Tony Johnston
21) That summer
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A family, including a child who is dying, sews together a quilt of its memories and love.
23) Desert song
Author
Publisher
Sierra Club Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
As the heat of the desert day fades into night, various nocturnal animals, including bats, coyotes, and snakes, venture out to find food.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Using the alphabet, Mexico is introduced in this picture book using poetry and detailed expository text. A through Z topics include: adobe, Diego Rivera, Lady of Guadalupe, lava, prickly pear, and skeleton"--Provided by publisher.
28) My abuelita
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller.
Author
Series
Sparky and Eddie volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
When two best friends compete in a mock rodeo at school, they learn that winning is not everything.
31) The magic maguey
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Miguel figures out a way to save the beloved maguey plant in his Mexican pueblo.
33) Uncle Rain Cloud
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Carlos tries to help his uncle, who is frustrated and angry at his inability to speak English, adjust to their new home in Los Angeles.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Manuela's sheep are stolen, she has to go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy's talking road-runner-footed adobe house and try to get the witch to give the flock back, in a Southwestern version of the Baba Yaga story.
35) Fishing Sunday
Author
Publisher
Tambourine Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
A young boy is embarrassed by his grandfather's old Japanese ways, but on one of their Fishing Sundays, he learns to see Grandfather in a new light.
Author
Series
Sparky and Eddie volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Even though they are not in the same class, two young friends are glad that they decided to give school a try.
37) Pages of music
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A childhood visit to Sardinia haunts a composer, who returns there one Christmas to repay with his music the kindness of the island's inhabitants.
38) Scary stories
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An imp, a goblin, and a scalawag get together to tell the scariest stories they can think of.
39) Very scary
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
A pumpkin shimmering in the moonlight attracts the attention of an owl, a cat, crickets, a witch, and a group of boys and girls, who change it into a scary jack-o-lantern.