Publisher Annotation: Jade is starting eighth grade in a new city—Atlanta. She just wants to go back to Chicago, where her friends are. Where her Abuela lives. But Jade does like walking to her new school on the trail that winds through the woods behind her house, where lush flowers bloom and soft leaves rustle beneath her feet. In the forest, Jade feels protected. Sometimes, it's as if it's listening to her. There, Jade meets Itztli, an elderly...

In this version of a traditional tale, Senor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.

When his face is changed into that of a snake after he visits a forbidden cave, a young boy wears a mask for twenty years, before being taken into the sky.

On Christmas Eve Pancho rescues a star from a cactus and receives the gift of happiness.

Discusses the religious beliefs and legends of the Mexican and Central American Indians in pre-Hispanic times.

In this retelling of an Aztec myth, Lord of the Night sends Wind to free the four musicians that the Sun is holding prisoner so they can bring joy to the world.

Mexican Mythology For Children is a collection of stories that tells us how the ancient inhabitants understood the universe of our territory. In this work you will find the legends of the creation of the world, the five suns, and how the different gods were created and their stories.

Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment.

Like any adult, children experience losses of many kinds, such as the death of a loved one, parental divorce, or serious illness. These losses translate into mourning that children must face, although many times adults do not know how to support them. For this reason, it is important to understand that children must live through their losses, but that they also need the help of an adult to be able to overcome them in a healthy way and, at the same...

A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up. Levar visits the shop of the Delgado family who demonstrate how they make guitars. Judy Baca, a mural painter, introduces a group of artists who are creating a large outdoor mural of self-portraits. The musical group Los Lobos talk about their heritage and their music. Review books - Coyote dreams by Susan Nunes ; Diego by Jonah Winter ; The three little javelinas by Susan Lowell....