2018 Complete Catalog

Arte Público Press
The oldest and largest publisher of US Hispanic literature

CONTENTS
Critic’s Praise for Recent Titles 2
New and Forthcoming Titles 3
Fiction 10
eBooks 23
Piñata Books for Young Adults 24
Piñata Books for Middle Readers 32
Piñata Books for Children 35
Anthologies 48
Autobiographies 49
Poetry 50
Spanish Titles 53
Drama 56
Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series 58
Non Fiction / Reference 62
Hispanic Civil Rights Series 64
Literary Criticism 66
Index of Titles 67
Index of Authors, Editors and Illustrators 69
Order Instructions 71
Order Form 72
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CRITICS’ PRAISE FOR RECENT TITLES
Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water Maya and Annie on Saturdays and Sundays
Los sábados y domingos de Maya y Annie
Alcántara’s vibrant stylized illustrations are especially effective in portraying
the myriad forms, colors, and textures that water can take on—drops glisten- “A childhood friendship and cultural acceptance are at the center of this au-
ing on leaves; a blue-and-white river rolling forth from a mountain; and a thentic, special story. A lovely multicultural story about a young friendship,
purple, orange, and red ocean at sunset. A lyrical journey though the water celebrating culture and differences.” —Kirkus Reviews
cycle, sure to inspire the imaginations of young readers and listeners.”
—School Library Journal (Starred Review) Mayanito’s New Friends / Los nuevos amigos de Mayanito
“Utomo’s brightly colored watercolor illustrations capture the fantastic story
“The ebb and flow unfolds in dreamy colors and soft edges as Agüita, or Little with realistic depictions of the children, jungle and animals. A good way to
Water, journeys from deep within the earth to distant rivers, vast oceans, and segue into a discussion on the haphazard nature of readers’ own dreams.”
the pouring rain falling from the sky.” —Foreword Reviews —Kirkus Reviews
Bang: A Novel “The range of Pan American cultures represented is wonderful…A beauti-
“Peña examines the symbiosis of the United States and Mexico and makes fully told folktale.”
painfully clear the negative effects of international trade—legal and illegal. —School Library Journal
This is a notable and compassionate novel.” —Publishers Weekly The Shameless Shenanigans of Mister Malo
Las terribles travesuras de Mister Malo
“Peña provides a window into the struggles of immigrants on the border as
well as the violent drug war fueling the migration. A piercing tale of lives “Vicente invites readers to experience the daily life of an elementary school
broken by border violence.” —Kirkus Reviews anti-bully vigilante in this quirky bilingual tale. Lance is endearingly earnest,
and Vicente does a great job of focusing on kid priorities. The educational
The Cholo Tree
possibilities will appeal to parents and teachers, and the hint of Greg Heffley
“Told in chunks spanning four years, this is a Bildungsroman with a voice
will draw young readers in.” —Kirkus Reviews
reminiscent of Sherman Alexie or Walter Dean Myers, gritty but with a sense
of humor. The plot will appeal to reluctant readers, but Victor’s struggle to be “Humorous vignettes, realistic conflicts and a male protagonist bent on doing
taken seriously and define himself without adult input is a teen experience with the right thing make this first title in a new series stand on its own alongside
which a wide range of readers will identify.” —The Horn Book other popular series for this age group.” —School Library Journal
The Curse of the Bully’s Wrath / La maldición de la ira del abusón RECENT AWARDS AND CITATIONS
A Mickey Rangel Mystery / Colección Mickey Rangel, detective privado
Agua, Aguita / Water, Little Water
“A solid resource for younger kids to learn about how best to tackle a bully
Named a Junior Library Guild Selection
and how to find your voice and speak up for not only yourself, but those
Winner, Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Campoy-Ada
around you. A welcome return to Mickey’s primarily Latinx world.”
Award in the Poetry Category
—Kirkus Reviews
Named to the CCBC Choices list
“By talking to trusted adults and modeling empathy, compassion, and forgive- Recipient, Skipping Stones Honor Award
ness, Mickey not only solves the mystery but he makes life better for his
classmates. Short chapters make this book ideal for reluctant readers and a The Cholo Tree
strong addition to any intermediate collection. Important lessons are learned Named a Junior Library Guild Selection
in this timely tale that will engage curious readers and spark important con-
Dennis Chávez: The First US Hispanic Senator
versations.” —School Library Journal
El primer senador hispano de los Estados Unidos
Dennis Chávez: The First Hispanic US Senator Named a Junior Library Guild Selection
El primer senador hispano de los Estados Unidos Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer!
“This biography written by Chávez’s granddaughter, bound together with Esteban de Luna, ¡rescatador de bebés!
Baeza Ventura’s Spanish translation of it, will be particularly welcome in Named an Honor Book, Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
these challenging times…The historically notable achievements of this great Evangelina Takes Flight
but nearly forgotten American qualify this title as a must-read.” Named to the Southwest Books of the Year
—Kirkus Reviews Named a Junior Library Guild Selection
“The story of [Dennis Chávez’s] life, battles, and accomplishments need to be Winner, NACCS Tejas Foco Young Adult Fiction Award
told, especially in the context of the fight for equality and desegregation in Winner, June Franklin Naylor Award for the Best Book for Children on Texas
the early and mid-1900s.” —School Library Journal History given by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Runner-up, Texas Institute of Letters’ H-E-B Award for Best Young Adult
Forgiving Moses: The Roosevelt High School Series Book
“The author excels at depicting a family in tatters, particularly in her por- Named to HISD’s Name That Book list for middle grades
trayal of Moses’ relationships with his parents.” —Kirkus Reviews Recipient, Skipping Stones Honor Award
Named to the Texas Library Association’s Spirit of Texas Reading
Program for Middle Schools
Harvesting Friends / Cosechando amigos The Little Doctor / El doctorcito
“The author’s strong connection with her Mexican-American culture is Named an Américas Award Commended Title
evident in the comforting, family-reinforcing narrative. Undercuffler’s engag- A Mystery Bigger than Big / Un misterio más grande que grandísimo
ing and detailed illustrations bring Lupe and her exuberant friends to life. Named to the Tejas Star Reading List
His multiethnic composition of the neighborhood portrays a strong, positive
image of all that is good in America. Contreras’ uncomplicated bilingual tale When Love Was Reels: Poetry
highlights the importance of compassion, cooperation, and companionship.” Finalist, International Latino Book Awards
—Kirkus Reviews Finalist, Connecticut Book Awards
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NEW TITLES
The Curse of the Gypsy: Ten Stories and a Novella
Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Lambda Award-winning author crafts engrossing short fiction
In the first story of this absorbing collection, Margarita—sixteen and married to a soldier who has gone off to
fight in the first great war—meets and falls in love with Federico García Lorca. He calls her “Margarita Petita,”
and then turns her name into a poem. When he refuses to marry the widowed gypsy girl after a tryst at the river
leaves her pregnant, her mother curses both Lorca and his offspring: “May they all die before they see the light
of day.” And so Lorca is killed by fascists and his child dies in Margarita’s womb, where it remains—petrified—
for 80 years.
Mysteries and furtive desires pervade the enthralling stories in this group of ten the author calls a “deconstruct-
ed novel.” Rich in imagery and language, they chronicle the gypsy’s life, including banishment from Andalusia
by her mother, marriage to a famous Mexican bull fighter and the lives of numerous descendants who ultimately
leave Mexico for El Paso, Texas. In one of the final stories, “Calaveras in the Closet,” the gypsy’s extensive fam-
ily comes together for her funeral, where several long-guarded secrets will suddenly come to light.
Also included in this volume is a historical novella, Liberata Wilgefortis: The True and Tragic Story of the Bearded
Female Saint, a mystical retelling of an ancient legend about the first bearded female saint of the Catholic
Church, St. Wilgefortis, whose cult was removed by Vatican II in 1969. Expertly weaving poetry, historical FICTION
events, myth and legend into intriguing short fiction, Alicia Gaspar de Alba confirms her place as one of the
Trade Paperback, $17.95
leading contemporary Latinx voices.
ISBN: 978-1-55885-862-6
ALICIA GASPAR DE ALBA is the author of various works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, among them a
Lambda Award-winning novel, Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders (Arte Público Press, 2005) and Sor Juana’s Sec- April 30, 2018
ond Dream (University of New Mexico Press, 1999). A full professor of Chicana/o Studies, English and Gender 219 pages
Studies and Chair of the LGBTQ Studies Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, Gaspar de Alba
is a native of the El Paso/Juárez border. She lives in Los Angeles with her wife, the artist Alma López, and their
adopted daughter Azul.
Pablo!
John Rechy
Acclaimed author’s long-lost first novel is finally available
In a jungle village an old man sees a strange girl who has collapsed in a field. Once a holy man, he is sure she is
not an evil spirit. He carries her inside and puts her in a hammock, despite his wife’s warning that the girl is the
evil Xtabay, pretending to be lost and exhausted.
The girl has fled her home in search of a mysterious boy who wandered into her village. She senses in him her
own despair and loneliness and intends to follow him to the “great modern city” he was seeking.
Using archetypal figures — the man, the boy, the woman—Rechy’s Pablo! is steeped in indigenous myths and
superstitions. Restless spirits roam the dark jungle howling for redemption amid the pyramids of their ancestors,
witches predict doom and snakes stir ancient curses, like the disastrous loss of crops. Native religious rituals
conflict dangerously with the Catholic religion.
John Rechy wrote this first novel in 1948-49 when he was 18 years old. Unpublished, it languished in Special
Collections at Boston University until a chance encounter with University of California, Santa Barbara scholar
and critic Francisco Lomelí led to the ultimate publication of this long-lost treasure by the acclaimed author of
the groundbreaking novel, City of Night. FICTION
“In Pablo!, the distinctions between the real, the magical and the mythical blur, coalescing into a hallucinatory Trade Paperback, $17.95
whole….the story told is captivating. Themes Rechy will return to again and again in subsequent works are ISBN: 978-1-55885-860-2
boldly developed. Pablo is the lithe boy with the desperate eyes who seeks and seeks; he is a character we find
over and over in Rechy’s later fiction and in his memoirs.” —Los Angeles Review of Books March 31, 2018
162 pages
JOHN RECHY is the author of seventeen books, including The New York Times best-sellers City of Night and
Numbers, the Los Angeles Times best-sellers The Coming of the Night, The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens
and The Sexual Outlaw (all from Grove Press). He is the recipient of PEN Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement
Award, the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award, the William Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement
and the Luis Leal Award for Excellence in Chicano/Latino Literature.
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NEW TITLES
Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry
Jasminne Méndez
This moving collection brims with loss and longing
For Jasminne Méndez, pericardial effusion and pericarditis are not just an abnormal accumulation of fluid and
increased inflammation around the heart. It’s what happens “when you stifle the tears and pain of a miscarriage,
infertility and chronic illness for so long that your heart does the crying for you until it begins to drown because
its tears have nowhere to go.”
The daughter of Dominican immigrants, Méndez marshals pathos and outrage to depict the ironic circumstances
of her life as she begins to disconnect from her overly protective parents. But tragic illness—she was diagnosed
with scleroderma at 22 and lupus just six years later—and unexpected twists of fate not only bring her closer to
her Latino cultural roots, her doting mother and strict father, but also drive her to transform pain and disap-
pointment into art. Méndez’s incisive self-analysis takes her creativity from an obscure, dark place into full
resplendent bloom.
In this stirring collection of personal essays and poetry, Méndez shares her story, writing about encounters with
the medical establishment, experiences as an Afro Latina and longing for the life she expected but that eludes
her.
MEMOIR
Trade Paperback, $16.95 JASMINNE MÉNDEZ is a Macondo and Canto Mundo Fellow, as well as a Voices of Our Nations Arts
(VONA) alumna. She is the author of a multi-genre memoir, Island of Dreams (2013), winner of an Interna-
ISBN: 978-1-55885-861-9 tional Latino Book Award. She lives and works in Houston, Texas.
April 30, 2018
227 pages
Forgiving Moses
The Roosevelt High School Series
Gloria L. Velásquez
This novel for teens explores the issue of imprisoned fathers in marginalized communities.
Moses Vargas hates his life. He has been forced to move four times in as many years, and he’s tired of starting
at another school, having everyone stare at him and trying to make new friends. Most of all, he doesn’t want to
have to deal with questions about his father—an inmate in the California Department of Corrections.
When Moses discovers that someone has been sending out text messages with a photo of him and his father in a
prison uniform, he ends up in a fight and then suspended for three days. School counselor Ray Gutiérrez realizes
that several boys at Roosevelt High School are dealing with absentee fathers, putting them at risk for failure or
dropping out. With permission from the principal, Mr. Gutiérrez starts an after-school support program called
Círculos.
Moses grudgingly attends the sessions that draw on indigenous and cultural roots to empower the boys. Realizing
he is not the only one with a problematic home life—and the new friendship of a pretty classmate whose father
is also in prison—helps Moses to begin talking about his anger and embarrassment. But will he really be able to
overcome his resentment towards his father?
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The tenth installment in Velásquez’s acclaimed Roosevelt High School Series that focuses on social issues rel-
Trade Paperback, $10.95 evant to teens, Forgiving Moses addresses the painful issue of children, particularly brown and black youth, whose
ISBN: 978-1-55885-864-0 fathers are not present in their lives. Touching on the disproportionately high number of men of color in prison
and its effects on society, this short novel for teens will generate conversations about the possible consequences
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of making bad choices, responsibility to family and the impact of incarceration.
126 pages
“This novel [is] readable, culturally responsive and compassionate. VERDICT: Buy this and the entire series.”
Ages 11 and up —School Library Journal
Lexile: HL 790L
GLORIA L. VELÁSQUEZ is an award-winning writer of poetry and fiction. She is the author of two poetry
collections, I Used to Be a Superwoman (1997) and Xicana on the Run (2006), and the Roosevelt High School
Series. She is Emeritus Professor in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at California Polytechnic
State University in San Luis Obispo, California.
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The Season of Rebels and Roses
Virginia Sánchez-Korrol
This engrossing novel for teens sheds light on the nineteenth-century
independence movements of Puerto Rico and Cuba.
At an assembly of liberals in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1887, Inocencia Martínez eagerly looks for Sotero
Figueroa, a journalist and independence movement activist whose politics—and handsome visage—she
finds extremely exciting. She is so intent on keeping him in her sights that, when he stops to speak to
someone, she almost runs right into him!
Inocencia, the daughter of a Spanish bureaucrat, was 18 when she first heard Figueroa speak about freedom
from colonial repression and an independent Puerto Rico. Hearing the speakers at the assembly, some who
advocate for total independence from Spain and others who favor a plan that would give Puerto Rico a
voice in the Spanish government, fuels her dreams of becoming a leader in the movement.
When Sotero requests permission to visit, Inocencia’s parents are initially horrified that a mulatto, some-
one of African descent, wants to court their daughter. Ultimately, just before the couple’s seditious activi-
ties force them into exile, her parents give approval for their marriage. While living in New York City,
Inocencia starts her own women’s group to aid the revolutionaries.
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Ranging from Puerto Rico to Cuba and the United States, this engaging novel for teens follows historical
figures that were instrumental in the fight for self-determination in Puerto Rico. Addressing issues that Trade Paperback, $12.95
remain relevant today—racism, women’s rights and Puerto Rico’s status—The Season of Rebels and Roses
ISBN: 978-1-55885-865-7
also sheds light on women’s involvement in their nations’ liberation—and their own.
May 31, 2018
VIRGINIA SÁNCHEZ-KORROL is Professor Emerita at Brooklyn College, City University of New
York. She is the author of several works including From Colonia to Community: The History of Puerto Ricans 248 pages
in New York City (University of California Press, 1994) and Feminist and Abolitionist: The Story of Emilia Ages 11 and up
Casanova (Arte Público Press, 2010). Sánchez-Korrol advises on Puerto Rican and Latino/a history for
museums and the media and writes a blog for the Huffington Post. Lexile: 920L
The Curse of the Bully’s Wrath

La maldición de la ira del abusón
René Saldaña, Jr. Bilingu
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Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Title l
Fifth-grade detective Mickey Rangel is back on the case

in this short, bilingual novel about what drives bullies.
Marco, the new boy in school, is small and “mean as a skunk.” He has no fear. Mickey knows, because he
saw the incident with Simón Ortega, a football player who’s a head and a half taller than Marco. The short
boy is sly too—even though he started the fight, it’s Simón who ends up in the principal’s office, in trouble
for beating up a smaller kid!
Mickey plans to do the right thing and tell the principal what he saw, but the next day Marco threatens
him and everyone else if they tell. Because of him, Simón has in-school suspension for two weeks and is off
the football team. “Imagine what I can do to you if you stick your fat noses into my business.”
Unable to understand why Marco is so mean, Mickey is even more dumbfounded when Bucho, the
school’s resident bully, backs down from the new, short kid. What drives a bully? Mickey wonders. Thus
his newest challenge: to turn a bully into a friend, or at the very least, a nicer person. Mickey Rangel, kid INTERMEDIATE BILINGUAL
detective extraordinaire, is on the case!
In the fifth novel of the Mickey Rangel Mystery series, author and educator René Saldaña, Jr. crafts
another entertaining book for intermediate readers about a subject every school kid can relate to: mean ISBN: 978-1-55885-866-4
classmates who knock others down to feel better about themselves. April 30, 2017
RENÉ SALDAÑA, JR. is the author of four books in the Mickey Rangel Mystery series: A Mystery Bigger 72 pages
than Big / Un misterio más grande que grandísimo (Piñata Books, 2016), The Mystery of the Mischievous Marker Ages 8-12
/ El misterio del malvado marcador (Piñata Books, 2013), The Lemon Tree Caper / La intriga del limonero (Pi-
ñata Books, 2011) and The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El caso de la pluma perdida (Piñata Books, 2009). Lexile: 760L | Spanish Lexile: 710L
He lives in Lubbock, Texas, where he teaches in the College of Education at Texas Tech University.

