hispanic americans

Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life.

Brief descriptions of several Hispanic holidays as they are celebrated in North, Central, and South America.

When Jos? and George first met each thought that the other talked strangely, but now each can say something in the other's language.

"Portraits and ... poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways"--Provided by publisher.

A girl gives thanks for her family's love, caring, and kindness, and likens each family member's hands to a symbolically significant flower or tree. Text in both Spanish and English.

Young Margarito doesn't believe his Grandpa Ventura's ghost stories, until one day while walking home from his grandfather's he sees a woman in white, La Llorona, who calls to him. Scared, Margarito hides behind a tree, until from the water comes the Donkey Lady, who proceeds to fight La Llorona over who gets to claim Margarito as her next victim.

While a boy and his grandmother decorate their Christmas tree, the grandmother describes where each of the ornaments came from, When one breaks, the boy finds forgiveness from his grandmother and learns a lesson about taking responsibility.

T?o Ram?n, a snow cone vendor, has a special surprise for Teresita's seventh birthday.

While in the park with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.

When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her, Sierra Santiago realizes that something strange is going on--then she discovers her Puerto Rican family are shadowshapers and finds herself in a battle with an evil anthropologist for the lives of her family and friends.