Since his grandmother spends so much time sitting by the window in her wheelchair, watching the birds, Nicolas decides to give her a golden cage of birds of her own for Christmas.
When Elena takes every penny she's ever saved to buy candy for her pinata, she ends up spending most of it on loved ones, but luckily some fine feathered friends come to the rescue.
A little spider who just happens to be a descendant of the famous Charlotte of "Charlotte's Web," helps a badly frightened turkey get in shape in order to outrun those who would like to cook him for Thanksgiving.
A snowman learns about the ways of nature from his neighbors, the birds, squirrels, and mice, who explain that though he will melt in the spring, he will come back again next year.
Vivid color illustrations accompany poems by such writers as Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy, Mar?a Elena Walsh and Jos? Mart? representing the literature of Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, and Spain as well as Hispanic folklore.