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Maya and Annie on Saturdays and Sundays
Los sábados y domingos de Maya y Annie Bilingu
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Gwendolyn Zepeda Title l
Illustrated by Thelma Muraida

Two young girls’ friendship grows in this bilingual picture book about melding diverse families.
Maya and Annie are friends who play together on Saturdays and Sundays. They make lemonade with
lemons from the big tree in Annie’s yard and play with Maya’s two little dogs. Maya likes the different food
Annie’s dad cooks: noodles, rice, fish and dumplings. And Annie likes eating dinners Maya’s mom makes:
tacos, chicken, tamales, rice and beans.
CHILDREN’S BILINGUAL TITLE
Hardcover, $17.95 One special night, Annie’s dad and Maya’s mom invite their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins to a
big dinner and make a special announcement: they’re getting married! The girls will become sisters, and
ISBN: 978-1-55885-859-6 they’ll spend every day of the week together.
May 31, 2018 From posadas to Lunar New Year, each girl recounts her perspective of their friendship on alternating pages
32 pages that are paired with lively illustrations by Thelma Muraida. Based on Gwendolyn Zepeda’s own experiences
with her family, this engaging bilingual picture book for ages 4-8 explores blended families from a multicul-
Ages 4-8
tural perspective, combining Asian and Latino cultural traditions.
Lexile: AD520L
GWENDOLYN ZEPEDA is the author of five bilingual picture books for children, including Level Up /
Lexile Spanish: AD570L Paso de nivel (Piñata Books, 2012); I Kick the Ball / Pateo el balón (Piñata Books, 2011); Growing Up with
Tamales / Los tamales de Ana (Piñata Books, 2008), a 2009 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended
Title; and Sunflowers / Girasoles (Piñata Books, 2009), winner of the Texas Institute of Letters’ Award for
Best Children’s Book. She lives and works in Houston, Texas.
THELMA MURAIDA has illustrated Clara and the Curandera / Clara y la curandera (Piñata Books, 2011),
My Big Sister / Mi hermana mayor (Piñata Books, 2012) and Cecilia and Miguel Are Best Friends / Cecilia and
Miguel son mejores amigos (Piñata Books, 2014). She lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Harvesting Friends / Cosechando amigos

Bilingu
Kathleen Contreras a
Title l
Illustrated by Gary Undercuffler
This bilingual picture book illustrates that a community garden
can grow more than just fruits and vegetables.
Young Lupe loves helping her mother with their garden full of tomatoes, chile peppers, onions, garlic and
cilantro. But one summer day, she sees that the biggest, juiciest tomatoes have disappeared! Who could
have taken them?!?
Two weeks later, she catches the culprit in the act! It’s Antonio, the new boy at school. His family doesn’t
CHILDREN’S BILINGUAL TITLE have much money and the tomatoes looked so good. He offers his gold necklace from his grandmother in
Mexico in exchange for the tomatoes, but Lupe has a better idea. “Let’s make a deal. You help me with the
Hardcover, $17.95 garden, and I’ll give back your necklace and some tomatoes.” They become friends over the summer as they
weed, water and pick vegetables. When the growing season ends and they have composted the leaves and
ISBN: 978-1-55885-858-9 stems, Lupe happily returns Antonio’s necklace.
May 31, 2018 The following year, Lupe and Antonio invite their neighbors to help with the garden. Soon everyone is
32 pages pitching in to grow fruit and vegetables for salsa and much more, from tomatoes to watermelon, squash,
beans and corn—America’s first crops.
Ages 4-8
Including easy-to-make recipes, this bilingual picture book for children ages 4-8 will have them clamoring
Lexile: AD710L
for a garden of their own to plant and harvest. Along the way, young readers—and the adults in their lives
Lexile Spanish: AD660L too—will learn that coming together as a community will enable them to harvest more than just
vegetables.
KATHLEEN CONTRERAS is a bilingual educator and author of three other children’s books that
highlight her Mexican roots: Pan Dulce (Scholastic, 1995), Braids / Trencitas (Lectorum, 2009) and Sweet
Memories / Dulces recuerdos (Lectorum, 2014). She lives and works in Ventura, California.
GARY UNDERCUFFLER is the illustrator of Francisco’s Kites / Las cometas de Francisco (Piñata Books,
2015). He lives in Pennsylvania with his family.

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FORTHCOMING
The Golden Havana Night: A Sherlock Homie Mystery
Manuel Ramos
This fast-paced suspense novel features ex-con turned PI Gus Corral

on a case involving a famous Cuban baseball player and a trip to his native island.
Ex-con Gus Corral is at peace with his new life as a private investigator. He’s good at his job, even if he’s mostly a deliv-
ery man or a “go-for” guy trying to expose—or protect—someone else’s secrets.
An unexpected visit by Joaquín “Kino” Machaco, the Colorado Rockies’ all-star center fielder who defected from Cuba
as a teen, disrupts his routine. The famous ballplayer needs help: His brother has a gambling problem and owes a lot of
money to a Cuban criminal who’s threatening their family. He needs Gus to travel to the island with his brother to hand
over half a million dollars in cash. Not only will Gus need to keep the money safe from the inveterate gambler, he’ll
have to convince the “entrepreneur” to leave Machaco’s family alone after the payoff.
Gus’ visions of relaxing on warm, beautiful beaches accompanied by Latin jazz and rum concoctions are immediately
dashed. A hail of bullets—violence virtually unheard of in the autocratic nation—leaves one dead and several wounded
and leads to unforeseen ramifications that will come to a shocking, bloody conclusion in Denver. Narrated by Gus Cor-
ral in his sardonic voice, The Golden Havana Night reveals a complicated, secretive island where nothing is really secret.
“The Cuba sequences are gripping, and it’s hard to resist [this] hero ....” —Kirkus Reviews FICTION
MANUEL RAMOS is the recipient of several literary awards and the author of numerous books, including My Bad: A Trade Paperback, $17.95
Mile High Noir (Arte Público Press, 2016), Desperado: A Mile High Noir (Arte Público Press, 2013), The Skull of Pancho
Villa and Other Stories (Arte Público Press, 2015), Brown-on-Brown: A Luis Móntez Mystery (University of New Mexico ISBN: 978-1-55885-867-1
Press, 2003) and The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz (St. Martin’s Press, 1993; Northwestern University Press, 2004), an Edgar September 30, 2018
Award finalist. He lives and works in Denver, Colorado. 235 pages
Secrets of the Casa Rosada

Alex Temblador
An engaging novel for teens that follows a family of women and the secrets they hold
Sixteen-year-old Martha and her mother move constantly, never staying anywhere for long. So she knows better than
to ask if they’ve been evicted again when her mom says they’re going on a “vacation” to meet the grandmother Martha
didn’t know existed.
Laredo, Texas, is like no other city she has seen. Driving past businesses with Spanish names and colorfully painted
houses with burnt lawns, Martha can’t imagine her mother living somewhere so … Mexican. At her grandmother’s
pink house, she’s shocked and hurt when her mom abandons her, even though a part of her had been expecting it.
Suddenly Martha must deal with a way of life that is completely foreign. Her grandmother doesn’t speak English, so
communication is difficult, and she’s not the typical, sweet grandma who dotes on her grandchildren. Even weirder, it
turns out that her grandmother is revered as a healer, or curandera. And there are tons of cousins, aunts and uncles all
ready to embrace her!
At her new school, Martha can’t be anonymous like before because everyone knows she’s Doña González’s
granddaughter. Meanwhile, a girl who has it out for her makes life miserable. As Martha struggles to adjust to her new
life, she can’t help but wonder why her mother left Laredo. No one is willing to discuss it, so she’ll have to unravel the
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secret herself.
“A suspenseful and fascinating glimpse into a Mexican-American world.” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Trade Paperback, $12.95
ISBN: 978-1-55885-870-1
ALEX TEMBLADOR, a freelance travel writer, is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe and received an MFA
in Creative Writing from the University of Central Oklahoma. Born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, she lives and works in October 31, 2018
Dallas. This is her debut novel. 160 pages
Ages 11 and up

FORTHCOMING
Vincent Ventura and the Mystery of the Chupacabras
Vincent Ventura y el misterio del chupacabras
Bilingu
Xavier Garza a
Title l
Award-winning author returns with thrilling new bilingual series for intermediate readers!
When stray dogs start disappearing from the neighborhood, Vincent’s dad thinks that maybe the Animal
Control Department is finally doing its job. But then, Mrs. Rangel’s celebrity chihuahua Chato, who appeared
in television commercials promoting tacos, disappears. And Mrs. García’s weiner dog and Mrs. West’s poodle go
missing. Everyone in the neighborhood is puzzled, but Vincent Ventura has a theory.
The disappearances started when Mr. Calaveras moved into the house at 666 Duende Street, which is rumored
to be haunted. Vincent knows he’s not the harmless but grumpy guy that everyone else sees. He’s convinced the
old man is behind the rash of missing dogs. In fact, Vincent is sure he’s a monster, a blood-sucking beast known as
el chupacabras!
Vincent enlists the aid of his cousin Michelle, the smartest student at their school, and her twin brother Bobby
to spy on the suspected killer. Vincent Ventura, monster fighter extraordinaire, is determined to catch him in
the act, even if it puts them all in danger! This first installment in Garza’s exciting new Monster Fighter Mystery
series contains the author’s dramatic black and white illustrations. This spine-tingling short novel for ages 8–12
INTERMEDIATE BILINGUAL
will introduce Latino creepy creatures to a new generation of readers.
XAVIER GARZA is the author of numerous books for kids, including Maximilian & the Mystery of the
ISBN: 978-1-55885-869-5 Guardian Angel (Cinco Puntos Press, 2011), a Pura Belpré Honor Book; The Donkey Lady Fights La Llorona and
October 31, 2018 Other Stories / La señora Asno se enfrenta a la Llorona y otros cuentos (Piñata Books, 2015); Maximilian and the Lucha
Libre Club (Cinco Puntos Press, 2016) and Kid Cyclone Fights the Devil and Other Stories / Kid Ciclón se enfrenta a
96 pages El Diablo y otras historias (Piñata Books, 2010). He lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.
Ages 8-12
Just One Itsy Bitsy Little Bite

Bilingu
Sólo una mordidita chiquitita a
Title l
Xavier Garza
Illustrated by Flor de Vita
A colorful bilingual picture book that introduces numbers and Mexican traditions
“I love pan de muerto,” Joaquín says as he and his mother sit down to eat the special Mexican sweet bread prepared
especially for the Day of the Dead. But someone knocks at the door just as they are about to take the first bite of the
pastry.
Standing at the door is a hungry skeleton dressed in a mariachi suit who offers to sing Joaquín and his mother a song
in exchange for just one itsy bitsy little bite of the sweet bread. It seems like a fair exchange, so they agree to share. But
before the skeleton can begin singing, two more knock at the door and offer to play their accordions for just one bite
of the bread. And then, three show up and want to play their guitars, four want to play their maracas and five want to
dance—all for just one itsy bitsy little bite of the Mexican sweet bread!
Award-winning children’s book author Xavier Garza collaborates with illustrator Flor de Vita to create an engaging
introduction to numbers and the Mexican cultural traditions of the Day of the Dead, mariachi music and sweet bread.
CHILDREN’S BILINGUAL TITLE Children ages 4-8 will want to pair this entertaining book with their favorite pan dulce!
Hardcover, $17.95 XAVIER GARZA is the author of numerous books for kids, including Juan and the Chupacabras / Juan y el Chupacabras (Piñata
ISBN: 978-1-55885-872-5 Books, 2006) and Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask (Cinco Puntos Press, 2005), both of which were chosen by Texas
October 31, 2018 schoolchildren as their favorite books on the Tejas Star Reading List. He lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.
32 pages FLOR DE VITA was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where she found her passion for painting and writing, influenced by nature,
Ages 4-8 Mexican traditions and the folktales that she heard from her mother while growing up. She graduated from Instituto Tecnológico
y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey with a B.A. in Animation and Digital Art. She currently resides in Jalisco, Mexico.

FORTHCOMING
Growing Up on the Playground / Nuestro patio de recreo
James Luna Bilingu
a
Illustrated by Monica Barela-Di Bisceglie Title l
This bilingual picture book presents a warm recollection of time spent on the playground with friends.
“On Ana’s first day of kindergarten, the slide stood like a mountain.” The other kids in her class encourage her to glide “down,
down, down, to the bottom and her new friends.”
Young readers will relate to these elementary school children playing outside. In first grade, Ana meets Karina, who becomes her
best friend. Together, they swing higher and higher as they try to kick the sky! In second grade, Ana and her friends dangle like
monkeys, eat pretend bananas and call out, “Ooo, ooo, ooo! Can you do what we do?” As they grow, the kids learn to play new
games on the playground: basketball, soccer and even handball. CHILDREN’S BILINGUAL TITLE
Acclaimed children’s book author James Luna uses short, simple text and active words to depict children at play. They swing and Hardcover, $17.95
hang, dribble and shoot, pass and kick, laugh and learn. And when they get to sixth grade, they have to say good-bye to their ISBN: 978-1-55885-871-8
school’s playground. But someday they will return!
October 31, 2018
JAMES LUNA is an elementary school teacher in Riverside, California. He is the author of a short, bilingual novel for intermedi- 32 pages
ate readers, A Mummy in Her Backpack / Una momia en su mochila (Piñata Books, 2012), and two picture books, The Place Where
You Live / El lugar donde vives (Piñata Books, 2015) and The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo (Piñata Books, 2010), which was Ages 4-8
selected by Texas schoolchildren as their favorite book on the Tejas Star Reading List.
MONICA BARELA-DI BISCEGLIE, an elementary school art teacher, earned her BFA in Studio Painting and Printmaking at
the University of Texas at Austin. She is a part-time film production technician in the Albuquerque film industry. She lives in Rio
Rancho, New Mexico. This is her first book.
The Amazing Watercolor Fish / El asombroso pez acuarela

Written and Illustrated by Carolyn Dee Flores
Translation by Carmen Tafolla Bilingu
a
Title l
This rhyming bilingual picture book depicts a whimsical friendship between two pet fish!
A lonely pet fish longs to know what exists in the world beyond her bowl. “I wish I could see over there / Behind the wall, / Behind
the chair.” She imagines a giant tree, a wooly goat and a purple sea.
She wonders if there could be someone out there who looks like her, so she leans close to the glass and hears some fish-like cries!
“Hello? Is someone there?” she hears. “Are you a bird? / Are you a bee? Or are you a fish with fins like me?” She realizes there’s
another fish close by and his name is Mike!
CHILDREN’S BILINGUAL TITLE
When Mike asks what her world is like, the amazing watercolor fish has a great idea. “I’ll show Mike what I think could be!” Using Hardcover, $17.95
watercolors, she paints a picture of a world with trees and swirling rainbows. Every day she paints more, “birds that swim, / ships with
wings, / and books that do all sorts of things!” Then Mike uses his paint to illustrate more “than just the water and the door.” ISBN: 978-1-55885-873-2
October 31, 2018
In this fun, bilingual picture book with a lyrical Spanish translation by former Texas Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla, two pet fish
imagine a beautiful, mysterious world beyond their bowls. Children ages 4-8 will love following the progression of Carolyn Dee 32 pages
Flores’ gorgeous illustrations from black and white to full color as the fish become friends. Kids will be inspired to imagine—and Ages 4-8
maybe even paint or write about—a world beyond the one they know.
CAROLYN DEE FLORES is the illustrator of several books, including A Surprise for Teresita / Una sorpresa para Teresita (Piñata
Books, 2016); Dale, dale, dale: Una fiesta de números / Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: A Fiesta of Numbers (Piñata Books, 2014) and Canta,
Rana, canta / Sing, Froggie, Sing (Piñata Books, 2013). A member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, she lives
in San Antonio, Texas.

FICTION
The Funhouse Paraíso portátil / Portable Paradise Bilingu
a
Fernando Alegría Mario Bencastro Title l
English translation by Stephen Kessler English translation by John Pluecker
1986, 152 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-52-1, $9.00 2010, 219 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-516-8, $15.95
“The amusement park, with its chamber of horrors and hall of mirrors, is an apt vehicle Acclaimed Salvadoran writer Mario Bencastro examines themes of war, dislocation and
for Alegría’s vision of a post-industrialist world that has slipped its Hebraic-Christian longing in this bilingual collection of stories, poetry and one novella.
moorings and gone berserk . . . excellently translated.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“By turns strange, moving, shocking and illuminating . . . an unflinching look at life for
The Eighth Continent and Other Stories immigrants and their struggle to find better lives in America.” —Foreword Reviews
Alba Ambert
1997, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-217-4, $12.95
A Shot in the Cathedral
Mario Bencastro
This powerful collection explores the impact of broad political and historical events on individual English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascón
lives, success in the face of low expectations and the humor that redeems everyday struggles. 1996, 215 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-164-1, $18.95
Accelerated Reader Quiz #34147
A Perfect Silence Neither a propagandistic nor a partisan view of civil war in El Salvador, this novel is
Alba Ambert remarkable for its sensitivity and poetic vision of the tragic and inhuman events that
1995, 240 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-125-2, WAS $19.95, NOW $9.95
polarized that nation and the international community.
Recipient, 1996 Carey McWilliams Award
“A vivid newsreel of a country disintegrating.” —Publishers Weekly
“A Perfect Silence is the triumph of a voice that misery could not silence.” Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Disparo
—New York Newsday en la catedral.
“Through Ambert’s words, we feel the pain of Blanca’s rejection, the pangs of her hun-
ger, the meanness and stench of poverty. This devastating portrayal of the hopelessness
The Tree of Life: Stories of Civil War
Mario Bencastro
of barrio life enrages the reader. We marvel at the courage required to arise from such an
English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascón
environment.” —The Denver Post 1997, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-186-3,
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Porque $11.95
hay silencio.
Political strife and social injustice color this richly textured
Cut & Run: The Misadventures of Alex Perez short story collection about civil war in El Salvador. The
Alberto Arcia turmoil, intrigue and suffering have been captured in these
2009, 238 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-438-3, $15.95 beautifully wrought tales.
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-
Alex Perez is an aspiring writer living off of his girlfriend Ramona. Her mother thinks
language edition, Árbol de la vida: Historias de la guerra civil.
Alex is a freeloader, and she gives him an ultimatum: “You marry her or I won’t put
out another dime.” Soon Alex finds himself on the road to Panama with his fiancé and
future mother-in-law. And before they know it, Alex’s tactics in delaying his impending
Havana Split
Teresa Bevin
nuptials lead them into a series of dodgy and often perilous situations.
The Wetback and Other Stories “A spirited first novel . . . Highly recommended for all libraries.” —Library Journal
Ron Arias
2016, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-834-3, Only the Good Times
$17.95 Juan Bruce-Novoa
Life in Elysian Valley and the Mexican-American community 1995, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-078-1, $9.95
there is stirringly depicted in 14 stories about everything from This highly lyrical and experimental novel, set against the backdrop of baby boomer
curanderos to jailbirds-turned-freedom-fighting commandos. history and culture, explores the point at which love becomes obsession.
“I felt reading these wonderful stories that I was admitted “With characters you can relate to, it’s a recipe for success.”
to an adjacent neighborhood, a rich culture that is another —The New York Times Book Review
world—call it Amexica—both mysterious and magical, that is
persuasive through its tenderness. My hope is that Ron Arias Shifting Loyalties
continues to write short stories that tell us who we are.” —Paul Theroux Daniel Cano
Odyssey to the North
In a sweeping exploration of the lives of five young Chicano men before, during and
Mario Bencastro
English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascón after the Vietnam War, this book travels time and space, piecing together a portrait of an
1998, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-256-3, $12.95 ethnic American community touched by the atrocities of war.
Accelerated Reader Quiz #35000 “Cano writes with an unpretentious and honest flair.” —Charley Trujillo, editor of
Showing the heartbreak as well as the humor of misunderstandings in a foreign culture, Soldados: Chicanos in Vietnam, Winner of the 1991 American Book Award
award-winning author Bencastro creates a sensitive and caring portrait of a Hispanic
immigrant, Calixto, as he struggles to survive. Naranjo the Muse
Omar Castañeda
“Unpretentious and reportorial, Bencastro’s tone is welcomely understated . . . and his 1997, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-192-4, $11.95
message is all the more powerful for it.” —Publishers Weekly
This collection shows how each of us envisions our life as a storyteller. Naranjo the Muse
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Odisea del norte. deals with resisting the oppression of everyday existence.
“Magical-realist, metafictional tricks effortlessly enliven this collection of cleverly inter-
connected stories . . . An unusually imaginative and charming book.” —Kirkus Reviews

