Cecilia and Miguel are best friends no matter what, even though they each succeed and fail at different things. As they grow up, they remain best friends, and eventually marry and have twins. Text in both English and Spanish.
An illustrated biography of Ricardo Romo; discussing his childhood, family, education, love of running, wife, and career as president of the University of Texas in San Antonio. Presented in English and Spanish.
A bilingual collection of ten contemporary stories of mixed-up emotions, humorous mistakes, misguided actions, and unspeakable sorrows. Includes discussion questions and ideas for writing.
Thirteen-year-old Trino struggles to hang on to his childhood and friends while raising his three younger brothers, but when a new friend introduces Trino to the darker side of life, he risks everything to fit in.
A big rainstorm and a power failure during a Fourth of July picnic in honor of Uncle Chente cause a change in plans, resulting in a very special family gathering.
In this story told in both English and Spanish, a beautiful old-fashioned doll, long neglected on a toy store's shelves, becomes the last special doll given to a Mexican-American girl when she celebrates her fifteenth birthday.
When seamstress Rita Navarro makes a quincea?nera dress for fourteen-year-old Stefanie, she finds herself becoming involved with the girl's family and attracted to her uncle.
