Sandy Starbright's family celebrates her birthday by giving her gifts and going to a powwow, in a book with nonfiction information about powwows.

The Sanchez and the Fong families get together to celebrate Chinese New Year, in a story that includes facts about the holiday.

Brothers Pablo and Carlitos write letters to the three kings, telling them the gifts they want to receive on Three Kings' Day. Includes facts about Christmas and Three Kings' Day.

The students in Mrs. Park's class prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by thinking about the values he taught.

A noted Salvadorian author reminisces about the day in which the Spirit of the Corn visited the tiny family-owned restaurant, located in front of a bus terminal and known for its delicious food.

Stories based on contemporary Native American life reveal the souls of the land, the people, and the Great Spirits (view table of contents)

'Engaging, idiomatic translation of Modelo antiguo (1992) is first translation into English of work by Mexican playwright, script writer, and novelist Reyes. In this novel, his first-person narrator, a taxi driver, is hired by a fatally ill old woman whowants to be driven around Mexico City so she can die in her car. No ancillary information'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Product Description: Spanish Edition. Help children get ready for kindergarten. On Track To Kindergarten features 52 tear-out activity calendars plus game, song, and coloring pages. Each calendar is in the shape of a large train car which is filled with five activities children can do by themselves or with a partner...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

When Carlitos' mother and the other janitors go on strike for higher wages, Carlitos cannot think of a way to support his mother until he sees her on TV making a speech, and he then gets his class to help him make a sign to show his pride.

When Carlitos's mother and the other cleaners go on strike for higher wages, Carlitos cannot think of a way to support his mother until he sees her on television making a speech, and then he gets his class to help him make a sign to show his pride.

Hannah describes her neighbors on Gold Street, especially Isabel, who is an adult but still plays with the young children and holds her mother's hand to cross the street, just as she has since Hannah's mother was small.

Hannah describes her neighbors on Gold Street, especially Isabel, who is an adult but still plays with the young children and holds her mother's hand to cross the street, just as she has since Hannah's mother was small.