FICTION
Hotel Juárez: Stories, Rooms and Loops Black Widow’s Wardrobe: A Gloria Damasco Mystery
Daniel Chacón Lucha Corpi
Recipient, 2014 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature; Recipient, Was it a spectre from the past that inspired the “Black Widow” to kill her husband? Or
Tejas Foco 2014 Fiction Award; Finalist, 2013 Balcones Fiction Prize did these chilling murders have to do with greed? Who better than Gloria Damasco, the
detective with a flair for clairvoyance, to unravel this intricate and pulsing plot?
In this collection of short and flash fiction, Daniel Chacón examines peoples’ interac-
tions with each other, the impact of identity and the importance of literature, art and “A nicely curlicued plot . . . that keeps the pages flying. Strongly recommended.”
music. —Library Journal
“Linked but never repetitive, these beautiful stories are fresh, with just enough Borges- “Part mystery, part history, part travelogue, part spiritual speculation—a busy, many-
ian magic to make them feel extraordinary.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) layered invention stuffed within an inch of its many lives.” —Kirkus Reviews
Chicano Chicanery Cactus Blood: A Gloria Damasco Mystery
Daniel Chacón Lucha Corpi
Through bittersweet comic fables and tales of frightening realism, Daniel Chacón cap- Set against the backdrop of Northern California, Hispanic cultural history and Chicano
tures the shrewd and sometimes tortuous ways by which Mexican Americans manage to political issues texture this suspenseful search for a ritualistic assassin.
survive in intimidating territory—often only to trip themselves up.
“A shattering conclusion . . . leaves the reader eager for the next episode of this excellent
“Although a collection of stories, this book is ‘A Portrait of the Chicano Artist as a homage to detective fiction.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Young Man.’” —The New York Times Book Review
“Corpi writes convincingly about Gloria’s attempts to interpret her visions and does a
“This book should be bought by all libraries interested in contemporary fiction and in fine job depicting decent people handling dangerous situations.” —Publishers Weekly
contemporary Chicano literature.” —COUNTERPOISE
Crimson Moon: A Brown Angel Mystery
The Case Runner Lucha Corpi
Carlos Cisneros 2004, 196 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-421-5, $12.95
2008, 368 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-510-6, $24.95
Winner, 2005 Latino Literary Awards—Best Mystery Novel
Winner, 2009 International Latino Book Award—Best Mystery Novel–English
Private Investigators Justin Escobar and Dora Saldaña struggle to solve two cases.
In this legal thriller set on the Texas-Mexico border, a young lawyer is caught up in a Corpi pens another intriguing thriller that revisits a disturbing chapter of the American
wrongful death case involving insurance fraud, theft and maybe even murder. psyche: the civil rights struggles and student revolts during the 1960s and 1970s.
“There is a slightly subversive element here that gives the novel zip; it has all the same “Corpi writes compelling detective fiction with social issues integral to the plot . . . she
elements as a traditional legal thriller, but it’s less predictable, more ethically ambiguous gives readers a detailed introduction to the Chicano civil rights movement as well as a
. . . keep your eyes on Cisneros.” —Booklist good story.” —MultiCultural Review
The Land Grant Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery
Carlos Cisneros Lucha Corpi
2012, 320 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-706-3,
$16.95
$15.95
Winner, International Latino Book Award—Best Mystery Corpi weaves the rich history of California’s Gold Country
Finalist, 2012 Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards with a suspenseful mystery.
“Set in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, Cisneros’ legal “Corpi has constructed a twisting story line that confounds
thriller paints a vivid picture of border justice with a cast of her intelligent detective and the reader at every turn. This will
characters ranging from the Pope to Mexican narcotraffickers. please readers looking for a fast-paced tale with a Hispanic
A lawyer himself, the author has written a fast-paced, complex cultural background.” —Library Journal
novel.” —REFORMA Newsletter
“This multilayered plot full of California history and Latin American lore will interest a
“In the troubled, dusty border region of South Texas, corruption and violence aren’t iso- wide variety of mystery readers.” —Booklist
lated forces to be wrestled with and conquered by our hero but a pervasive condition.
Alex is no white knight, but he’s sympathetic enough that the harsh denouement will Eulogy for a Brown Angel: A Gloria Damasco Mystery
leave readers shaken.” —Publishers Weekly Lucha Corpi
The Name Partner
Carlos Cisneros A Chicano Civil Rights march has been disrupted by the Los Angeles police, result-
2010, 352 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-594-6, $24.95 ing in the gruesome death of a prominent reporter. A feisty political activist finds a
murdered child and begins an investigation that will lead her on a trail of international
Named to the Texas Library Association’s 2011 Lariat Reading List: Best 2010 Adult Fiction
conspiracy and bloody vengeance.
In this hard-hitting and timely novel about a drug company that puts its shareholders’
profits over safety, South Texas attorney Guillermo “Billy” Bravo struggles with his “Dazzlingly evocative prose . . . some original and highly charged moments . . . Corpi
responsibilities to his client, his family and his own personal ethics. expands the genre with this work.” —Publishers Weekly
“This thriller lands firmly in John Grisham territory. But Cisneros makes the material “Worthwhile mystery reading.” —Kirkus Reviews
his own.” —Booklist Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Loa a un
ángel de piel morena.

FICTION
Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery Muerte en una estrella / Shooting Star
Edited by Sarah Cortez and Liz Martínez Sergio D. Elizondo
Introduction by Sarah Cortez, Foreword by Ralph E. Rodríguez English translation by Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita
Named to The Denver Post’s Bestseller List In this haunting novel, Elizondo eulogizes two young vatos who are shot and killed by
The stories included in this gripping collection of short fiction the police in Austin, Texas. Originally published in Spanish and now available for the
by Latino authors feature an intriguing and unpredictable cast first time in English, this classic of Mexican-American literature illuminates the struggle
of sleuths, murderers and crime victims. for civil rights in the 1960s and 1970s and is a profoundly disturbing yet moving denun-
ciation of bigotry and discrimination.
The authors lead us through their barrios where executions,
vengeance and mayhem are carried out with a bang. Contribu- Delia’s Way
tors include award-winning writers such as Lucha Corpi, Carolina García-Aguilera, Olga Berrocal Essex
Rolando Hinojosa and Sergio Troncoso. 1998, 320 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-232-7, $12.95
“[These] stories will engross, entertain and fully satisfy any lover of mystery fiction.”
—El Paso Times Growing up in Panama City during the 1950s, young Delia is aware of a strained
relationship because of her mother’s past. Delia’s growth is marked by a blossoming
“Genre-busting stories, some of them tender, some of them brutal, all of them offering compassion for her tormented family and a firm conviction to lead a different life, free
an intriguing Latino slant.” —Mystery Scene from unspeakable bonds of deception that keep the family together.
Shangó “A quintessential coming-of-age novel . . . a haunting tale of sibling rivalry.” —Booklist

James Roberto Curtis
Down Garrapata Road
Miguel is Cuban American, but beneath the surface of his Miami lifestyle lurks an evil Anne Estevis
that threatens to destroy him. The chance reading of a newspaper article reporting 2003, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-397-3, $12.95
a theft and the ritualistic murder of a drug dealer throws Miguel into battle with an Finalist, Texas Institute of Letters’ Fiction Award; Winner, Fore-
underworld dominated by santería in this spell-binding novel. word Reviews’ Book of the Year—Juvenile Fiction
“Intriguing . . . Neatly told, nice love interest, fairly mild melodrama and rich back- Young voices bring to life a small Mexican-American commu-
grounds on occult and voodoo practices.” —Kirkus Reviews nity in South Texas during the 1940s and 50s. Their lives reflect
the awakening of a generation raised between two cultures.
The Jackets
Liz DeJesus “Sly, gentle and written in lively, simple language, these are sto-
ries that will draw readers into the particulars of a culture while
capturing universal family dramas.” —Booklist
In this intriguing blend of fiction and fantasy, women hope for relationships, break out
of them or find themselves involved with mythical gods and creatures. These fantastical Sleep of the Innocents
stories make for entertaining reading and give insight into young women’s eternal search Carole Fernández
for romance. 1990, 238 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-025-5, $9.50
A moving story about the disruption of the traditional pastoral life and its values.
The Red Camp
Debra Diaz “Sleep of the Innocents has a power that imprints upon the memory, like a picture of
1996, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-169-6, $11.95 strong lines and bright, simple colors.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In this deeply humane and moving tapestry set against the backdrop of a labor camp, “A compelling fictional account of generational and social change, class conflict and
the life of one family bursts out from under its shanty, ripped by marital strife, genera- revolution. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries.”
tional conflict and frustrated familial love and responsibility. —Women Library Workers Journal
“A slender first novel . . . expertly fashioned and filled with lovely, emotionally charged Intaglio: A Novel in Six Stories
moments. An admirable debut performance.” —Kirkus Reviews Roberta Fernández
Outside the Bones
Lyn Di Iorio Winner, Multicultural Publishers Exchange Best Book of Fiction
2011, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-703-2, $16.95 This novel, made up of six portraits of extraordinary women, examines the culture of
Silver Award, Foreword Reviews’ 2011 Book of the Year; Finalist, women born at the turn of the century on the US-Mexico border.
John Gardner Fiction Book Award “A beautiful story of beautiful women.” —The Houston Post
“A story of witchcraft, voodoo, race, greed and power, this blends “Steeped in a rich Mexican heritage transplanted to the soil of Texas, these stories
them all into a unique and highly entertaining brew that will be celebrate remarkable women.” —San Francisco Chronicle
hard to put down.” —Midwest Book Review Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Fronteri-
zas: Una novela en seis cuentos.
Women Who Live in Coffee Shops and Other Stories Holy Radishes!
Stella Pope Duarte Roberto G. Fernández
2010, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, 978-1-55885-600-4, $15.95 1995, 298 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-076-7, $14.95
Winner, University of California, Irvine’s Chicano / Latino Literary Prize “Fernández puts his characters through hell but his compassion for these exiles is
mirrored in the struggle to endure and recapture what was once a rarified existence in
“[This work] taps into the most pressing issues of contemporary urban living, a war their Garden of Eden. They are ingenious, inventive and sometimes insane. Yet there is
zone with many wounds. And Duarte refuses to simply romanticize or indict the work- beauty in their hope.” —Booklist
ing class. Instead, she challenges the negative stereotypes.” —El Paso Times

FICTION
Raining Backwards Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders
Roberto G. Fernández Alicia Gaspar de Alba
1988 (Second Edition), 208 pages, Trade Paperback 2007, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-508-3, $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-55885-223-5, $11.95
Winner, 2005 Lambda Literary Award—Best Lesbian Mystery; Winner, 2006 Latino Book
This entertaining satire of the Cuban community in Miami is Award—Best Mystery Novel-English
filled with hilarious scenes and characters, including a lovesick
girl determined to be a cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins, a El Paso native Ivon Villa has gone home to adopt the baby of Cecilia, a pregnant ma-
poor Cuban American who becomes Pope and another Cuban quiladora worker in Juárez. When Cecilia turns up disemboweled in the desert, Ivon is
American who begins a guerrilla war to separate Florida from thrown into the abuse and murder plaguing the US-Mexico border.
the Union. “Offering a powerful depiction of social justice and serial murder, this is essential for
“Fernández’s spirited, appealing book, with its hyperbolic vi- both mystery and Hispanic fiction collections.” —Library Journal (Starred Review)
sions, is like an Under Milkwood written by a Cuban William Burroughs.” “An in-your-face, no-holds-barred story full of brutality, graphic violence and ultimately,
—Publishers Weekly redemption.” —Booklist
“[This is] an affectionate autobiographical memoir cast in a rather fantastic shape by a Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Sangre
talented, developing writer.” —The New York Times Book Review en el desierto: Las muertas de Juárez.
Hardscrub Only Sons

Lionel G. García Genaro González
Winner, Texas Institute of Letters’ Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction; Winner, Texas Only Sons is a collection dealing with familial relationships in the Mexican-American
Literary Award for Best Book of Fiction community. More specifically, the stories deal with families victimized by divorce, death
and machismo.
“From his intelligent eleven-year-old’s perspective, Jim Jones relates—wrenchingly and
unforgettably—several months of his Texan family’s transient existence during the early “González features strong protagonists and a realistic, moving story of cultural and fam-
‘50s.” —Publishers Weekly ily conflict.” —The Bookwatch
“[Hardscrub is] enlivened by Mr. García’s sense of humor and irony.” The Quixote Cult
—The New York Times Book Review Genaro González
To a Widow with Children
Lionel G. García The Quixote Cult confirms Genaro González’s reputation as a rambunctious, quirky
1994, 266 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-069-9, $19.95 writer whose characters, as The Nation wrote, “combust into their own living, full-
colored reality.”
When a burnt-out hero of the Mexican Revolution arrives in
San Diego, Texas, seeking refuge, he is soon entangled with a “Visceral, angry and edgy, González’s novel . . . comes to us like a time capsule from the
widow, her children and the town in a comedy of injured pride, 1960s.” —Publishers Weekly
unrequited love, misplaced revenge and overblown gossip.
Rainbow’s End
“A shimmery magic-realism informs lives that would otherwise Genaro González
seem discouragingly impoverished and devoid of hope in this 1988, 182 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-81-1, $9.50
whimsical, mid-20th century love story.” —Publishers Weekly
Tracing three generations of a Mexican-American family in the Rio Grande Valley of
“This is a delicious novel, funny and poignant at the same time.” —Rosellen Brown Texas, the novel begins with the illegal entry of the patriarch and continues as his family
is forced into the migrant labor stream and later into smuggling drugs.
A Shroud in the Family
“Rainbow’s End captures the ambiance of a borderland household: a grandfather who
Lionel G. García
1994 (Second Edition), 320 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-113-9, $10.00 swam across the Rio Grande in the 1930s, Vietnam vets and smugglers.”
Lionel García’s second novel demythologizes the Texas past while creating an accurate, —Los Angeles Times (Critics’ Choice)
although satirized, portrayal of Mexican-American life in the modern metropolis. Gar-
cía is a master of humor, the incongruous tale and dialogue. American Dreams
Eduardo González Viaña
“There are many hilarious moments in this rich and earthy novel, and García poignantly English translation by Heather Moore Cantarero
illustrates the struggle of Hispanic immigrants to adapt to American culture. This book 2005, 256 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-447-5, $14.95
is worth reading.” —Publishers Weekly
“Through captivating prose that is reminiscent of the rhythm and lyrical style of ancient
Incan literature, the author places his characters in an underground world and colors
Calligraphy of the Witch
his tales with legends, oral traditions, accounts of miracles, stories of saints and fantastic
2012, 464 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-753-7, $16.95 traditional creatures . . . Recommended for all bookstores, especially those serving new
immigrants, and for academic and public libraries.” —Publishers Weekly
This historical novel combines the horror of the Salem witch trials with the philosophy
of the nun and writer known as the first feminist of the Americas, Sor Juana Inés de la
Cruz. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, this novel takes a look at women
in the New World in the 17th century and the stubborn men who accuse them for no
reason.
“Gaspar de Alba has a firm grasp of her historical material and portrays the pirate life as
convincingly as the witch trials.” —Publishers Weekly

FICTION
Dante’s Ballad South Wind Come
Eduardo González Viaña Tina Juárez
English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascón 1998, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-231-0, $14.95
2007, 307 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-487-1, $23.95 Accelerated Reader Quiz #35018
“González Viaña explores themes of immigration, cultural assimilation and ‘the fleeting In Tina Juárez’s sequel to Call No Man Master, Juárez chronicles a volatile time in Texan
nature of life and the long evenings of death’ throughout Dante’s magical, mystical odys- and Mexican history, recreating both the American Civil War and Mexico’s continuing
sey.” —Booklist struggle for democracy.
“Superbly crafted prose, delicate sense of humor, and sharp eye for the way culture and “Tina Juárez once again weaves history and fiction into an intriguing tale of conspiracy,
memorabilia blow and wade and limp lamely from backyard to backyard make this heroism and romance.” —Laura Bush, Former First Lady of the United States
novel particularly sweet and sabrosa for those with familia por allá.” —Foreword Reviews
“Juárez deftly weaves fact and fiction to create memorable characters.” —Booklist
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition,
El corrido de Dante. Forbidden Fruit and Other Stories
Pablo La Rosa
Migrations and Other Stories 1996, 141 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-097-2, $11.95
Lisa Hernandez
2007, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-499-4, In masterful tales of coming-of-age during the Cuban Revolution, this nostalgic collec-
$14.95 tion looks back at a childhood spent by the seaside and creates a mosaic of poignant
experiences seen through the lenses of race and exile.
Winner, University of California, Irvine’s Chicano/Latino Literary
Prize; Finalist, Foreword Reviews’ Best Book of the Year 2007 “The best of these studies of various forms of alienation and exile display a bracing vitality.”
—Kirkus Reviews
The characters in this award-winning collection of stories
struggle with abusive boyfriends, separation from loved ones The Lady from Buenos Aires
and unfaithful spouses. A Willie Cuesta Mystery
“Short and affecting, Hernandez’s tales are as ardent as they are John Lantigua
prosaic and unflinching.” —Publishers Weekly 2007, 224 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-496-3, $24.95
“Each story has the potential of becoming a novel—the narration . . . keep[s] the reader Honorable Mention, Foreword Reviews’ 2007 Book of the Year
riveted and wanting to know more.” —MultiCultural Review Award; Winner, International Latino Book Award—Best Mystery
Novel-English
American Copia: An Immigrant Epic From “dirty war” prison cells to a suburban tango studio, this
Javier O. Huerta gripping mystery novel features Miami detective Willie Cuesta
as he takes on a host of shady characters with ties to the former
“A fine assortment of essays, poetry and much more, offering a clear view of a world few Argentinean military dictatorship responsible for the death and
truly understand.” —Midwest Book Review (Reviewer’s Choice) disappearance of thousands of citizens.
“Nonstop action and an exciting ending make this a good crime novel.” —Library Journal
Arturo Islas: The Uncollected Works
Arturo Islas “A thrilling novel of betrayal, layered plots and horrific secrets.” —Midwest Book Review
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama
On Hallowed Ground: A Willie Cuesta Mystery
John Lantigua
A prolific poet and short story writer, Arturo Islas’ untimely death from AIDS truncated 2011, 164 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-695-0, $16.95
a productive and influential career that has left an unbridgeable gap in Latino letters.
Winner, International Latino Book Award—Best Mystery Novel
“Aldama’s considerable and important scholarly work will certainly reinforce Islas’ already secure
position in the canon of Chicano and Latino literary production.” —Lambda Book Report “The fast-paced action is well matched by concise prose, making
this a treat for Elmore Leonard devotees.” —Publishers Weekly
Call No Man Master “This thoroughly entertaining crime novel flirts with a number
Tina Juárez of the genre’s central themes—kidnapping for ransom, drug
1995, 334 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-588-5, $16.95 dealing, betrayal, revenge, the silky seductiveness of a whole lot
Accelerated Reader Quiz #34993 of money . . . a real find for crime-fiction fans.”
—Booklist (Starred Review)
Winner, Violet Crown Book Award; Second Place Winner, The Presidio La Bahia Award
This intricate historical novel traces the exploits of Carmen Rangel and her participa-
tion in the events that led to Mexico’s independence from Spain. After the ideals of the
Revolution are betrayed, Carmen takes up arms for Texas independence from Mexico.
“Juárez’s characterizations are beautifully rendered, with Carmen growing from spoiled child
to admirable adult in a natural progression . . . Suitable for any fiction collection.” —Booklist

