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This new edition of a classic novel about the migrant worker experience recounts the experiences of a Mexican-American community through the eyes of a young boy. Forced to leave their home in search...

This picaresque novel by acclaimed writer Jimmy Santiago Baca follows Orlando Lucero after he is released from a lifetime of imprisonment, first in an orphanage and then in prison, and learns to live...

This collection of inter-related short stories examines the lives of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in East Los Angeles.Author: Estella. GonzalezPublisher: Arte Publico PrPublication Date: April 30,...

A native of the El Paso / Ciudad Ju?rez region, acclaimed author and scholar Alicia Gaspar de Alba writes that she grew up with "a forked tongue and a severe case of cultural schizophrenia, the split...

An immigrant boy stands "in the middle of a whirlwind of children," and wonders where he is supposed to go. Finally, a woman speaks to him in a language he doesn't understand and takes him to his...

Author: Erika SaidPublisher: Arte Publico PrPublication Date: Oct 31, 2022Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: SpanishBinding: Hardcover/Juvenile FictionISBN-10: 1558859543ISBN-13: 9781558859548

In this tender bilingual picture book, a grandmother reassures her granddaughter that her love will always surround the young girl, even if she is no longer physically present.Author: Adriana...

This bilingual picture book for children ages 4-8 is a lively, poetic ode to the fall ritual of Halloween: dressing up in outlandish costumes, fearing spooky decorations, knocking on neighbors' doors...

Three weeks into his first term as a US Congressman, Robert Garcia found himself sitting down for a second time with the president of the United States. The son of a laborer at the Central Aguirre...

This bilingual picture book for kids recalls Major League Baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera's childhood in Panama, his fascination with playing ball-even if he had to make his glove out of...

This sweet bilingual picture book follows a boy and his stay-at-home dad, who takes care of him while his mom goes to work at the port, "where huge cargo ships come and go every day." She oversees...

Willie Cuesta, former Miami Police Department detective-turned-private investigator, is swinging in his hammock, estimating the number of mango daquiris he can squeeze from a ripe piece of fruit...

You can't help but see people die when you live on Fox Street, says the protagonist of the novella Fox Street. The worst was when there was nothing you could do, like when a kid was hit by a car, and...

My name is Earth / but people call me Little Earth. In the fourth installment of their award-winning Madre Tierra / Mother Earth series of trilingual picture books about the natural world, Jorge...