Ada, Alma Flor

Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.

There's always room for one more in cow's backyard.

When his grandmother begins using a wheelchair and spends her days watching the birds through the window, Nicolas thinks he has found the perfect Christmas present for her--a bird of her own--until she tells him why she likes to watch them.

A boy in pursuit of a blue butterfly discovers that it was really always within him.

A counting book which introduces the numbers one through eight while imagining different animals doing very uncharacteristic things.

Three children tell each other a Hanukkah story while their grandmother prepares a special meal of latkes. Includes factual information about the holiday.

Alphabetical poetry on various marine life.