FICTION
The Klail City Death Trip Series
Rolando Hinojosa
Ask a Policeman: A Rafe Buenrostro Mystery Klail City / Klail City y sus alrededores
Rolando Hinojosa Rolando Hinojosa Bilingu
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1998, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-226-6, $12.95 2014, 246 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-799-5, $17.95 Title l
Rafe Buenrostro returns to lead a corps of bicultural sleuths investigating a crime family The second book in the acclaimed Klail City Death Trip series, this is the first
apparently at war with itself. bilingual edition ever available of this important novel. Originally published in Cuba in
“A page-turner, a quick and easy read.” —Dallas Morning News the 70s, the Spanish edition won the esteemed Casa de las Américas Prize in 1976. The
English-language version was published by Arte Público in 1987.
Becky and Her Friends
Rolando Hinojosa Partners in Crime: A Rafe Buenrostro Mystery
1989, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-006-4, $9.50 Rolando Hinojosa
“The Klail City Death Trip Series continues to evolve both as a criticism and a celebra-
tion; altogether the novels constitute a lovingly accurate recreation of Valley people, Rolando Hinojosa’s first mystery novel is a procedural whodunit that will satisfy the
politics, speech, social attitudes—even the weather.” —Austin American-Statesman most hardened mystery aficionado.
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Los “Hinojosa has learned well from the masters of detection, as he masterfully arranges
amigos de Becky. numerous details in a convincing manner.” —World Literature Today
Dear Rafe / Mi querido Rafa Rites and Witnesses

Rolando Hinojosa Bilingu
a Rolando Hinojosa
Introduction by Manuel Martín-Rodríguez Title l 1982, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-19-4, $8.50
Part epistolary, part mystery, this volume combines the English- and Spanish-language Hinojosa’s novel focuses on wealthy ranchers and their domination of the economic and
versions of the novel that follows a fictitious community The New York Times compared political life of a small city on the Texas-Mexico border.
to William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County and Gabriel García Márquez’s Macondo. “The stories are universal in the sense that they are about fools and heroes, about borders
“Although his sharp eye and accurate ear capture a place, its people and a time in a mas- between cultures, between languages, between generations. But they are also unique docu-
terly way, his work goes far beyond regionalism. He is a writer for all readers, and Dear ments of the languages spoken in one place, at one time.” —The Texas Observer
Rafe . . . is a delight in any league.” —The New York Times Book Review
The Useless Servants
Rolando Hinojosa
Fair Gentlemen of Belken County / Claros varones de Belken 1993, 194 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-068-2, WAS $17.95, NOW $8.95
Rolando Hinojosa
2015, 320 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-1-55885-817-6, $17.95 Bilingu “The timeless truths of war—the slaughter of civilians, atrocities condoned, legions of
a
Title l refugees—are related with near-documentary realism in this powerful novel of the Ko-
National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement honoree Rolando rean War. Hinojosa gives us a graphic picture of the unchanging face of war—raw, gritty
Hinojosa returns to Klail City—in Belken County along the Texas-Mexico border—to and inhumane.” —Publishers Weekly
chronicle the lives of its residents.
“American literature abounds with war novels, but few are so tersely horrific as
“Like Faulkner, [Hinojosa] has created a fictional county, invested it with centuries The Useless Servants.” —Chicago Tribune
of complex history, and populated it with generations of families and a host of unique
characters.” —World Literature Today The Valley / Estampas del Valle
Rolando Hinojosa Bilingu
From Klail City to Korea with Love: Two Master Works a
2014, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-787-2, $16.95 Title l
Rolando Hinojosa
2017, 215 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-841-1, $17.95 In these vignettes set along the Texas-Mexico border, Rolando Hinojosa
sketches a landscape of Mexican Texans and Anglo Texans living side by side, in good
Containing two volumes from Rolando Hinojosa’s acclaimed Klail City Death Trip Se- times and bad.
ries—Rites and Witnesses and Korean Love Songs—From Klail City to Korea with Love re-
turns to familiar territory as Hinojosa continues his examination of life along the border, “Hinojosa’s style in English is reminiscent of Mark Twain’s, bemused and satirical while
including the discrimination faced by Texas Mexicans and locals’ involvement in war. remaining empathetic and respectful.” —The Monitor
We Happy Few
Rolando Hinojosa
A small border town community deals with the politics of higher education and race in
this slyly humorous novel.
“A welcome addition to the chronicles of Belken County.” —Houston Chronicle

FICTION
The Day of the Moon The Memories of Ana Calderón
Graciela Limón Graciela Limón
“Murder, dismemberment, casting out, imprisonment, love, loyalty and the lives of the A woman describes her journey from Mexico to the United
spirits sweep through the pages of this novel and make it hard to put down.” States, only to find that there, too, society, family and religion
—San Antonio Express-News seem to conspire to hold her back.
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, El Día de “Limón does an excellent job of describing the hardships of
la Luna. migrant life and the driving emotions of the family patriarch.”
—Publishers Weekly
Erased Faces
Graciela Limón “[This novel] should awaken the conscience and compassion
2001, 272 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-342-3, $14.95 that drive and haunt every reader . . . a novel of absolute stylistic and social integrity.”
—Booklist
Winner, 2002 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Los
recuerdos de Ana Calderón.
Adriana Mora, a Latina photojournalist, journeys to Chiapas,
Mexico, where she becomes involved in the indigenous insur- The River Flows North
rection. Graciela Limón
“Limón restores dignity and identity to the inhabitants of a 2009, 160 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-585-4, $24.95
violent land.” —Publishers Weekly In Sonora, a group of immigrants circles around a coyote who will lead them across the
desert to the US. As the hard journey progresses, the fight to survive the grueling trip
“She is as sure-footed in the terrain of compelling storytelling as her indigenous Mexi- ensures that their lives—and deaths—are linked forever.
can Indian characters are in their huaraches.” —The Washington Post
“A sort of Canterbury Tales . . . as [immigrant travelers] come together in sorrow, tragedy
In Search of Bernabé and impending death. Thoughtful reading for anyone who wants socially engaged fiction.”
Graciela Limón —Library Journal
1993, 168 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-073-6, $10.95 “This short, fast-paced novel is rooted in real experiences and will be of interest to
Winner, 1994 American Book Award readers, high school and up.” —MultiCultural Review
Luz Delcano is determined to find her son Bernabé, from whom she gets separated in Song of the Hummingbird
the chaos that follows the assassination of Archbishop Romero. Graciela Limón
“In this well-constructed novel about El Salvador during the civil strife of the 1980s,
Limón tells a tragic family saga.” —Publishers Weekly From Aztec princess to slave and concubine, Hummingbird re-
counts her life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico to Father
“Limón’s prose is self-assured and engrossing. [This book] deserves a large audience.”
Benito, the priest who seeks to confess and convert her in order
—The New York Times Book Review
to offer an absolution she doesn’t want. Instead, she forces him
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, En busca to see the conquest through the eyes of the conquered.
de Bernabé.
“Downright hypnotic.” —The Washington Post Book World
Left Alive “This work explores the endurance of the human spirit in a
Graciela Limón world of political, social and emotional violence.”
—Library Journal
Rafael lives knowing that his mother was convicted of murdering his siblings. When Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, La
reporter Elena Santos gives him a chance to tell his story, Rafael jumps at the opportunity. canción del colibrí.
But Elena is soon led into the tangled mind of the sole survivor as he tries to use her to
prove his mother’s innocence. Layover
Max Martínez
“Very few will guess the resolution of this gripping and heartbreaking novel.” 1997, 298 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-199-3, $22.95
—MultiCultural Review
In this riveting page-turner, nothing is as it seems, no one is who they say they are and
The Madness of Mamá Carlota the danger is only beginning.
Graciela Limón
“Martínez keeps readers engaged and amused by his quirky portraits of the insular
world of crime and justice in small-town Texas.” —Publishers Weekly
Weaving the story of Mexico’s indigenous peoples with that of the tragic Belgian
princess, Graciela Limón re-imagines the story behind Empress Carlota’s descent into A Red Bikini Dream
madness and eventual imprisonment. She skillfully crafts a gripping novel about a smart Max Martínez
woman who is not afraid to challenge powerful men. 1989, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-001-9, $9.50
“Limón has provided this sad history with a backstory of cultural understanding—and This collection brings together five stories that capture the rhythm, texture and spirit of
genuine devotion—in her page-turning The Madness of Mamá Carlota.” —NewPages modern life.
“The contemporary characters suffer a perpetual half-life, an existence that is alarmingly
aimless and shallow, though his focus isn’t exclusively ethnic or regional.”
—Dallas Morning News

FICTION
Schoolland The Rag Doll Plagues
Max Martínez Alejandro Morales
Struggles with nature and society form the backdrop for the tale of a child coming-of- A doctor and his descendants are condemned to an ever-consuming battle with a mys-
age as his grandfather is waning during a great drought in rural Texas in the 1930s. terious plague in three separate moments in history: colonial Mexico, contemporary
California and the next century in a newly emerged country.
“The heart of this novel beats in the relationships between the members of the family,
the members of the community, and above all, in the interaction between the narrator “Inventive writing and interesting premises spark the work.” —Publishers Weekly
and the grandfather.” —Houston Chronicle
River of Angels
White Leg Alejandro Morales
Max Martínez 2014, 200 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-775-9, $18.95
A stirring novel of love, loss and redemption that explores the allure of Southern California
White Leg, Texas, is becoming a dangerous place for Gil Blue, a small-time criminal and the development of Los Angeles.
with a price on his head. The local police, the FBI and the Texas Rangers want him
behind bars. The town boss wants him dead, and so does a swarm of out-of-town killers. “Morales has achieved the formidable task of weaving the cultural, social and political
Set up to take a hard fall, Gil must survive in a town where no one wants him alive. strands of a fabled city into a tapestry that presents Los Angeles in an unprecedented man-
“Martínez generates enough suspense in his second novel . . . to make it a thoroughly ner. A brilliant achievement.” —Ishmael Reed
enjoyable walk on the wild side . . . This tough tale marks Martínez as a crime writer to
watch.” —Publishers Weekly
Brand New Memory
Elías Miguel Muñoz
Centaur of the North 1998, 232 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-227-3, $12.95
Wendell Mayo “A powerful and deeply spiritual coming-of-age novel . . . In this remarkable fourth
1996, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-165-8, $11.95 novel, the talented Muñoz presents refreshing multi-dimensional characters. Recom-
Winner, 1996 Premio Aztlán mended for all libraries.” —Library Journal
This haunting collection marks the debut of a gifted storyteller with a lyrical voice. The Crazy Love
stories reverberate with a soul-aching need to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. Wen- Elías Miguel Muñoz
dell Mayo reveals the power of family storytelling, both real and imagined. 1988, 168 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-83-5, $9.50
“Mayo has a distinct talent for catching in terse, precise tales the way in which loss “The novel belongs to the now-venerable coming-of-age-in-America tradition, yet
shapes our lives and imagination. An impressive debut.” —Kirkus Reviews has an urgent newness to it as the narration of a Cuban voice speaking in the majority
language of an adopted land.” —Hispania
“A powerful first collection.” —The New York Times Book Review
A Matter of Pride and Other Stories The Greatest Performance

Elías Miguel Muñoz
Nicholasa Mohr
“[Mohr’s] plain, straightforward narrative style makes the stories easy to read.” —Booklist This gripping novel about the psychological and emotional energy spent when one
must confront taboos is the painful and poetic rendering of two lives—Rosita and
Rituals of Survival: A Woman’s Portfolio Marito—that become lost to country, family and lovers.
Nicholasa Mohr
1985, 158 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-39-2, $11.95 “[This is] a sensitive, lyrical novel about how it feels to be an exile, even in one’s own
country.” —Publishers Weekly
From the winner of The New York Times’ Best Book of the Year, the Jane Addams Book
Award, and the Library Journal Award, this collection of stories and a novella offers valuable Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts: A Cuban Love Story
portraits of New York City women and the rituals of survival that shape their lives. Himilce Novas
“Mohr’s book is a cause for celebration.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A disarming blend of magical realism and pungent social satire, this extraordinary debut
The Brick People novel is an incandescent tale of love, double incest, mistaken identity and immigrant
Alejandro Morales
dreams . . . Her lyrical, fiercely intelligent novel . . . adroitly probes the pressures facing
1992 (Second Edition), 320 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-91-0, $16.95
immigrants adjusting to Yanqui realities.” —Publishers Weekly
“Morales eloquently fuses the fantastic and the factual as he traces the growth of early
California from 1892 to the late 1940s.” —Publishers Weekly Princess Papaya
Himilce Novas
Hombres de ladrillo.
Novas weaves together santería, gender, transgender, sexuality politics and the
Little Nation and Other Stories resistance movement in contemporary Cuba.
Alejandro Morales
English translation by Adam Spires “I love Himilce’s characters and her understanding of the Latino soul in all its guises,
2014, 158 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-801-5, traditions and classes. Her writing is universal and timeless . . . beautifully rendered,
$17.95 chilling, touching and haunting.” —Isabel Allende
Originally written in Spanish, this volume contains Adam
Spires’ English translation of these thought-provoking stories
Hard Language
Mike Padilla
of the Southern Californian Chicano community’s marginal- 2000, 166 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-298-3, $12.95
ization and search for a space to call its own.
Winner, University of California, Irvine’s Chicano/Latino Literary Prize; Winner, San
Francisco Foundation’s Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award
“Fresh and free of cliché, his stories shed a warm light on Latino lives in the U.S.”

FICTION
George Washington Gómez The Big Banana
Américo Paredes Roberto Quesada
1990, 304 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-012-5, $12.95 English translation by Walter Krochmal
This first novel written by the dean of Mexican-American folklore charts the coming-
of-age of a young Mexican American on the border against a background of guerrilla Eduardo Lin loves New York. Where else could an aspiring Honduran actor and his
warfare and the overpowering pressures to disappear into the American melting pot. friends possibly want to be? Even if in winter the cold “reaches deep beyond his bones,”
and the icy, snow-covered city is “like a bride awaiting her fiancé,” he is still determined
“This book deserves a wide readership not only for its artistry but also for its subject to court her.
matter.” —Beaumont Enterprise
“A lively and gifted writer full of amusing and thought-provoking ideas.”
“Paredes evokes boyhood with more sympathy than anyone since Dickens . . . an excellent book.” —Kurt Vonnegut
—Austin American-Statesman
“Quesada is at his inventive peak when re-creating the bohemian Latino colony with
George Washington Gómez. illuminating clarity.” —Library Journal
“An often hilarious novel . . . There is a breezy literary self-consciousness here that dares
The Hammon and the Beans and Other Stories one to find fault.” —The New York Times Book Review
Américo Paredes
1994, 236 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-071-2, $11.95 Never through Miami
These stories boil with the culture conflict that dominated the border region during Roberto Quesada
Texas’ transition from Mexican political status and culture to that of the United States. English translation by Patricia Duncan
“These stories vividly convey the struggle by Mexican Americans to hold on to their
culture and dignity.” —Publishers Weekly “Quesada’s energetic prose makes this a swift, pleasing read—and a nice reinforcement for
anyone doubting the hopes and dreams powering America and its melting pot population.”
The Shadow —Publishers Weekly
Américo Paredes
1998, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-230-3, $9.95 Desperado: A Mile High Noir
Manuel Ramos
Antonio Cuitla has a date with destiny. But it is not the showdown the once-fierce 2013, 180 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-770-4,
revolutionary expects. Is Antonio’s battle with a would-be assassin or with Death itself? $17.95
This novel of unyielding suspense and psychological conflict is a page-turner that defies
the reader to put it down. 2014 Colorado Book Award—Mystery; Finalist, 2014 International
Latino Book Award for Best Novel—Mystery
“A taut little novel . . . a compelling sketch of a warrior trying to adjust to peacetime.”
—Booklist Manuel Ramos returns to novel-length crime fiction with this
gripping story that twists and turns like a roller coaster, where
Bang: A Novel the outlook is grim and there’s no honor among thieves.
Daniel Peña
2017, 244 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-856-5, $17.95 “Ramos succeeds brilliantly in marrying style and substance.”
“The adroit characterizations and alternating points of view
advance a memorable narrative about overlooked populations “A dark mix of North Denver gangsters and Catholicism, but it’s [the] setting that really
in America that are victimized by drug smuggling. Peña exam- grips readers. Nostalgia is combined with reality...Ramos gets it right.”
ines the symbiosis of the United States and Mexico and makes —The Denver Post
painfully clear the negative effects of international trade—legal
and illegal. This is a notable and compassionate novel.” My Bad: A Mile High Noir
—Publishers Weekly Manuel Ramos
Anything but Love This is a gripping crime novel that brings together an ex-con and his attorney in a
Gustavo Pérez Firmat case that questions who’s really the bad guy. The follow-up to Desperado, the first
novel featuring Gus Corral, My Bad races to a walloping conclusion in a Rocky
Frank Guerra believes in romantic love. He believes in love so strongly that he’s Mountain blizzard, leaving fans of crime novels—and Chicano literature—eagerly
willing to divorce his faithful wife Marta, lose his old friends and even leave behind awaiting the next installment in Ramos’ mile-high noir.
his daughter Emily—all for the sake of his new americana, Catherine O’Neal.
“Ramos vividly and affectionately portrays the Mile High City’s Mexican-American
So why, when he looks deep into Cat’s eyes, can Frank never penetrate into her
heritage and culture.” —Publishers Weekly
depths? Is she hiding something from him—anything?
“A darkly humorous look at love and divorce.” —COUNTERPOISE
The Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories
The Wedding Manuel Ramos
Mary Helen Ponce 2015, 181 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-808-4, $17.95
“Ramos explores issues of the border, identity, violence and
Long out-of-print, this new edition takes the reader on a ride through pachuco subculture slights from outside the community, as well as within. They are
in a post-World War II California barrio. thought-provoking and unpredictable. Many linger long after
“Ponce has a rare combination of honesty, love and lightheartedness that gives us delicious they end; and often they contain depth charges that explode in
pleasure while enlightening us.” —Belle Lettres the reader’s mind after the story has ended. Start with this col-
lection, and you will find Ramos’ novels belong on your book
“Mary Helen Ponce offers readers a vigorous yet light satire of life in the Chicano shelves.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
underclass, much of which still holds true today.” —American Book Review

