves to different locations to survive during the Great Depression. Discusses his Navy career, marriage, and eight children, and how he formed the National Farm Workers Association until it gradually became the United Farm Workers.

Examines the history of Mexican immigration to the United States, discussing why Mexicans come, what their lives are like after they arrive, where they settle, and customs they bring from home.

Newly-arrived in the United States from Mexico, Carmen is apprehensive about going to school and learning English.

Explores the life of Cesar Chavez, highlighting his efforts to fight for the rights of immigrant workers. Includes full-color illustrations and a timeline.

Alejandro grows from ten years old to the age of seventeen, learning about life from his extended Mexican American family on a small ranch in 1940s South Texas.

When T?a Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave, Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind.

A bilingual collection of poems in which the renowned Mexican American poet revisits and celebrates his childhood memories of fall in the city and growing up in Los Angeles.