Young girl in the market
By: Maria Diaz Strom

Product Description: A young girl and her mother go to the outdoor market and buy an array of colorful items, such as orange flowers and blue socks.

By: Jean Ciavonne
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Product Description: On Christmas Eve, Carlos is dismayed to see the procession of neighbors and friends coming up the front walk for Las Posadas.

Mama Had to Work on Christmas
By: Carolyn Marsden
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Product Description: In this short chapter book, we meet Gloria, who always spends Christmas with Papi, Mama, and Nana. But this Christmas, Papi is away picking oranges and Mama has to work at the hotel where she is a maid.

By: Arthur Dorros

Product Description: Diego and his family are migrant farmers who move from state to state picking fruits and vegetables. Each day brings a new experience — a different place, a different crop, and different people to meet.

A boy trying to put on shoes
By: Gary Soto
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"Rigo lives in a crowded house with his four siblings, his parents, and his uncle. Accustomed to hand-me-downs, he is thrilled when he gets new shoes for his ninth birthday.

Boy with a sign about his lost dog
By: Ezra Jack Keats Pat Cherr

Juanito is miserable — his family has just moved to New York, and because he only speaks Spanish, he has no one to talk to. What's more, his dog, Pepito, is lost!

girl holding camera
By: Gary Soto
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"Soto takes readers to a Mexican American nuptial, and young Maya, the flower girl, is the lens through which the action is seen…Created with Sculpy clay, acrylic paints, wood, ribbons, and flowers, the art is displayed in large boxes set against pages

By: Alma Flor Ada
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Far on the other side of the mountains, next to an enchanted castle, grows a tree with three golden oranges. It is there that three brothers must journey if they wish to find a wife. Will the brothers be able to avert misfortune by working together?

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