Product Description: On summer nights Marisol helps out in Papi's music store. As customers come and go, they share memories of the Latin music and dance of their various homelands, expressed in a dazzling array of poetry. The diversity of Latin American music is brought to life in poems that swivel, sway, and sizzle with the rhythms of merengue, vallenatos, salsa, and samba...read more

Fifteen teenagers learn that unity and companionship are their most valuable tools when they are shipwrecked on a deserted island.

When Rosalâio, the son of the hippopotamus king, becomes so fascinated with flies that he wants to be one, his father decides the only solution is to hold a contest to prove, once and for all, the superiority of the hippopotamus.

When a master tells his slave that he will free him after he spends one night on the mountaintop with no clothes for protection, the slave turns to a wise old man to find a way to succeed in his mission and win his freedom.

A collection of poems, with texts in both Spanish and English, depict Jorge's efforts to blend in with the new friends and classmates in his new country while not forgetting the memories of his native Mexico.

During the night, the torch fishermen stand on the beach and catch fish with torches held high, but Makoa's grandfather catches fish beyond the horizon by holding the sun in his net. By the illustrator of Under the Breadfruit Tree.

Presents poems about the author's childhood in Jamaica, providing portraits of family, friends, and neighbors as they struggle through hard times and rejoice in happy times. Reprint.

When his vanity and greed cause him to needlessly kill animals, Corn Grower almost loses his precious life with his wife, Moon-Sun, and their son, Small Ears

A mother and father mouse search for the perfect husband for their beautiful daughter

Two mouse parents search the rainforest to find the most powerful husband for their daughter to marry, in a Maya folktale enhanced by colorful illustrations by a talented Mexican artist.

An adaptation of a Mexican tale follows Don Aurelio as he falls in love with the youngest of three witches and makes a pact with her that will break the spell that makes her a witch.