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Because he can only speak Spanish, Francisco, son of a migrant worker, has trouble when he starts first grade, but his fascination with the caterpillar in the classroom helps him begin to fit in.

A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.

Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaqu?n receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl.

As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and help connect him to all the different places in which he lives.

A spunky, young Mexican American girl explains the many uses of her mother's red rebozo, or long scarf.

A collection of poems in Spanish and English about childhood, place, and identity.

Amada and her family build a chicken coop, hoping that her grandmother, visiting from Mexico, will enjoy raising the chickens and be distracted from her grief at Grandfather's death.

A young girl describes her feelings when her father decides to leave their home in Mexico to look for work in the United States.

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences he had after his family left Mexico for California when he was just a child.

Life at Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho in California is happy for Naomi, her little brother Owen, and their grandmother until their mother reappears after seven years.

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.

A story presented in English and Spanish in which a boy named Panchito worries that he will not get the gift he has been hoping for when his family has to move a few days before Christmas to find work.

A bilingual story in English and Spanish in which a young Mexican-American girl named Prietita becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman.

Written in both Spanish and English, the author portrays her family's Mexican customs and heritage through cut-paper images.