FICTION
African Passions and Other Stories The Harvest: Short Stories / La cosecha: Cuentos
Beatriz Rivera Tomás Rivera Bilingu
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1995, 168 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-135-1, $9.95 Edited by Julián Olivares
Strong-minded women pursue love and material success as they move in and out of the
reality of the New Jersey Hispanic barrio that bonds them. Passion, obsession, raucous Framed within the Odyssean cycle of migratory farmworkers, Rivera’s stories are myths
humor and satire fill this tour-de-force examination of Hispanic womanhood. and parables that relate the universal themes of alienation, love and betrayal, man and
nature, death and resurrection and the search for community. Represented in a laconic,
“Recurring characters, family relationships, and the Jersey City Hispanic barrio connect poetic prose, the characters become indelibly inscribed on the multicultural fabric of
the stories, as does Rivera’s delicious sense of humor.” —Library Journal American literature.
Do Not Pass Go “Rivera possesses that rare ability in writers to convert everyday episodes in the lives of
Beatriz Rivera ordinary people into small masterpieces of sparse yet often lyrical prose.”
2006, 256 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-464-2, $14.95 —Western American Literature
Winner, 2007 International Latino Book Award—Best Romance Novel-English; Finalist, 2007 “Rivera’s writing is so powerful it causes physical sensations: chills, sweat, tremors.”
Paterson Fiction Prize —Before Columbus Review
Mateo Irigaray, former child prodigy and pride of Hudson County, has come home to Tomás Rivera: The Complete Works
end his miserable life. “All I want to do is die!” he tells Melody Moore, a reporter who Tomás Rivera
can’t help but be attracted to Mateo’s surly demeanor. As a relationship between them Edited by Julián Olivares
develops, they realize they share a complicated history of family secrets and betrayals. 1995 (Second Edition), 450 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-153-5, $38.95
“Romance blooms amid family rivalries, office politics and scandalous rumors in
Rivera’s third novel.” —Publishers Weekly Tomás Rivera quite possibly has been the most influential voice in Chicano literature. In
addition to his masterpiece, . . . y no se lo tragó la tierra / . . . And the Earth Did Not Devour
Midnight Sandwiches at the Mariposa Express Him, included here is the sum total of his published works, in English and Spanish, as
Beatriz Rivera well as many that weren’t printed during his life.
$11.95 “A book that students need to read right alongside O. Henry and Steinbeck in English
and history classes.” —The Dallas Morning News
Meet Trish Izquierdo, devourer of travelogues and quirky
councilwoman in the unlively town of West Echevarria. Trish . . . y no se lo tragó la tierra
knows she can put drab little West Echevarria on the map, even . . . And the Earth Did Not Devour Him
if it means she invents, steals and recreates the town’s history! Tomás Rivera
English translation by Evangelina Vigil-Piñón Bilingu
“A large cast of endearingly self-absorbed characters struggle along a
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2015, 145 pages, Trade Paperback
in Rivera’s sure-handed comedy as private fantasy, public aspira- ISBN: 978-1-55885-815-2, $18.95
tion and hard reality collide.”
—Publishers Weekly Adapted into the award-winning film…And the Earth Did Not
Swallow Him and recipient of the first award for Chicano lit-
Playing with Light erature, the Premium Quinto Sol in 1970, Rivera’s masterpiece
Beatriz Rivera recounts the experiences of a Mexican-American community
2000, 248 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-310-2, $12.95 through the eyes of a young boy. Forced to leave their home in
“What seems at first a straightforward story of Cuban-American women in contempo- search of work, the migrants are exploited by farmers, shopkeepers, even other Mexican
rary Miami becomes a fanciful blurring of life, art and time.” —Booklist Americans, and the boy must forge his identity in the face of exploitation, death and
disease, constant moving and conflicts with high school officials. In this new edition of
When a Tree Falls a powerful novel, Rivera writes hauntingly about alienation, love and betrayal, man and
Beatriz Rivera nature, death and resurrection and the search for community.
2010, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-596-0, $15.95 “One of the first major novels of the [Chicano literature] revival.”—The New York Times
Cuban-American writer Beatriz Rivera serves up another offbeat love story full of oddball
characters in absurd situations. Loosely based on the machinations of New Jersey politicians, Oddsplayer
Joe Rodríguez
the off-the-wall antics of Rivera’s eccentric characters are sure to entertain and amuse.
A Fabricated Mexican In this engrossing novel about the Vietnam war, Anglo, Black and Hispanic soldiers join
Rick P. Rivera forces against a second common enemy, their top sergeant, whose acts of brutality and
1995, 168 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-130-6, $9.95 racism polarize his troops into a deadly conspiracy.
In a series of poignant vignettes, Ricky Coronado takes a journey of self-discovery that “Rodríguez’s narrative . . . reveals terror mingled with the blatant bigotry of the era.”
harkens to the pioneering work of Oscar Zeta Acosta’s Brown Buffalo adventures. Ricky —Publishers Weekly
comes to recognize the painful but rewarding creation of a new self that combines ele-
ments of two ethnic realities. Eldorado in East Harlem
Victor Rodriguez
“This book is at times humorous but generally has an underlying sadness, one that 1992, 156 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-054-5, $9.50
seems both personal and ethnic based. This is a fine story of the struggle for identity.”
—Booklist René, all of seventeen and streetwise, is about to give up on the “American Dream.”
Petty crimes, drug running and ghetto adventures bring him and his gang closer to an
illusory Eldorado. But soon, his daydreams of limousines, fine clothes and finer women
turn into a living nightmare that threatens to end his life and the lives of those he loves.
“A lively, credible evocation of one family’s life in the barrio, caught between nostalgia
for Puerto Rico and dreams of making it big on the mainland.” —Los Angeles Times

FICTION
The Big Bear Verdict in the Desert
Ronald L. Ruiz Patricia Santos Marcantonio
Gabby Garcia has all the cases he can handle, but a new case is about to grab his atten- “A detail-rich novel about an Arizona murder trial, prejudice, and American culture in
tion. In physician Dr. Alan Newsome, a man accused of killing his wife, Garcia sees the the late 1950s. The courtroom scenes feel realistic, and many descriptions are beauti-
ultimate challenge in his long struggle for recognition and worth. fully done. A fine read that lays bare a less-than-glorious side of America’s recent past.
Fans of courtroom dramas will enjoy it as will anyone who enjoys a meaningful story.”
“Ruiz, a practicing California DA, creates a warts-and-all protagonist for his third outing
—Kirkus Reviews
. . . you may not always like Gabby, but you’ll probably find yourself rooting for him.”
—Kirkus Reviews Four Brothers
Giuseppe Rocco Emilio Alberto Sarabia
Ronald L. Ruiz 2015, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-820-6, $17.95
Set in war-torn Mexico and segregated Texas in the early twentieth century, Sarabia’s
Winner, 1998 Premio Aztlán Award debut novel depicts the experiences of many Mexican Americans whose forebears left
Ruiz tells the gripping story of the rise, unification and decline of two American families the chaos and violence of the Mexican Revolution in search of a better life in the US.
named Rocco and Martínez. The result is a subtle recasting of America’s Horatio Alger
myth by an author The Houston Post called “a talented, painstaking and intelligent writer.” Meet Me under the Ceiba
Silvio Sirias
“Ruiz’s sparse narrative is highly effective. Recommended.” —Library Journal
Happy Birthday Jesús Winner, the University of California, Irvine’s Chicano / Latino
Ronald L. Ruiz Literary Prize
2003, 318 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-398-0, $11.95 Through gossip that exposes scandals and misfortunes, Sirias
Happy Birthday Jesús chronicles the creation of a monster: Jesús lovingly portrays the community of La Curva, Nicaragua, in all
Olivas. At eighteen, he marks his coming-of-age with the savage its evil and goodness.
rape of a prostitute and an attack that maims the parish priest “Sirias brings to life a small Nicaraguan town as it reacts to [the]
he both hated and feared. brutal murder of a lesbian . . . A provocative novel that opens up
“Few readers will be able to forget the chilling experiences of a little-known world to its readers.” —Booklist
a forlorn hero who’s destined to take his place . . . in the honor
roll of seminal characters in American literature.” The Cutter
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Virgil Suárez
State of Emergency Julián Campos attempted to leave Cuba, but the Castro regime kept him back at the last
Floyd Salas moment. Now it seems he may have found a way out—but is it impossibly dangerous?
“[A] powerful novel . . . in direct and uncluttered prose.” —Publishers Weekly
Set in the 1960s, this riveting novel follows Roger, a radical professor attempting to
“No lush tropicality, magic realism or pastel prettiness here; Suárez’s novel stands out
write an exposé of government and military endeavors to annihilate dissidents like him.
for its unaccustomed tone.” —Kirkus Reviews
Everywhere he turns, shadows threaten to destroy him both emotionally and physically.
“Mr. Suárez writes in a cold, unornamental, Hemingwayesque style, always straightfor-
“This book is filled with the conflict of passions that rip our world apart every day, but
ward and cinematic.” —The New York Times Book Review
which most of the world is fiercely trying to hide.” —Gerald Nicosia, author of
Memory Babe and Home To War Going Under
What Now My Love Virgil Suárez
Floyd Salas
1994, 162 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-112-2, $9.95 Xavier Cuevas is on the treadmill in blind pursuit of the American Dream. Going
nowhere, going under, Xavier is having trouble keeping step with the frenetic, bicultural
This engrossing page-turner captures the hippy era in California as it charts the flight of
mambo he’s caught up in.
three people—a writer, his girlfriend and a big-time drug dealer—from a San Francisco
drug factory where a plain-clothes policeman has been shot during a narcotics bust. “This smooth, fluid narrative is full of cinematic details. Recommended.”—Library Journal
“Required reading in this genre.” —The New York Times Book Review “An incisive portrait of an immigrant at odds with himself.” —Chicago Tribune
“A brilliant second novel by an indomitable writer.” —Los Angeles Times Havana Thursdays
Virgil Suárez
Under the Bridge: Stories from the Border 1995, 256 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-143-6, $19.95
Bajo el puente: Relatos desde la frontera Bilingu
a The death of the family patriarch shatters the peace of the entire
Rosario Sanmiguel Title l
Torres clan and initiates waves of emotions that reveal unsavory
English translation by John Pluecker
2008, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-514-4, $14.95 realities the family prefers to ignore.
“A quiet but cumulatively affecting story. An insightful portrait
Set on the Texas-Mexico border, the seven stories in this collection interweave the op-
of families, in the shadow of death and exile, behaving with com-
posing themes of solitude and connectedness, longing and privilege, fear and audacity,
mendable grace and compassion.” —Kirkus Reviews
all of which are juxtaposed on the boundary of self-awareness.
“[This] rich, mesmerizing novel celebrates the ties that bind
“This concise but potent collection . . . artfully explores what it means to be a woman of
families together.” —Booklist
any nationality who finds herself caught in the maelstrom of society’s most contentious
and compelling issues.” —Booklist

FICTION
Welcome to the Oasis and Other Stories Return to Arroyo Grande
Virgil Suárez Jesús Salvador Treviño
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 1992 Winner, 2016 American Book Award
The novella and five stories center on life in the United States as seen through the eyes Odd things continue to happen to the characters that renowned author and filmmaker
of a recent arrival from the Mariel boat lift. Jesús Salvador Treviño introduced in his captivating debut, The Fabulous Sinkhole and
“A tightly controlled but affecting exploration of fundamental tensions in a community Other Stories. Weaving magical realism with issues of loss, memory and identity, Jesús
for whom Suárez is becoming an eloquent and promising voice.” —Kirkus Reviews Salvador Treviño once again confirms his place as a powerful storyteller in Chicano—
and American—literature.
Fallen Angels Sing
Omar Torres The Skyscraper that Flew and Other Stories
1991, 140 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-024-8, $9.50 Jesús Salvador Treviño
When a young Cuban exile becomes involved in a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, it
soon becomes evident that he has become a commodity for the propaganda war, which From a crystal skyscraper that mysteriously appears in the middle of a baseball field to a
only leads him on a quest not for political beliefs, but for his own identity. repair shop in town that advertises “We Fix Anything”—including broken hearts—this
collection of stories is the sequel to The Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories.
“The narrator tells his chaotic, turning story with a blend of picaresque humor and
detective-novel suspense and intrigue.” —The Small Press Book Review “The characters, without exception, are compassionately drawn and memorable . . .
this is a book for anyone who enjoys imaginative tales with a positive and humorous
The Accidental Native outlook on the human condition.” —The Tennessean
J. L. Torres “Writing magic realism, like writing science fiction, requires a mind for extrapolation,
2013, 248 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-777-3, $17.95 and Treviño has that gift in spades.” —The Bloomsbury Review
When Rennie’s parents die in a freak accident, he does what they would have wanted
and buries them in Puerto Rico, their homeland. There, he’s shocked to discover that The Nature of Truth
the woman who raised him was not his biological mother. A high-powered attorney, his Sergio Troncoso
birth mother is determined to reclaim the son she gave up many years before.
“Torres captures the conflicts and challenges Puerto Ricans experience when returning to their Sergio Troncoso has penned a suspenseful novel that explores
homeland, but he reaches beyond the specific to the universal, illuminating the lives and feel- right and wrong, good and evil, and the murky borders in
ings of any second-generation American in a similar situation.” —Booklist (Starred Review) between. Ultimately, we are left to ask: what is the nature of
truth?
The Family Terrorist and Other Stories “Impressively lucid first thriller.” —The Chicago Tribune
J. L. Torres
These thought-provoking stories explore machismo, love and even santería.
“A deeply satisfying collection. Sexy, provocative, brave even, Torres gives plenty of El Cóndor and Other Stories / El Cóndor y otros cuentos
space . . . for an exploration of how men construct their identities in relation to the men Sabine Ulibarrí
with whom they interact.” —MultiCultural Review 1988, 228 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-92-7, $9.50
“The stories are easy reading, and certainly enthrall the reader with an interesting as- This bilingual collection of stories set in the Southwestern United States and in South
sortment of characters.” —El Boricua America deals with love and culture conflict in an evolving political and economic
environment in modern-day New Mexico.
Narco “Ulibarrí’s narratives have a freshness to them, a playfulness, reading like bedtime sto-
Everardo Torrez ries a parent might tell a child. The insouciant manner in which they are delivered gives
2003, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-416-1, $12.95 them a personable warmth and charm.” —The Short Story Review
Winner, 2004 Latino Literary Award—Best Adventure Novel
Casualty Report
Nando Flores agrees to lead Xiomara safely to Ciudad Juárez for $100,000. As they Ed Vega
brave rape, mental illness, drug addiction, starvation and the icy cut of the bullets flying 1991, 136 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-034-7, $9.50
at them, Torrez’ characters show every will to survive.
This collection of stories slices through Hispanic life in the city to reveal a richness and
“It would be a mistake to dismiss Narco . . . the book serves up a no-holds-barred diversity of experience.
account of the lives of desperate people trapped in the nightmare of the multi-billion-
dollar narcotics trade.” —Houston Chronicle “Vega’s narrators are rarely sentimental, but their stories betray a deep concern and
love for people living precariously between two worlds. A fine, provocative addition for
The Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories Latino and large general fiction collections.” —Library Journal
Jesús Salvador Treviño
1995, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-129-0, $9.95 A Fire in the Earth
Accelerated Reader Quiz #34992 Marcos McPeek Villatoro
In this collection of short stories by a noted film director and
writer, Treviño gives us an off-beat and, at times, raucous vision This moving novel captures the trials of El Salvador from the late 1800s through the
of life in the barrio. 1930s. Fast-paced yet poetic, this page-turner is a monument to the people of El Salvador.
“Fabulous Sinkhole is a collection of stories set primarily in “El Salvador from 1870 through the 1930s is the setting for this sprawling populist mural
Arroyo Grande, Texas, and each one is connected with the title of a novel. An imaginative testimony on behalf of an entire people.” —Publishers Weekly
story by a theme of accident versus coincidence. All of them
contain lively, accessible language and demonstrate the author’s
very gifted sense for storytelling.” —Booklist (Starred Review)

FICTION
The Holy Spirit of My Uncle’s Cojones Home Again
Marcos McPeek Villatoro Jose Yglesias
It’s the summer of 1978 and sixteen-year-old Antonio “Tony” McCaugh has tried to commit When he moves back to Tampa, Pinpin, a retired novelist, soon finds himself snared in
suicide. Rather than hire an expensive psychologist, Tony’s mother flies him to San Francisco the mire of family politics as he is dragged along on a bizarre and hilarious back-street
so Tony can spend the summer with his womanizing, pot-smoking, peyote-eating Uncle quest on a mission to rescue his misguided young grand-niece.
Jack. Hanging out with Jack, she believes, is guaranteed to shake Tony out of his depression.
The Kill Price
“An excellent choice for public and academic libraries.” —COUNTERPOISE Jose Yglesias
The Moths and Other Stories
Helena María Viramontes Chock full of references to international politics, the arts scene and intimate relation-
1995 (Second Edition), 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1- ships, Yglesias dissects the end of a powerful friendship—between Jack Moreno and his
55885-138-2, $11.95 dying friend Wolf—and the remaking of a man.
Prejudice and the social and economic status of Chicanos form
the backdrop for these stories, but the central theme is the social The Old Gents
and cultural values that shape women’s lives. Jose Yglesias
“A rich, challenging narrative that rewards the reader with
insight to the passions and torments that drive the characters.” It’s the last go-round for Germán Moran, an elderly writer with the courage to stare
—Belles Lettres death in the eye, but who nevertheless bemoans the frailties and indignities of old age.
His rival in the pursuit of a lovely young actress is a handsome, dashing, but insensi-
Brotherhood of Dolphins tive—and also very married—movie producer who happens to be his son. Populated
Ricardo Means Ybarra with lively and unforgettable characters from the New York art and literary scene, this
1997, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-215-0, $12.95 novel entertains and diverts us from the larger underlying, eternal questions about
Pete Escobedo is on the hunt for the arsonist of the Los Angeles Public Library, who death and dying.
may also be responsible for several grisly murders in Southern California. The trail takes “A gently droll valedictory . . . this is a shrewdly written, bittersweet work.”
him to the barrio of his youth, moving dangerously close to his old friend Sylvia, an —Kirkus Reviews
unorthodox Latina firefighter, and to Carmen, the woman he loves. An Orderly Life
“Graphic and vivid descriptions of barrio culture.” —Library Journal Jose Yglesias
“A humdinger of a mystery.” —Booklist
With sharp dialogue and cutting wit, Yglesias offers a scathing
view of a group of friends and their descent from the idealism of
Break-In their youth into the cynicism of middle age.
Jose Yglesias
Ex-Fire Chief Rudy Pardo comes home to find a young black man rifling through
his possessions, bringing out Rudy’s blatant racial prejudices. But as he grapples to
maneuver the scales of justice, he reluctantly allows himself to be drawn into a polarized
relationship with the bright, young burglar, risking the integrity of his fast-held biases.
Tristan and the Hispanics
Jose Yglesias
“A hard-won lesson in race relations and an appealing character study are the distin- 2003, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-362-1, $12.95
guishing features of the absorbing and entertaining latest from the author.”
In the sequel to Yglesias’ comic novel Home Again, Yale freshman Tristan Granados
—Kirkus Reviews (Pointer Book)
is sent by his bourgeois Boston family to Tampa, Florida, to resolve his grandfather’s
Double Double estate as quickly as possible.
Jose Yglesias “A frequently funny and refreshingly down-to-earth novel that continues the story
begun in Yglesias’s last book, Home Again.” —Library Journal
In his fourth novel, Jose Yglesias takes on the iconic images and clichés of the 1960s:
“Mr. Yglesias is a writer of considerable subtlety and perceptiveness, with a strong sense
Black Panthers, third-world guerrilla movements, student riots, “consciousness-raising”
of narrative form.” —The New York Review of Books
through drugs and sex, hippie communes and Flower Power.
“Double Double presents a puzzle for which there are multiple interpretations at the The Truth about Them
same time as it evokes the atmosphere, passions and personages of the historical era.” Jose Yglesias
—MultiCultural Review 1999, 314 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-273-0, $12.95
“A highly original re-creation of an era.” Yglesias focuses on a large Cuban-American clan that plants its roots in Florida in 1890.
—Richard Keenan, Critical Survey of Long Fiction As the narrator, Pini, looks back over their history, he turns for an accounting of “the
truth” to a network of uncles, aunts and cousins who kept the family going through tri-
The Guns in the Closet als of social upheaval, the Great Depression and revolution.
Jose Yglesias
“The beautiful cast of vivid characters, episodic moments and bittersweet comic
warmth make the whole irresistibly appealing. This is Yglesias’ best novel and it’s good
Urbane, ironic, witty and original, these stories are classic Yglesias to have it back.” —Kirkus Reviews
narratives published in The New Yorker and other leading maga-
zines over the course of the last twenty years of his life.
“Yglesias was an accomplished novelist who . . . used the story
form mainly to explore in miniature the themes that supported
the core graceful architecture of his novels.”
—Kirkus Reviews

