A young girl's dream to swim with a blue whale may finally come true when her mother, a writer, arranges for them to accompany her friends who are marine biologists on a research trip to Mexico.

Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called The Water Lady, is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.

An easy-to-read account of the birth of Paricutin volcano in the field of a poor Mexican farmer.

An easy-to-read account of the birth of Paricutin volcano in the field of a poor Mexican farmer

In this rhythmic cumulative tale Rosa Maria spends the week getting ready for her granddaughter's birthday party and trying to avoid attracting mice--unaware that the mice in her walls are preparing for a party of their own.

Armando and his father are trash-pickers in Tijuana, Mexico, but when Senor David brings his "school"--a blue tarp set down near the garbage dump--to their neighborhood, Armando's father decides that he must attend classes and learn. Based on a true

Lucia zips through the playground in her cape just like the boys, but when they tell her 'girls can't be superheroes', suddenly she doesn't feel so mighty. That's when her beloved abuela reveals a dazzling secret: Lucia comes from a family of luchadoras, the bold and valiant women of the Mexican lucha libre tradition. But when she's confronted with a case of injustice, Lucia must decide if she can stay true to the ways of the luchadora and fight for...

A retelling of a Mexican legend that describes the origin of the Poinsettia plant. In this version, a young girl has nothing to give the Christ child, but when the weeds she carries in her hands miraculously transform into red flowers, she now has the perfect gift.

One boring day as Rosa wanders down to the sea to watch the pelicans catching fish, a little fish jumps right into her lap, so she takes him home and feeds him.