With the help of her family, a resourceful Mexican American girl realizes her dream of having a space of her own to read and to think.

Two Latin American tree frogs, mischievous Rafi and his younger sister Rosi, enjoy the events of Puerto Rico's Carnival season.

Narrative text describes the artist's paintings and their portrayal of the lives of her African American relatives in the rural American South.

When Cooper, a biracial Korean-American boy, feels uncomfortable trying to speak Korean in Mr. Lee's grocery, his bad behavior eventually leads to a change in his attitude.

Poems for children that evoke the wonder of childhood in rural El Salvador include the relationship with a caring father and the author's confusion and delight in his new urban home.

Since she left Jamaica for America after her father died, Zettie lives in a car with her mother while they both go to school and plan for a real home.

Xochitl and her family, newly arrived in San Francisco from El Salvador,reate a beautiful plant nursery in place of the garbage heap behind theirpartment, and celebrate with their friends and neighbors.