Ancona, George

Shows how kids can make a real difference in their communities through volunteer work. Presents photographs and stories of real students mentoring younger children, helping train service dogs, planting and harvesting food for a local soup kitchen, learning how to knit warm clothing for those in need, and packing and delivering hot meals to people who cannot leave their homes.

Follow four energetic boys as they train for and take the stage in a community dance performance celebrating classic kids' books.

In this bilingual book a Hispanic American girl describes how she helps out in her family's home.

Araceli tells about her home and her family including a sister who is in college, another sister who is deaf, and a brother who helps out with the animals on the farm and describes some of the things that she and her family do. Presented in English and Spanish.

A description accompanied by full-color photographs of several festivals celebrated by Mexican Americans in the United States: the Day of the Dead, the processions of Las Posadas, New Year's Day and the dance of Los Matachines, and Three Kings' Day.

Contains an introduction to the different games and sports children play in the United States and Latin America, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on basketball, kick the can, Loteria, jump rope, and more. Presented in Spanish and English.