Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas

Pepita does not like the color pink and is dismayed to learn that it is the favorite color of the pink little girl who moves in next door.

A lonely girl named Tina is thrilled to finally find a friend, but when Little Bell comes over to visit, Tina worries that her mother does not like the girl. Presented in English and Spanish.

Pepita, a little girl who speaks Spanish and English, grows tired of having to translate for all her Spanish-speaking friends and relatives and decides she will no longer speak Spanish, but she fails to think of all the complications it will cause, especially when it comes to trying to train her dog Lobo, who refuses to answer to the name Wolf.

When a treasured pinata is threatened, little Lupita discovers that she is big enough to help her mother.

When a mysterious and valuable guitar is stolen from the shop belonging to old friends of her family, Monica determines to find out what really happened and to uncover the guitar's well-kept secret.

After suddenly being orphaned, twelve-year-old Consuelo reluctantly moves in with her American grandmother while hoping to return soon to her Mexican American family.

When sixteen-year-old Monica and her widowed father go back to Los Angeles, reluctantly moving from a wealthy neighborhood to the barrio house her mother grew up in, Monica tries to locate a missing neighbor, and in the process learns about her mother's past.

As her family prepares to move to a new home, Pepita refuses to pack her toys or say goodbye to anyone, because saying goodbye might make her cry.