Mora, Pat

A Mexican-American first-grader experiences the difficulties and pleasures of being different when she wears a tulip costume with all the colors of the rainbow for the school May Day parade.

With the help and interference of her cat Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt's ninetieth birthday.

A memoir of the author's Mexican-American family in El Paso, Texas, told through the voices of several generations of relatives, both living and dead, with photographs and genealogical charts.

Poems that describe the landscape, people, and animals of the American Southwest.

Pictures depict two sisters going from shop to shop buying birthday presents for their mother. Rhyming text presents numbers from one to ten in English and Spanish.

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.

With the help of his friends, Tio Sapo, the toad, defeats the overconfident Tio Venado, the deer, in a race.

This is a joyful tribute to the many ways that children build communities with friends of all ages.

Thirteen Latin American poets present a collection of works that combine English and Spanish and describe the bonds between mothers, grandmothers, and children.

While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tom?s finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.