Perera, Hilda

Describes the daily adventures of Pericopin, a caterpillar who, upon awakening one day, finds his life has changed dramatically.

Text in Spanish. Ranita is tired of being a homely frog, but after many attempts to fly she decides she is better off being a frog.

A collection of short stories which portrays the hopes, pleasures, and frustrations of a sensitive black country boy who is anxious to learn about the world around him.

The story of a little donkey who dreams of being the color blue because he believes that all of the beautiful and well-loved things in life are blue.

The story of a caterpillar who falls asleep and wakes up as a butterfly.

A little boy and his grandfather go for a walk to a farm, where the grandfather introduces the little boy to many of the different farm animals.

The Smiths, a couple living in a luxury, high-rise apartment, try to figure out how to help when their parrot, missing the trees, sun, and other parrots of Puerto Rico, his homeland, expresses his sadness by plucking his colorful feathers.

A collection of stories which earned Spain's prestigious Lazarillo Award for its Cuban American author that touches upon such universal themes as hope, love, freedom, and truth.

In the early 1960s eight-year-old Kiki leaves Cuba to escape the Castro regime and tries to adjust in two very different foster homes in Florida, first with a poor family in the Everglades and then with a wealthy family in Miami.