Mora, Pat

A collection of original poems that celebrate family, universal childhood experiences, and the pure pleasure a young girl feels as her mastery and understanding grow throughout the seasons of a year.

Billy's beloved Nana's memory is failing but they are "always amigos," so when disaster strikes the day of the family's big summer show, Billy finds a way he and Nana can save the day.

A young multiracial boy celebrates family, friendship, and fun by telling about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful. Presented in English and Spanish.

Long ago in what would come to be called Mexico, as Mama Alma and her granddaughter, Bella, recall happy times while walking in the garden they have tended together since Bella was a baby, Mama Alma asks that after she is gone her family remember her on one special day each year. Includes facts about The Remembering Day, El dia de los muertos.

Do?a Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.

Two children who have moved to a small community in New Mexico experience the tradition of "los abuelos," during which village men go to the mountains and return in scary costumes to tease the children before everybody sings, dances, and eats treats.

Adaptation of the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," friends exchange such gifts as a pinata and "cuatro luminarias.".

Colorful illustrations and text describe people of various ethnicities and languages enjoying reading. Presented in English and Spanish.

Do?a Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.

Collects fifty poems written in the voice of teenagers which reveal the speakers' feelings about and experiences with love. Includes notes about the various types of poetic forms.