FICTION
A Wake in Ybor City To the Last Man I Slept with
Jose Yglesias and All the Jerks Just Like Him
1998, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-248-8, $14.95 Gwendolyn Zepeda
Originally published in 1963, this is the thirty-fifth anniversary 2004, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-406-2, $12.95
edition of the classic that brought the author’s name to national Gwendolyn Zepeda’s first book is chock-full of sharp observa-
prominence. With an introduction by the author’s son, Rafael tions in a narrative that jumps from personal essay to a parody
Yglesias, this highly autobiographical novel recounts three days of romance novels to inventive fiction. Weaving her exploration
in the life of a Cuban-American family in 1958 as they are con- of family life, love, the struggle for economic stability and the
fronted by a series of crises. search for a personal creative space, Zepeda’s brash voice cuts at
“An adroit and gifted writer.” —
The New York Times Book Review society’s stereotypes.
“Like its title, this book is often outrageous . . . and will very likely make you laugh out
loud as Zepeda expounds.” —Bust
Women Don’t Need to Write “[A] brutally candid, laugh-out-loud, feminist barrio manifesto.” —San Antonio Current
Raquel Puig Zaldívar
This multi-generational family saga weaves the story of Rosa

Gerach, now looking back on her ninety-fifth birthday. This novel
is a powerful panorama of a woman’s troubled, but ultimately
successful, voyage beyond mere survival to empowerment.
“A sweetly affecting debut novel . . . an unpretentious feminine
tale of love and determination, refreshingly unsentimental.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Puig Zaldívar gives Rosa a voice and pen, and Rosa writes.” —The Miami Herald
EBOOK ONLY
Astucias por heredar un sobrino a un tío The Vaquero in Black and Other Mysterious Folktales
Fermin de Reygadas El vaquero de negro y otras leyendas misteriosas
Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Pedro García-Caro Alonso M. Perales
2015, ISBN: 978-1-61192-699-6, $9.99 2015, ISBN: 978-1-61192-700-9, $9.99
A comedy of family intrigue, Astucias por heredar un sobrino a un tío was the first scripted Witches, phantoms and other spooky creatures inhabit these stories drawn from
play to be performed in the West. This eBook edition makes the play available for the first Mexican-American folklore. Star-crossed lovers mysteriously disappear; old women
time in two centuries and contains an in-depth study of the play’s history, its author and metamorphose into wicked owls; phantoms roam the countryside. This eBook edition
the political and social environment in Alta California when it was written in 1789. contains the original Spanish versions along with the author’s English translation.
The “Calaveras” of Don Moisés Espino del Castillo

Don Moisés Espino del Castillo
Edited by Ellen Riojas Clark and Sandra Galindo
2015, ISBN: 978-1-61192-698-9, $9.99
This collection of “calaveras,” folk poetry in the Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead
celebrations, satirizes public figures, reminding them that their time on earth is limited
despite their fame. This volume also includes background information about this particu-
lar poetic genre, biographical information and interviews with Don Moisés and analysis
of the poetry. No one escaped Espino’s eye, including Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro and
Muhammad Ali! Compiled and edited by University of Texas at San Antonio professor
Ellen Clark, this eBook contains Espino’s complete collection.
These eBooks are available from:

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PIÑATA BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Teaching through Culture Jumping Off to Freedom
Strategies for Reading and Responding to Young Adult Anilú Bernardo
Literature 1996, 200 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-088-0, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
Joan Parker Webster AR Quiz #35023 | ATOS 5.1 | ATOS IL: MG
2002, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-376-8, $16.95 Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 1997
In an increasingly multicultural global community, teachers strive “Survival story fans and readers looking for breathtaking action will not be disappointed.”
to bring more culturally responsive materials to their classrooms. —Booklist
With this trailblazing text, Joan Parker Webster provides instruc-
tors with the basic tools to teach young adults Hispanic literature
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
using tailored methods for implementation. She has chosen exemplary narrative works
Anilú Bernardo
by Anilú Bernardo, Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Floyd Martínez and 1998, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-259-4, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
Tomás Rivera. AR Quiz #34995 | ATOS: 4.7 | ATOS IL: UG | LEXILE: 690L
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2000 and the ALA’s
Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest 2000 YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Alfred Avila
Edited by Kat Avila “A story sure to please many romance readers.” —Booklist
1994, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-107-8, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
“These 21 Mexican folk tales of the ‘new Southwest’ have one thing in common—they
Alicia’s Treasure
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Study G
are uncommonly creepy. Short and punchy, these tales will be easy to book talk, and the Availabuide
1996, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-086-6, $7.95, Ages 8-12 le
relaxed, conversational tone of the text lends itself to reading and telling aloud.” AR Quiz #34990 | ATOS: 3.9 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 620L
—Booklist
“Alicia’s account of her experience brims with the bracing flavors of the beach and the immediacy
Firefly Summer of each moment as it rolls in like a wave and breaks upon her.” —Booklist
Pura Belpré
1997, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-180-1, $9.95, Ages 11 & up Close to the Heart
AR Quiz #35001 | ATOS 5.4 | ATOS IL: MG Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Refer to the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete
description. This fast-paced romance raises interesting issues about one woman’s struggle to have it all
and the complex role of cultural traditions in an ever-changing world.
A Promise to Keep
Mario Bencastro The F Factor
English translation by Susan Giersbach-Rascón Diane Gonzales Bertrand
2005, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-457-4, $9.95, Ages 11 & up 2010, 256 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-598-4, $12.95, Ages 11 & up
AR Quiz #138454 | ATOS: 5.1 | ATOS IL: MG+ | LEXILE: 780L
Teenage Sergio has lived in Los Angeles since the age of six when he immigrated from
Central America with his family. But when his grandfather’s last wish is to be buried Javier Avila has been chosen as his school’s first anchorman for
in his native soil, Sergio goes back to El Salvador on a dangerous mission fraught with televised announcements. A busy honor student, he is afraid to fail
unexpected disasters. publicly. So when everyone watches him on screen, will they see the
face of a fraud?
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Viaje a
la tierra del abuelo. “The fears about success and failure ring true . . . [A] realistically
positive portrayal of a Hispanic community.” —School Library Journal
Can You See Me Now? Lessons of the Game

Estela Bernal Diane Gonzales Bertrand
AR Quiz #35013 | ATOS: 5.4 | ATOS IL: UG
On Amanda’s thirteenth birthday, her father is killed by a drunk
driver and her mother retreats into work, leaving Amanda with her Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2000
grandmother and making her feel as if she has lost both parents. Student teacher Kaylene Morales has a surprise reunion with Alex Garrison, a fellow
instructor. While becoming immersed in enjoyable scenes, readers find themselves pon-
“The quick pace and distinctive characters make for a smooth, well-
dering dilemmas: the conflicts between athletic and academic demands and between
crafted read. Middle grade readers should respond to this tender story
professional duties and personal aspirations.
of learning to connect with others through open eyes and an open heart.”
“The Hispanic setting and characters help fill a void in YA romance.” —Booklist
—Kirkus Reviews
Sweet Fifteen
Fitting In Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Anilú Bernardo 1995, 296 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-133-7, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
2005, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-437-6, $9.95, Ages 11 & up Study G AR Quiz #35004 | ATOS: 5.4 | ATOS IL: UG
Availabuide
AR Quiz #35022 | ATOS: 4.2 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 670L le
Named to the Chicago Public Schools 2001 Recommended Reading List
Winner, 1997 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Recipient, 1997 Skipping Stones A compelling coming-of-age novel unfolds against the backdrop of a traditional quincea-
Honor Award ñera celebration.
This award-winning collection of stories depicts spunky Cuban-American protagonists “Ethnic values are honestly portrayed in this sincere novel. Many admirable virtues are
navigating the uncertain waters of adolescence in Miami. woven throughout the chapters.” —School Library Journal
“The stories do speak with a lively authentic accent about the angst of bicultural, female
adolescence.” —Booklist
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There’s a Name for This Feeling: Stories Emilio
Hay un nombre para lo que siento: Cuentos Julia Mercedes Castilla
Diane Gonzales Bertrand 1999, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-271-6, $9.95, Ages 8-12
AR Quiz #34994 | ATOS: 4.1 | ATOS IL: MG
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
2014, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-784-1, $10.95, Ages 11 & up Named Editor’s Choice, Review of Texas Books; included in the US Department of Educa-
Winner, Writers’ League of Texas’ Middle Grade/Young Adult Discovery Prize tion’s Recommended Reading List
Teens deal with everything from grandparents suffering dementia to difficult customers at Emilio and his family have just come from Central America to Houston, and Emilio
a first job in this collection of short and accessible stories that are alternately amusing and feels out of place. Only when his teacher introduces him to the world of numbers does
he begin to find himself. But there is danger even in that.
poignant.
“This book contains characterizations, story elements and themes that will resonate
“Teens across cultures will relate to the experiences shared in these stories [that] should ap- with immigrant youngsters.” —MultiCultural Review
peal to reluctant tween and teen readers.” —School Library Journal
Strange Parents
Julia Mercedes Castilla
Trino’s Choice 2009, 96 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-590-8, $9.95
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Ages 11 & up
AR Quiz #35007 | ATOS: 4.9 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 780L Twelve-year-old Marisol is on a journey from Mexico to reunite
with her parents in Texas. But she finds herself living with strang-
Named to the 2001-2002 Texas Lone Star Reading List; recipient, ers: a mother and father she barely remembers and a brother who
Austin Writer’s League Teddy Award for Best Children’s Book resents her intrusion in their lives.
Trino Olivares must decide which choices will impress his friends, This intriguing novel for young adults explores an all-too-common
and which are best for him. contemporary issue—children separated from their parents, who are searching for bet-
“This is a dramatic and realistic contemporary novel, in the tradition ter lives and more opportunities.
of Frank Bonham’s Durango Street and Walter Dean Myers’ Scorpions.” —Booklist
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Quesadilla Moon
El dilema de Trino. Gary Castillo
Trino’s Time As a young migrant worker, David daydreams of becoming a singer. When he learns
Diane Gonzales Bertrand about a competition at a local church, he finds the courage to go. Will the people who
2001, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-317-1, $9.95, Ages 11 & up believe in him help David overcome the obstacles he faces?
AR Quiz #54653 | ATOS: 4.8 | ATOS IL: UG | LEXILE: 710L
“Readers will appreciate David’s struggles and see racism with new eyes. David’s tri-
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books For The Teen Age 2002; The Latino Liter- umphs will warm hearts as he reconciles with both family and talent.”
ary Hall of Fame for Best Young Adult Fiction —MultiCultural Review
In the sequel to Trino’s Choice, Trino finds himself even more alone and must learn that
there are times in a man’s life when he has to help himself. The Cholo Tree
“This story has high interest and a quick pace with realistic dialogue, including suitably Daniel Chacón
placed Spanish words and phrases. Characters are likeable and carefully drawn . . . [a] Ages 14 & up
well-written sequel.” —School Library Journal Lexile: HL700L
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, El
momento de Trino.
“Told in chunks spanning four years, this is a Bildungsroman with
a voice reminiscent of Sherman Alexie or Walter Dean Myers,
Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales gritty but with a sense of humor. The plot will appeal to reluc-
Viola Canales tant readers, but Victor’s struggle to be taken seriously and define himself without
2001, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-332-4, $9.95, Ages 11 & up adult input is a teen experience with which a wide range of readers will identify.”
AR Quiz #60440 | ATOS: 6.1 | ATOS IL: MG —The Horn Book
In these coming-of-age stories, Canales introduces the reader to the cultural traditions
of a border community: homage to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the celebration of the day Riding Low on the Streets of Gold
of the three Magi and a carousel of unique saints. Latino Literature for Young Adults
“Cultural traditions come alive in the stories.” —
Hispanic Edited by Judith Ortiz Cofer
This beautiful collection gathers a wealth of stories and poems

Desert Passage that are studded with the challenges of negotiating identity and
P.S. Carrillo learning to love the bodies and worlds in which young adults find
2008, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-517-5, $10.95, Ages 11 & up themselves.
AR Quiz #127758 | ATOS: 5.7 | ATOS IL: MG+
“[A] vibrant collection . . . Teens of all cultural backgrounds will
On a journey across the desert to join their family in New Mexico, cousins Miguel and find much to connect with and contemplate in these rich offerings.” —Booklist
Ramón confront danger on remote highways, but also find themselves on a voyage of
self-discovery. They encounter people and places that help them understand the endless
possibilities their futures hold.
“Definitely a ‘guy book’ with a strong male-bonding subtext that should appeal to boys,
who will enjoy Ramón and Miguel’s desert adventures.” —Kirkus Reviews

Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance You Don’t Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens
of a Puerto Rican Childhood Edited by Sarah Cortez
Judith Ortiz Cofer Introduction by James Blasingame
AR Quiz #20913 | ATOS: 7.2 | ATOS Spanish: 7.2 | ATOS IL: UG AR Quiz #144734 | ATOS: 5.1 | ATOS IL: UG
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age Finalist, 2012 International Latino Book Award
1991; Recipient, PEN-Martha Albrand Special Citation in Nonfiction;
The teens featured in these stories deal with situations typical to all young adults,
and Recipient, 1990 Pushcart Prize
including first sexual encounters, problems with family and friends, academic and
Cofer’s award-winning collection of prose recalls her childhood personal aspirations. But they also deal with every kind of thrilling situation imagin-
spent shuttling between the island of her birth and New Jersey. able. Authors include Mario Acevedo, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Diana López, and Manuel
Ramos.
“For young readers, this is a delightful, thoughtful assessment of bicultural, bilingual
life.” —Booklist “This excellent collection gives faces to Latino teens in a most original way.”
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Bailando —Booklist (Starred Review)
en silencio: Escenas de una niñez puertorriqueña. “Cortez complements her adult level Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (2009) with
18 new tales featuring teen characters and concerns. Overall, a consistent, well-crafted
collection.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Year of Our Revolution
Judith Ortiz Cofer Dennis Chávez: The First Hispanic US Senator
1998, 116 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-224-2, $16.95, Ages 11 & up El primer senador hispano de los Estados Unidos
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 1999; recipient, 1999 Cissie Coy
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
This landmark collection of poetry, fiction, fable and essay presents a kaleidoscopic vi- Lexile: 880L | Lexile Spanish: 820L
sion of growing up as seen through the eyes of young women.
“Sophisticated and lyrical . . . it will also be a wonderful reading experience for literate
teens able to savor the author’s use of language.” —Booklist “This biography written by Chávez’s granddaughter, bound together with Baeza
Ventura’s Spanish translation of it, will be particularly welcome in these challenging
“For mature teenagers there is wisdom aplenty in this radiant collection.” times. The historically notable achievements of this great but nearly forgotten American
—Publishers Weekly qualify this title as a must-read.” —Kirkus Reviews
El año de nuestra revolución: Cuentos y poemas. Border Crossing
Maria Colleen Cruz
The Tall Mexican: The Life of Hank Aguirre,
All-Star Pitcher, Businessman, Humanitarian An extraordinary find in her grandmother’s room propels Ceci on an odyssey that leads
Bob Copley her on the trail of discovery.
AR Quiz #31172 | ATOS: 8.2 | ATOS IL: UG “The story of her journey is well-told and rich with fine descriptive detail.”
With 16 pages of photos, glossary and index —Houston Chronicle
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 1999 “[Ceci’s] first-person contemporary narrative is also fast, funny and touching, and her
search for family roots and her discovery of what her dad wants to forget . . . will spark
Hank Aguirre had a vibrant major-league career that ran from 1955 to 1971. Upon discussion.” —Booklist
retiring from the game, he founded a multimillion-dollar auto-accessories company, em-
ploying more than a thousand people and bringing renewed hope to inner-city Detroit.
“Descriptions of the subject’s childhood are rich in detail and the baseball highlights . . . The Ice Dove and Other Stories
give a vivid sense of the game during the 1960s.” —Booklist Diane de Anda
1997, 64 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-189-4, $7.95, Ages 8-12
Windows into My World: Latino Youth Write Their Lives This poignant collection of stories celebrates the importance of
Edited by Sarah Cortez each person’s unique talents. The young protagonists gain the
Introduction by Virgil Suárez respect of others by sharing the fruits of their individuality.
“In four strongly upbeat stories, Hispanic American children find
Recipient, 2008 Skipping Stones Honor Award strength in their loving extended families . . . children will enjoy the
“Cortez’s collection of essays evokes powerful images of a segment of society struggling warm celebration of cultures.” —Booklist
to find its place despite language barriers, cultural differences and historical challenges.
It should be a must-read book in every high school senior-level English class due to its The Immortal Rooster and Other Stories
thought provoking subject matter.” Diane de Anda
—San Antonio Express-News 1999, 72 pages, Trade Paperback , ISBN: 978-1-55885-278-5, $9.95, Ages 8-12
“This collection illuminates both the familiar coming-of-age experiences that transcend
cultural differences and the moments that are unique to Latinos in the States.” The title story of this collection is a tale of nature in conflict with modern surroundings.
—School Library Journal All of de Anda’s tales, in fact, are parables of pain and joy, disappointment and celebra-
tion.
“Young characters bask in the warmth of family and community; they grow in beauty
and confidence with love and careful nurturing that they receive.”
Pillars of Gold and Silver The Making of a Civil Rights Leader
Beatriz de la Garza José Angel Gutiérrez
1997, 264 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-206-8, $9.95 Foreword by Henry A. J. Ramos
Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #34998 | ATOS: 6.3 | ATOS IL: MG 2005, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-451-2, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age
Refer to the Hispanic Civil Rights Series section for a complete description.
1999
After the death of her father, Blanca Estela and her mother spend We Won’t Back Down: Severita Lara’s
the summer in Revilla, an old town in northern Mexico where Rise from Student Leader to Mayor
Blanca’s grandmother lives. José Angel Gutiérrez
Foreword by Henry A. J. Ramos
“A quiet novel of place . . . [it] offers readers the opportunity to experience Hispanic 2005, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-459-8, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
culture and family love.” —Houston Chronicle
Don’t Spit On My Corner Lorenzo and the Turncoat

Mike Durán Lila Guzmán and Rick Guzmán
AR Quiz #35019 | ATOS: 5.3 | ATOS IL: UG LEXILE: 630L | ATOS IL: LG
This is a fresh new version of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks—East L.A. in Lorenzo’s latest adventure finds him living and working in New
Durán’s case. Durán has been able to preserve and communicate the particular language, Orleans and planning a future with his fiancée. But when she is
motivation and pride of youth headed in the direction of social and psychological harm. kidnapped, Lorenzo joins the Spanish Army to attack the Red Coats
in Baton Rouge.
Chicken Foot Farm “Historical characters and settings are mixed in for an exciting, as
Anne Estevis well as educational read.”
2008, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-505-2, $10.95, Ages 11 & up —Today’s Catholic
AR Quiz #123847 | ATOS: 5.1 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 810L
Lorenzo’s Revolutionary Quest
Finalist, Texas Institute of Letters 2008 Literary Awards Lila Guzmán and Rick Guzmán
2003, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-392-8, $9.95, Ages 11 & up, LEXILE: 680L
In these poignant images of a time and place long gone, Estevis sketches a tight-knit,
Mexican-American community on the cusp of a new way of life as tractors replace
“[An] exciting sequel to Lorenzo’s Secret Mission . . . Espionage, romance and mystery
mules and science competes with superstitious beliefs.
enhance the account of possible events in the Revolutionary War.”
“Estevis’s delightful book isn’t only for young people; it’s a gift for families to share.”
—School Library Journal
Lorenzo’s Secret Mission
From Amigos to Friends Lila Guzmán and Rick Guzmán
Pelayo “Pete” Garcia AR Quiz #60436 | ATOS: 4.8 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 690L
Second Place Winner, 2003 Arizona Literary Contest and Book Awards
This poignant tale charts the rude awakening from innocence and leisure experienced
by a group of boys at the outset of the Cuban Revolution. Fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Bannister joins a flatboat operation delivering supplies to
George Washington’s army, leading from the docks of New Orleans to the battlefields of
the American Revolution.
“Highly recommended for its sweeping narrative, its realistic and energetic style and its
Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys unexpected and somewhat startling conclusion.”
Xavier Garza —School Library Journal
The stories in this collection curdle with the creepy and crawling characters of tradi- Across the Great River
tional folklore. Irene Beltrán Hernández
“Adults should seize this opportunity for families to come together in the spirit of good AR Quiz #34991 | ATOS: 4.3 | ATOS IL: MG
old-fashioned storytelling.” —El Paso Times
“The story is an affecting coming-of-age tale.” —Booklist
Heartbeat Drumbeat
A So-Called Vacation Irene Beltrán Hernández
Genaro González 1992, 134 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-052-1, $9.50, Ages 11 & up
Finalist, 1993 Benjamin Franklin Award
Two brothers are horrified when their father suggests that they spend the summer in
This story set in the multicultural American Southwest is rich in descriptions of Native-
California doing field work for extra money. It’s only when a trip to Disneyland is of-
American and Mexican coming-of-age rituals.
fered that they ultimately agree to the “vacation.”
“This breakthrough novel offers a realistic view of the contemporary migrant scene,
along with complex truths about race and class.” —Booklist

