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  • Family Pictures / Cuadros de familia

    Illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza ...
    Series series Family Pictures
    Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)Bilingual English/Spanish. In this Pura Belpré Honor-winning book, Carmen Lomas Garza tells the story of her childhood growing up in Kingsville, TX.Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood in Kingsville, Texas: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, picking cactus, and confiding to her sister her dreams of ... Read more

    $11.95 USD

  • We Are Nature Defending Itself

    An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place

    Series series Wittliff Collections Literary Series
    In the words of series editor Steven L. Davis, We Are Nature Defending Itself: An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place is “a revelation, a multicultural blend of well-known and emerging writers who come together to give nature a voice in our literature and our lives.” Not least of the many benefits to readers are its contributions from prominent Latina writers, presented here as ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Dona Flor

    A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart

    by Pat Mora ...
    Illustrated by Raul Colón ...
    Doña Flor is a giant woman who lives in a puebla with lots of families. She loves her neighbors–she lets the children use her flowers for trumpets, and the families use her leftover tortillas for rafts. So when a huge puma is terrifying the village, of course Flor is the one to investigate.Featuring Spanish words and phrases throughout, as well as a glossary, Pat Mora’s story, along with Raúl ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • House of Houses

    by Pat Mora ...
    Series series Camino del Sol
    Combining poetic language and the traditions of magic realism to paint a vivid portrait of her family, Pat Mora’s House of Houses is an unconventional memoir that reads as if every member, death notwithstanding, is in one room talking, laughing, and crying. In a salute to the Day of the Dead, the story begins with a visit to the cemetery in which all of her deceased relatives come alive to share ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love

    by Pat Mora ...
    Beloved children's book author and speaker Pat Mora has written an original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart’s desire: the girl who loves swimming, plunging into the water that creates her own world; the guy who leaves flowers on the windshield of the girl he likes. Each of the teens in these 50 original poems, written ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Yum! MmMm! Que Rico!

    Americas' Sprouting

    by Pat Mora ...
    Series series Live Oak Media eReadalong
    Chocolate, papaya, corn, and potatoes - these are only a taste of the many delicious foods native to the Americas and celebrated in this delightful collection. Imaginative, evocative poems and exuberant illustrations introduce 14 different indigenous foods, along with a descriptive paragraph of information for each. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • My Magic Wand

    Growing with the Seasons

    by Pat Mora ...
    Illustrated by Amber Alvarez ...
    From bestselling Latina author Pat Mora comes a collection of poems celebrating a young child's growth and everyday experiences throughout the seasons of a year.Would you like to...write with a magic wand?sled down a snowy slope in winter?plant flowers in a garden in spring?splash in a pool like a fish in summer?ride high up on a horse in autumn?blow out birthday candles?Come share the fun of ... Read more

    $18.95 USD

  • Tomas and the Library Lady

    by Pat Mora ...
    Illustrated by Raul Colón ...
    A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator teamTomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. But before long, Tomás knows all the stories by heart. "There are more stories in the library,"Papa Grande ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Confetti

    Poems for Children

    by Pat Mora ...
    Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez ...
    The renowned poet Pat Mora celebrates the culture and landscape of the Southwest through the eyes of a Mexican American girl.In this joyful and spirited collection, award-winning poet Pat Mora and fine artist Enrique 0. Sanchez celebrate the vivid landscape of the Southwest and the delightful rapport that children share with the natural world. Through language resounding with both English and ... Read more

    $11.95 USD

  • Gracias • Thanks

    by Pat Mora ...
    Illustrated by John Parra ...
    Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)In a series of poetic sentences, a young boy (biracial Mexican/Caucasian) tells about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.There are so many things to be thankful for.For one young boy, it'sflying ladybugs,splashing ocean waves,a best friend,Dad's thick chocolate syrup,and much more.Straight from the heart of a ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

  • Zing! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators and Students

    by Pat Mora ...
    Evocatively written in the form of letters, this guide offers seven powerful practices and corresponding activities for cultivating your own creativity and that of all your students. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • A Library for Juana

    The World of Sor Juana Inés

    by Pat Mora ...
    Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal ...
    An award-winning biography about the inspiring life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.From a very young age, Juana Inés loved words. When she was three years old, she followed her sister to school and begged the teacher to let her stay so she could learn how to read. Juana enjoyed poring over books and was soon making up her own stories, songs, and poems.Juana wanted to become a scholar, but career ... Read more

    $11.95 USD