The Secret of Two Brothers Call Me Consuelo
Irene Beltrán Hernández Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
1995, 184 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-142-9, $9.95, Ages 11 & up 1997, 152 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-187-0, $9.95, Ages 8-12
AR Quiz #35014 | ATOS: 5.1 | ATOS IL: UG AR Quiz #35009 | ATOS English 3.7 | ATOS IL: MG
Nominated to the ALA’s Annual List of Recommended Reading for Reluctant Young Adult Named to the 1999 Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Master List and The New York
Readers, Quick Picks 1997 Public Library’s Books For The Teen Age 1999
In a poor Hispanic neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, two brothers fight to survive. Intrigue and danger weave a web around young Consuelo as she is thrust into a new life
“This book should find a wide audience, including reluctant readers.” —Booklist in unfamiliar surroundings and a mystery that begs to be resolved.
“A satisfying adventure story for all young people.” —School Library Journal
The Throwaway Piece
Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández The Girl from Playa Blanca
Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
AR Quiz #108531 | ATOS: 4 | ATOS IL: UG 1995, 264 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-149-8, $12.95, Ages 11 & up
Winner, 2007 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Named to The New York Public AR Quiz #35020 | ATOS: 4.4 | ATOS IL: MG
Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007; Winner, University of California, Irvine’s Chicano Elena and her little brother leave their Mexican seaside village to find their father, who
/ Latino Literary Prize has suddenly disappeared in the masses of immigrants attempting to make a living in
Jewel wasn’t always a “state kid,” but her mother sends her away to please her latest Los Angeles.
boyfriend. When Jewel’s life takes a turn for the better, she must choose between taking “It’s hard to imagine a teen who wouldn’t enjoy this and that’s significant because all the
care of her mother and doing what’s best for herself. major players are Hispanic . . . Enough aspects of Elena’s Mexican culture are interwoven
“This [novel] will become one that passes from hand to hand among teen girls.” with the action to provide enlightenment.” —Booklist
—KLIATT
A Good Place for Maggie
“Characters are candidly depicted in intimate and private moments . . . The author Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
builds suspense . . . [it] is satisfying in its conclusion.” 2002, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-372-0, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
—School Library Journal AR Quiz #65347 | ATOS: 4.1 | ATOS IL: UG
White Bread Competition When Maggie hopes to reconnect with the memories of her late father during a visit
Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández with her grandfather, she is drawn into a battle over the progress that she detests and
1997, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-210-5, $9.95, Ages 11 & up the pitfalls of life in an isolated town. Soon, Maggie begins to question her own need to
AR Quiz #35005 | ATOS: 4.4 | ATOS IL: MG escape the problems she has left in Los Angeles.
Commended Title, 1997 Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, and “This novel portrays a group of teens who work to change the world around them . . .
Second Place, University of California, Irvine’s Chicano/Latino Literary Prize—Best Collec- this is an enjoyable read.” —School Library Journal
tion of Short Stories
The picturesque city of San Antonio, Texas, with its rich Mexican-American culture, Leticia’s Secret
provides the ideal backdrop for the linked stories in this collection about a young girl Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
—the first Latina—to win her school’s spelling bee. AR Quiz #34989 | ATOS: 3.7 | ATOS IL: MG
Fat No More: A Teenager’s Victory over Obesity This intriguing, fast-paced novel traces the blossoming relationship between young
Alberto Hidalgo-Robert Rosario Silva and her enigmatic cousin Leticia. As Rosario and Leticia begin to share
ATOS Quiz #155077 | ATOS 5.9 | ATOS IL: UG | LEXILE: 790L
more and more, Rosario learns her cousin’s shocking secret.
Included in Bank Street College of Education’s 2013 Best Children’s Books of the Year Looking for La Única
“A timely account of a teen’s success in losing weight and improving his health. An hon- 2004, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-412-3, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
est, emotional and realistic personal narrative. A good choice for self-help reading or as
a discussion book, this is a worthy motivational resource.” —School Library Journal While visiting a local guitar shop, Monica overhears a heated argument between a father
and son. They have lost La Única, a precious family heirloom, and Monica is the chief
Bloodline suspect. In this, the sequel to The Summer of El Pintor, Lachtman once again serves up an
Joe Jiménez engaging mystery with a slice of teenage life.
Ages 13 & up, LEXILE: 950L The Summer of El Pintor
High school student Abraham struggles with a deep-seated rage, Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
his family’s refusal to talk about the violence that has plagued it and AR Quiz #54651 | ATOS: 4.7 | ATOS IL: UG
what it means to be a man. Does a boy need a father to become a
good man? Is it in his DNA to be bad? When Monica discovers a mysterious letter, she is drawn into a web of questions sur-
rounding the disappearance of her neighbor, El Pintor. Monica soon believes the man
holds the secret to her mother’s past.
“Jiménez explores shades of manhood and all it entails with a deft, poetic hand.”
—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) “Fast-paced, poignant and vivid, with an appealing romantic side plot, this uplifting
novel is sure to captivate readers looking for a swift, satisfying pleasure read.”
—Booklist
The Trouble with Tessa Nilda
Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Nicholasa Mohr
2005, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-448-2, $9.95, Ages 8-12 2011, 259 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-696-7, $12.95
AR Quiz #88862 | ATOS: 4.1 | ATOS IL: LG Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #35021 | ATOS: 4.5 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 660L
Convinced that she has a magic touch, Tessa sets off to resolve the problems in her Named Outstanding Book of the Year by The New York Times Book
life. But when she casts a spell that she wishes she could take back, Tessa fears that her Review and Best Book of 1973 by the American Library Association
“secret powers” are spinning out of control.
Nicholasa Mohr’s classic novel about life as an immigrant in New
“This book features a likable, spunky heroine of Mexican descent who is surrounded by York City offers a poignant look at one young girl’s experiences. Is-
a well-drawn cast of family and friends.” —Kirkus Reviews sues of race, religion and machismo are realistically and movingly de-
picted in this groundbreaking coming-of-age novel that was one of the first by a Latina
author to be hailed by the mainstream media.
The Truth about Las Mariposas
Ofelia Dumas Lachtman “What makes the book remarkable is the richness of detail and the aching sense of a
2007, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-494-9, $9.95 child’s feelings. Sad, funny, fascinating and honest, it will appeal to adults as well as chil-
Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #143658 | ATOS: 4.6 | ATOS IL: MG| LEXILE: 700L dren.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Staying true to the young Latina’s viewpoint, the story offers a
lively mix of work, friendship, family and romance that add texture
My Own True Name
to the gripping, surprising mystery.”
New and Selected Poems for Young Adults, 1984-1999
—Booklist
Pat Mora
Line drawings by Anthony Accardo
Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #47265 | ATOS: 5.9 | ATOS IL: UG
The Orlando Cepeda Story Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age
Bruce Markusen 2001 and the Texas Library Association’s 2000-2001 Tayshas High
2001, 146 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-333-1, $16.95, Ages 11 & up
AR Quiz #58069 | ATOS 7 | ATOS IL: UG School Reading List
Tracing Cepeda’s rise to fame, his plummet to prison, and his election to the Hall of Using the cactus plant as her metaphor for existence, Pat Mora has
Fame, Markusen offers a compelling portrait of an outstanding player. selected poems for young adults grouped into “Blooms,” “Thorns” and “Roots.”
“[This is] the bittersweet tale of the slugging Giants and Cardinals first baseman, whose “The rich, symbolic imagery, raw emotion and honesty will appeal to mature teens.”
brilliant career became tainted by a series of legal problems that kept him out of the —Booklist
Hall of Fame for years.” —USA Today “She has chosen poems with themes that are accessible to, yet challenging for teens.”
“It should appeal to sports fans and might provide food for thought for young readers.” —School Library Journal
—VOYA
The Ghostly Rider and Other Chilling Stories
Hernán Moreno-Hinojosa
Versos sencillos / Simple Verses 2003, 96 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-400-0, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
José Martí Moreno-Hinojosa threads together timeless cuentos viejos, stories told by the fire before
English translation by Manuel A. Tellechea the television captured imaginations in visual images. These chilling tales transport the
reader to another place and time, when shadows drifted across an unlit countryside.
Refer to the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete
description. “The Ghostly Rider has something to scare everyone. It’s sure to be a favorite among
middle-graders, who love to scare themselves and each other at sleepovers and camp
Spirits of the High Mesa outs.” —Heartland Reviews
Floyd Martínez
1997, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-198-6, $9.95, Ages 11 & up Julian Nava: My Mexican-American Journey
AR Quiz #35010 | ATOS: 5.1 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 740L Julian Nava
Honor Book, 1998 Pura Belpré Award, and Commended Title, 1997 Américas Award for Foreword by Henry A. J. Ramos
Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Nava’s autobiography traces his experiences on the front-lines of
“The story is one that could be told about almost any part of rural America—the bless-
urban education and politics while simultaneously building a success-
ing and the curse of being opened to the world with the coming of electrification, roads
ful career as a university professor celebrated throughout the United
and industry.” —Houston Chronicle
States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Spain.
In Nueva York
Nicholasa Mohr
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Winner, School Library Journal’s 1977 Best Book for Young Adults; Winner, 1977 Notable
Trade Book Award www.artepublicopress.com/educational-resources
“A collection of short, interlocking stories that depicts, vividly, sympathetically and with for information on teacher guides, leveling information,
wry good humor, life in one of New York City’s Puerto Rican communities.”
—The New York Times Book Review thematic sets and audiobooks!
“These moving, interconnected stories . . . mix humor and pathos in depicting the lives
of Puerto Rican-Americans on New York’s poverty stricken Lower East Side. Mohr’s
characters are warm and believable.” —School Library Journal

Evangelina Takes Flight
A Fighting Chance
Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Diana J. Noble 2015, 256 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-818-3, $10.95, Ages 11 & up
2017, 152 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-848-0, $10.95 LEXILE: 810L
Ages 11-14, LEXILE: 730L
Named a Junior Library Guild selection; Winner, 2018 Tejas Foco “In this contemporary story, two California teens from different social classes and ethnicities fall
YA Fiction Award; Winner, 2017 June Franklin Naylor Award for the in love and struggle with the complications that arise. Mexican American Miguel, 18, lives in a
Best Book for Children; Included in Southwest Books of the Year 2017; poor Latino barrio and he is dating Britney, 16, a rich girl from Pebble Beach. The ghostly pres-
Runner-up, Texas Institute of Letters’ HEB Award for Best Young Adult
Book; Recipient of a 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award; Named to ence of Miguel’s dead great-grandmother adds a bit of magical realism to this Rocky-meets-Ro-
HISD’s Name That Book list for middle grades meo and Juliet tale, and the Spanish phrases used throughout lend authenticity. This is a story
“Using the first person with Spanish sprinkled throughout, Noble propels filled with diverse characters and a realistic but hopeful ending.” —Booklist
the novel with vivid imagery and lovely prose, successfully guiding readers behind an immi-
grant family’s lens. Loosely based on Noble’s own grandmother’s story, this debut hits awfully Feminist and Abolitionist: The Story of Emilia Casanova
close to home in the current anti-immigrant political climate.” —Kirkus Reviews Virginia Sánchez-Korrol
. . . y no se lo tragó la tierra Raised in an elite, slave-holding Cuban family, Emilia Casanova spent most of her life fighting
Tomás Rivera for Cuba’s freedom from Spain and the black man’s freedom from servitude.
1996, 120 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-151-1, $7.95, Ages 11 & up Spanish
AR Quiz #20912 | ATOS Spanish: 4.8 | ATOS IL: UG Title Refer to the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete
description.
This classic novel in the original Spanish is about a Mexican-American family’s life as migrant
workers during the 1950s, as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
The Witches of Ruidoso
Refer to Fiction section for information on the new bilingual John Sandoval
edition, . . . y no se lo tragó la tierra / . . . And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. 2013, 108 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-766-7, $12.95, Ages 14 & up
LEXILE: 1010L
A mystical coming-of-age novel for young adults that’s set in a time and place long gone.
¡Aplauso! Hispanic Children’s Theater
Edited by Joe Rosenberg “Elegiac, elegant and understated, Sandoval’s short novel about a boy’s first love, set in the
1995 (Second Edition), 276 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-127-6, $12.95, Ages 11 & up 1890s in Ruidoso, New Mexico, is a beauty to behold.” —Mamiverse
This noted director of the award-winning Bilingual Theater has collected a selection of
Roll Over, Big Toben
successfully staged and critically acclaimed Hispanic plays for children in English, Span-
Victor Sandoval
ish and bilingual formats. 2003, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-401-7, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
Dancing with the Devil and Other Tales from Beyond After the death of his father, David’s life in Little Arroyo becomes a struggle as he is
Bailando con el diablo y otros cuentos del más allá forced to decide between his loyalty to his gang and his own future.
René Saldaña, Jr. “One hopes Sandoval’s overriding message resonates far and wide.”
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Bilingu
a —Washington Post Book World
2012, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-744-5, $9.95, Ages 11 & up Title l
LEXILE: 810L | LEXILE Spanish: 750L
Hispanic, Female and Young: An Anthology
“Saldaña faithfully gives new life to the spooky folklore of the South and makes the tales Edited by Phyllis Tashlik
fresh for today’s adolescent readers.” 1994, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-080-4, $14.95, Ages 11 & up
—Booklist Named to the American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services Association’s
A Good Long Way 1995 Quick Picks for Young Adults and The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen
René Saldaña, Jr. Age 1995
2010, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-607-3, $10.95 “While their work speaks directly to those who share this culture, this collection show-
Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #142332 | ATOS: 5 | ATOS IL: UG | LEXILE: 780L
cases works that both encompass and transcend ethnicity.” —Booklist
Finalist, 2011 PEN Center Award; Honorable Mention, Foreword
Reviews’ 2010 Book of the Year Award; Finalist, Texas Institute of
Alamo Wars
Letters Award, Young Adult Book; Honor Book, 2011 Paterson Prize
Ray Villareal
for Books for Young People 2008, 194 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-513-7, $10.95
“A beautiful novel about a day in the lives of working class families. Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #123846 | ATOS: 4.4 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 650L
This is an important and honest work of art.” “Villareal takes on several important themes including illegal immi-
—Matt de la Peña, author of We Were Here gration, bullying, parent / teacher relationships and bilingualism.
Ultimately, many of the characters—and readers—learn that there
can be more than one truth, more than one point of view.”
The Almost Murder and Other Stories
Theresa Saldaña
“This collection of introspective stories offers a glimpse into the lives of young, urban Body Slammed!
Latinas. Tackling topics such as alcoholism, domestic violence and obesity, each story Ray Villareal
manages to be realistic and hopeful.” —Kirkus Reviews ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 730L
“Villareal tells a taut and believeable story about a young man’s coming-of-age and the
choices he must make. The material about professional wrestling will be of special inter-
est to boy readers.” —Booklist
Don’t Call Me Hero  Who’s Buried in the Garden?
Ray Villareal Ray Villareal
2011, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-711-7, $10.95 2009, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-546-5, $10.95, Ages 11 & up
Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #148164 | ATOS: 4.6 | ATOS IL: MG+ AR Quiz # 131605 | ATOS: 4.1 | ATOS IL: MG | LEXILE: 630L
“Rawly learns who his real friends are and the difference between Winner, Los Angeles USD’s Westchester Fiction Award; Finalist, Foreword Reviews’ 2010
comic-book and real-world heroes. A good story with some unex- Book of the Year Award
pected twists.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This story of three Latino boys with Stephen King-ish imaginations ought to find a
wide audience.” —Kirkus Reviews
My Father, the Angel of Death Walking Stars

Ray Villareal
2006, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-466-6, $9.95, Ages 11 & up Victor Villaseñor
AR Quiz #110738 | ATOS: 5 | ATOS IL: MG+ | LEXILE: 750L 2003, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-394-2, $10.95
Ages 11 & up, AR Quiz #35002 | ATOS: 5.6 | ATOS IL: UG | LEXILE: 980L
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007
“This wonderfully moving novel alternates between humor, tenderness, and insight These stories brim with a cast of extraordinary characters who are
about what it means and takes to become a man.” —KLIATT able to affect change in their lives and the world around them by
relying on their bravery, strength and faith in themselves.
“Its appeal to its intended audience should be a smack-down.”
—School Library Journal “Legend and fact coexist happily in this spiritually rich collection of
stories . . . this literary collage is both original and moving.”
On the Other Side of the Bridge —Publishers Weekly
Ray Villareal Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, Estrellas
2014, 227 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-802-2, $11.95, Ages 11 & up, LEXILE: 810L peregrinas: Cuentos de magia y poder.
“Villareal paints a believable picture of what can happen to a family when a crisis hits and how
such events can ripple throughout every aspect of an adolescent’s life.”
—Kirkus Reviews
THE MICKEY RANGEL MYSTERY SERIES / COLECCIÓN MICKEY RANGEL, DETECTIVE PRIVADO
René Saldaña, Jr.
The Mystery of the Mischievous Marker The Lemon Tree Caper / La intriga del limonero
El misterio del malvado marcador Spanish translation by Natalia Rosales-Yeomans
Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel 2011, 96 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-709-4, $9.95, Ages 8-12
2013, 76 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-776-6, $9.95, Ages 8-12 AR Quiz #150745 | ATOS: 5.5 | ATOS Spanish: 5.8 | ATOS IL: MG
AR Quiz #163966 | ATOS: 4.9 | ATOS Spanish: 4.5 | ATOS IL: MG LEXILE: 950L | LEXILE Spanish: 910L
Mickey Rangel, kid detective extraordinaire, has another mystery
“Mickey is a great kid private eye in the tradition of Encyclopedia to solve. His neighbor, Señorita Andrade, has been robbed of her
Brown and the Three Investigators. Saldaña cleverly inserts some prize-winning lemons!
lessons about spelling and grammar into the fast-moving plot, which “This brisk novella in English and Spanish offers two nifty who
revolves around the fact that the graffiti-writer can’t spell. This is ideal dunits for young mystery lovers.” —Kirkus Reviews
for reluctant readers.” —School Library Journal
The Case of the Pen Gone Missing A Mystery Bigger than Big
Un misterio más grande que grandísimo
El caso de la pluma perdida Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel
Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel 2016, 64 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-824-4, $9.95, Ages 8-12
2009, 80 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-555-7, $9.95, Ages 8-12 LEXILE: 610L | LEXILE Spanish: 570L
AR Quiz #134033 | ATOS: 4.7 | ATOS Spanish: 4.9 | ATOS IL: MG
LEXILE: 770L | LEXILE Spanish: 710L Named to the 2017-2018 Tejas Star Reading List
Named to the 2010-2011 Tejas Star Reading List The fourth installment in the Mickey Rangel Mystery series
“[The] well-crafted translation into Spanish maintains the suspense explores the contemporary issue of immigration from a young
and humor of the original English, narrated by Mickey in fine, person’s perspective.
hard-boiled style.” —Kirkus Reviews “VERDICT: Kids will enjoy this solid addition. Recommended,
especially for public libraries with bilingual collections.”
Refer to the New Titles section for information on the fifth installment of the
Mickey Rangel Mystery Series, The Curse of the Bully’s Wrath / La maldición de la ira del abusón
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BILINGUAL “FLIP” BOOKS FOR MIDDLE READERS
The Ruiz Street Kids A School Named for Someone Like Me
Los muchachos de la calle Ruiz Una escuela con un nombre como el mío
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Diana Dávila-Martínez
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Recipient, 2007 Skipping Stones Honor Award; Named to the 2007-2008 Tejas This is the story of how the Jaime Dávila Elementary School received its
Star Reading List; and Winner, 2007 Int’l Latino Book Award—Best YA Fiction name, weaving Jaime’s accomplishments with anecdotes that demonstrate
Filled with humor and mystery, the Ruiz Street kids’ adventures unfold as rich family traditions and his desire to help the Hispanic community.
they try to understand the peculiar new kid on the block named David. “This inspiring biography is clearly and succinctly told.” —School Library Journal
“This book . . . offers humor and entertainment while subtly teaching valuable 2001, 72 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-334-8, $7.95, Ages 8-12
lessons about gossiping, bullying, getting along and not judging others too AR Quiz #1207101 | ATOS: 6.1 | ATOS IL: MG
quickly.” —Review of Texas Books
2006, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-321-8, $9.95, Ages 8-12 The Monster in the Mattress and Other Stories
AR Quiz #113860 | ATOS: 3.7 | ATOS Spanish: 3.8 | ATOS IL: MG El monstruo en el colchón y otros cuentos
Diane de Anda
Upside Down and Backwards / De cabeza y al revés Spanish translation by Josué Gutiérrez-González
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Named to the 2012-2013 Tejas Star Reading List; Finalist, 2012 Latino Book Award
Spanish translation by Karina Hernández
Children take the lead in these amusing and entertaining stories as they try
Special Recognition, 2005 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People to solve mystifying puzzles that occur in daily activities. Accompanied by line
These spunky stories bubble with fresh and feisty young characters, and their drawings, the conundrums are sure to grab the interest of early readers.
adventures carry all the struggles of childhood.
“[This is] for reluctant readers in need of clear, basic narrative structure . . . as well as
“Young readers will identify with the humorous tales of family life that cel- language learners who would embrace the option of flipping back and forth between the
ebrate strong relationships . . . a book worth picking up.” —Today’s Catholic English and Spanish versions.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
2004, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-408-6, $9.95, Ages 8-12 2011, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-693-6, $9.95, Ages 6-9
Animal Jamboree: Latino Folktales

La fiesta de los animales: leyendas latinas Mi sueño de América / My American Dream
Judith Ortiz Cofer Yuliana Gallegos
Spanish translation by Natalia Rosales-Yeomans English translation by Georgina Baeza
Named to the 2012-2013 Tejas Star Reading List Winner, 2008 Int’l Latino Book Award—Best Young Adult Nonfiction-Bilingual
An assortment of animals parade through these entertaining tales. In “A “Teachers and children who may have immigrants in their classrooms will
Funeral for Nangato,” a village of naïve, proverb-quoting mice decide to bury learn what a difference one caring person can make to any newcomer . . .
their enemy, the cat Nangato, who deserves a proper funeral because one Recommended for all schools and libraries.” —Críticas
should “be good to those who treat you badly.” But just because all the mice 2007, 64 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-534-2, $9.95, Ages 8-12
say Nangato is dead doesn’t mean he is! AR Quiz #120117 | ATOS: 4 | ATOS IL: MG
Adapted by celebrated author Judith Ortiz Cofer, these Puerto Rican folktales
will delight young readers. Available in both English and Spanish, these sto- My Migrant Family Story / La historia de mi familia migrante
ries share lessons that will appeal to kids who enjoy animals and storytelling. Lilia García
2012, 80 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-743-8, $9.95, Ages 8-12 In this bilingual collection of short vignettes, García remembers her family’s life
AR Quiz #156454 | ATOS: 5.2 | ATOS Spanish: 5.7 | ATOS IL: LG as migrant workers in the 1970s. Every year, they packed their red, Ford pick-up
and left McAllen, Texas. And every spring, Lilia García had to leave school
A Mummy in Her Backpack / Una momia en su mochila early to go north with her family. She was too young to work in the fields, so her
James Luna mother and teenage brother enrolled her in the local school where she was the
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura only Spanish-speaking child. This bilingual memoir for intermediate readers
Named to the 2013-2014 Tejas Star Reading List about a family’s migrant worker experience highlights strong family bonds.
When Flor returns from her family vacation in Mexico, she’s shocked to find “Together, these vignettes paint a realistic picture of this migrant family’s life, and the
a mummy in her backpack! Rafa, a mummy from the famous museum in strength they drew from their love for one another to overcome life’s obstacles.”
Guanajuato, hitched a ride to the United States. —Mamiverse
But when Rafa realizes it’s almost the Day of the Dead, he longs to return 2013, 44 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-780-3, $9.95, Ages 8-12
home. Can she get him there in time for the annual celebration honoring
deceased loved ones? Rattling Chains and Other Stories for Children
“A young girl finds a surprise upon returning from a trip to Mexico. Luna Ruido de cadenas y otros cuentos para niños
moves the story at a nice clip. An innocuous Halloween and Day of the Dead Nasario García
book for readers who prefer to skip scarier fare.” —Kirkus Reviews
Based on the oral tradition and superstitions of a previous generation, these stories will
“Even the dead seek a little adventure. [This is] a choice pick for any youth send shivers up kids’ spines while capturing the essence of New Mexican folklore.
seeking a novella in two languages, much recommended.”
—Midwest Book Review “[An] endearing bilingual collection of tales that will be sure to interest young
readers.” —Albuquerque Journal
AR Quiz #163965 | ATOS: 3.5 | ATOS Spanish: 3.1 | ATOS IL: MG 2009, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-544-1, $9.95, Ages 8-12
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BILINGUAL “FLIP” BOOKS FOR MIDDLE READERS
The Donkey Lady Fights La Llorona and Other Stories The Case of the Three Kings: The Flaca Files
La señora Asno se enfrenta a la Llorona y otros cuentos El caso de los Reyes Magos: Los expedientes de Flaca
Xavier Garza Alidis Vicente
Named to the 2016-17 Tejas Star Reading List; Included in 2016 Southwest Books of the Year
Finalist, 2017 International Latino Book Awards
“Older middle-grade readers will find these Latin-American horror stories
deliciously short but spooky.”—Kirkus Reviews The skinny second grade sleuth is back on the case in this second installment of
The Flaca Files.
AR Quiz #| ATOS: | ATOS Spanish: | ATOS IL: |LEXILE: 610L | LEXILE Spanish: 570L “A mystery serving as a gateway into Puerto Rican culture, traditions and pan-
orama, narrated by a one-of-a-kind Latina gumshoe.” —Kirkus Reviews
Kid Cyclone Fights the Devil and Other Stories 2008, 72 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-512-0, $9.95, Ages 8-12
Kid Ciclón se enfrenta a El Diablo y otras historias
Xavier Garza
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura The Missing Chancleta and Other Top-Secret Cases
La chancleta perdida y otros casos secretos
Named to the 2011-2012 Tejas Star Reading List The Flaca Files / Los expedientes de Flaca
“Sure to give readers the chills.” —School Library Journal Alidis Vicente
Chosen for the 2014 New York City Spanish Summer Reading List; Named to the
AR Quiz #157532 | ATOS: 4.9 | ATOS Spanish: 4.2 | LEXILE: 780L | LEXILE Spanish: 700L
2014-2015 Tejas Star Reading List
Rooster Joe and the Bully These interrelated short stories about a young sleuth are sure to inspire a host
El Gallo Joe y el abusón of amateur private investigators!
Xavier Garza
Named to the 2016-17 Tejas Star Reading List; Included in 2016 Southwest Books of the Year “Short and sweet, this book is a good choice…chuckle-inducing fun.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Standing up to bullies is never easy, but Joe and his best friend Gary will
need to confront Martin if they hope to survive seventh grade.” —Booklist AR Quiz #166961 | ATOS: 4.2 | ATOS Spanish: 3.7 | ATOS IL: LG
LEXILE: 630L | LEXILE Spanish: 570L The Shameless Shenanigans of Mister Malo
Las terribles travesuras de mister malo
Letters from Heaven / Cartas del cielo Alidis Vicente
Lydia Gil Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
2015 Américas Award Commended Title; Named to the 2015-2016 Tejas Star Reading List; “Vicente invites readers to experience the daily life of an elementary school
Winner, 2015 Colorado Authors’ League Awards; Recipient, 2015 Skipping Stones Honor Award anti-bully vigilante in this quirky bilingual tale. Lance is endearingly earnest,
and Vicente does a great job of focusing on kid priorities. The educational
“A quick read that balances the pain of loss with mystery and humor. A tender possibilities will appeal to parents and teachers, and the hint of Greg Heffley
depiction of a child’s acceptance of the death of a beloved grandmother and the will draw young readers in.” —Kirkus Reviews
cultural importance of traditional foods.” —Kirkus Reviews
2017, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-853-4, $9.95, Ages 8-12
ATOS: 4.5 | ATOS Spanish: 3.8
Brujas, lechuzas y espantos

Witches, Owls and Spooks
Alonso M. Perales
Based on oral tradition, these stories featuring witches, owls and other
spooky creatures have been told in Spanish-speaking barrios for genera-
tions.
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PIÑATA BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
English- and Spanish-Language Picture Books, Ages 4-8
The Golden Flower La flor de oro

Nina Jaffe Nina Jaffe
Illustrations by Enrique O. Sánchez Illustrations by Enrique O. Sánchez
2005, 32 pages, Hardcover Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
ISBN: 978-1-55885-452-9, $16.95 2006, 32 pages, Hardcover
AR Quiz #70338 | ATOS: 3.7 | ATOS IL: LG ISBN: 978-1-55885-463-5, $16.95
LEXILE: 660L AR Quiz #70338 | ATOS: 3.7 | ATOS IL: LG
LEXILE Spanish: 650L
Named a 1998 Pura Belpré Honor Book by the American Library Association
Jaffe’s syncopated prose draws the reader to the island of Puerto Rico, back before the Spaniards arrived, and the native Taínos called the island Boriquén. A joyful creation myth about the evolu-
tion of a beautiful habitat, this is the story of one young boy’s quest to respect the gifts of the winds and the cycle of nature that bears fruit for the whole community.
“Glowing colors, stylized figures and overlays are the hallmarks of the eye-catching art, while the spare, clipped prose makes this a folktale beginning readers can tackle.” —Booklist
The Poet Upstairs La poeta del piso de arriba

Judith Ortiz Cofer Judith Ortiz Cofer
Illustrations by Oscar Ortiz Illustrations by Oscar Ortiz
2012, 32 pages, Hardcover Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
ISBN: 978-1-55885-704-9, $16.95 2014, 32 pages, Hardcover
AR Quiz #153979 | ATOS: 4.4 | ATOS IL: LG ISBN: 978-1-55885-788-9, $17.95
LEXILE: 840L AR Quiz #153979| ATOS Spanish: 4.4 | ATOS IL: LG
LEXILE Spanish: 810L
Honor Book, 2013 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Recipient, Skipping Stones Honor Award; Finalist, 2012 Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards
Invoking Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos’ famous poem about the Loiza River, Ortiz Cofer’s lyrical text is combined with Oscar Ortiz’s breathtaking illustrations of the natural world and the
animals that inhabit it. This inspiring picture book for children ages 5-9 demonstrates the power of the written word as Juliana learns that poetry can change the world.
“This tale models poetry…This is a story that encourages readers to use words to describe what they see around them. Ortiz’s illustrations are lush and bring the poet’s imaginative world to vivid life.”
Bilingual Picture Books, Ages 4-8
Mayte and the Bogeyman / Mayte y el Cuco A Charmed Life / Una vida con suerte
Ada Acosta González Gladys E. Barbieri
Illustrations by Christina Rodriguez Illustrations by Lisa Fields
Spanish translation by Carolina E. Alonso
Mayte thinks the grumpy ice cream man is really the bogeyman who steals children, so
she and her friend Pepito decide to save his latest victim. “With a deft and subtle touch, Barbieri captures a small but resonant moment. With il-
lustrations that suggest a sunny memory, Felicia’s story shows the ways that she’s part of
“Parents and educators can use this story to motivate discussion among young readers
a continuing cycle, rather than an outsider, and does it without belaboring the point.”
about not judging a book by its cover.” —Críticas
—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
“The suggestion of terror is sure to set younger hearts racing.” —Kirkus Reviews
2016, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-827-5, $17.95
2006, | 2016 Complete
32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-442-0, $16.95Catalog | 35 AR Quiz # 182024 | ATOS: 3.6 | ATOS Spanish: 3.3 | ATOS IL: LG
AR Quiz #106971 | ATOS: 3.6 | ATOS Spanish: 4 | ATOS IL: LG
Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water Un día con mis tías / A Day with My Aunts
Jorge Argueta Anilú Bernardo
Illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara Illustrations by Christina Rodriguez
Named a Junior Library Guild selection; Winner, Campoy-Ada Award in Children’s Poetry; Named Young Isabel relishes her role as niece to three lively aunts who shower her with love
to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center Annual Best-of-the-Year list, CCBC Choices 2018; Recipi- and special attention on a fun-filled Saturday. A recipe for meat empanadas is included
ent of a 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award in both English and Spanish.
“Agüita is a water droplet that takes the reader on a journey of its life cycle, from its “[This book] will be useful in collections with an emphasis on family traditions and
beginnings in the ocean and on the petals of plants, it lands into the rivers, lakes, and togetherness.” —Kirkus Reviews
ponds it lives in, displaying how it nourishes and brings life to all living creatures.”
—Booklist AR Quiz #111505 | ATOS: 2.9 | ATOS Spanish: 3.2 | ATOS IL: LG
2017, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-845-1, $17.95, Ages 5-10
AR Quiz #112188 | LEXILE: 470L | LEXILE Spanish: 500L | ATOS IL: LG
Remembering Grandma / Recordando a Abuela Adelita and the Veggie Cousins / Adelita y las primas verduritas
Teresa Armas Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Illustrations by Pauline Rodriguez Howard Illustrations by Christina Rodriguez
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Finalist, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award “On the first day of her new school, Adelita learns that vegetables can have similarities
and differences, as can new friends. . . . The dual message of nutrition and diversity will
Since Grandma’s death, everything has changed for Lorena. Her mother often cries, and probably find its place in today’s curriculum and can certainly augment units on food,
Grandpa just stares out the window. One day, Lorena finds a beautiful carved chest in language and culture.” —Kirkus Reviews
Grandpa’s house. Will the memories inside bring the life back into Grandpa’s eyes?
“The bold, colorful illustrations capture the action well.” —School Library Journal
“[This story] could be a helpful tool for dealing with the passing of loved ones.”
—Foreword Reviews 2011, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-699-8, $16.95
AR Quiz #150743 | ATOS: 2.7 | ATOS Spanish: 3.4 | ATOS IL: LG
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A Bean and Cheese Taco Birthday The Last Doll / La última muñeca Pap
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Now Aerback
Un cumpleaños con tacos de frijoles con queso vailable
!
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Illustrations by Anthony Accardo
Illustrations by Robert Trujillo Spanish translation by Alejandra Balestra
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura A man decides that Sarita must be the last doll for his godchild on her quinceañera.
Seven-year-old Dario is excited about his brother Ariel’s upcoming fifth birthday. He “This is a high-interest bilingual presentation of an important Hispanic rite of passage.”
can’t wait for the party, and imagines one similar to his own with lots of friends and —School Library Journal
presents. But, Ariel wants a simple celebration at the park eating bean and cheese tacos
“Even children who aren’t familiar with a quinceañera party will love this story and pain-
and blowing bubbles with his family.
lessly learn a little Latin tradition.” —MultiCultural Review
“A sweet tale of savoring the simple things in life…the illustrations convey the joyful
bond of the family.” —Kirkus Review AR Quiz #45974 | ATOS: 4.2 | ATOS Spanish 4.2 | ATOS IL: LG
AR Quiz #177324 | ATOS: 2.9 | ATOS Spanish 2.8 ATOS | IL: LG The Party for Papá Luis / La fiesta para Papá Luis
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Cecilia and Miguel Are Best Friends Illustrations by Alejandro Galindo
Cecilia y Miguel son mejores amigos Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Winner, Texas Institute of Letters’ Best Children’s Book; Named to the 2010-2011 Tejas Star
Illustrations by Thelma Muraida Reading List
Recipient, 2015 Skipping Stones Honor Award Told in lively verse, this cumulative tale is a charming look at a big family gathering that
celebrates the patriarch’s birthday.
Young children are sure to giggle at the adventures of Cecilia and Miguel, and they’ll be “A large cartoon family celebrates Papá Luis’s birthday in this lively bilingual book.
prompted to ask about their parents’ relationship as well as explore their own. Readers will be glad to join in.” —Publishers Weekly
“Despite mishaps, flaws, and good-natured teasing, Cecilia and Miguel maintain strong
AR Quiz #136540 | ATOS: 4 | ATOS Spanish: 4.5 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: 400L | LEXILE Spanish: 540L
ties…an infectiously warm celebration of friendship.” —Kirkus Reviews
2014, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-794-0, $17.95 Ricardo’s Race / La carrera de Ricardo
AR Quiz #174202 | ATOS: 2.4 | ATOS Spanish 2.3 | ATOS IL: LG Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Illustrations by Anthony Accardo
The Empanadas that Abuela Made Spanish translation by Rocío Viegas-Barros
Las empanadas que hacía la abuela Special Recognition, 2008 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Illustrations by Alex Pardo DeLange Ricardo Romo never dreamed that running to catch the school bus would lead to a col-
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura lege education, and, ultimately, to a long career as a teacher, administrator and univer-
Winner, 2004 Latino Literary Award for Best Children’s Picture Book—Bilingual sity president. This is an inspirational biography of an All-American achieving his goals.
“Recommended for elementary and public libraries.” —Críticas (Starred Review)
This whimsical look at the making of empanadas serves up the festive fun of a family’s “[This is] a bilingual picture book that is sure to inspire people of all ages to strive for
effort to concoct the delicious pastries. An easy empanada recipe is included. success.” —San Antonio Express-News
“This is a delightful story, complete with festive full-page illustrations.” —Booklist 2007, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-481-9, $16.95, Ages 6-9
Family, Familia Sip, Slurp, Soup, Soup / Caldo, caldo, caldo

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Young Daniel doesn’t share his dad’s excitement over going to a family reunion. Once With a poetic narrative and colorful illustrations, this delightful bilingual picture book
there, though, Daniel is happy to discover the meaning of family, familia. celebrates the joys of simple family rituals. An easy recipe for caldo is included.
“Since the gentle narrative lends itself to reading aloud, and the attractive, soft-focused “A bilingual song of praise to that humble but delicious dish, caldo.”
illustrations are large enough for group viewing, this is a solid choice for storytime and —San Antonio Express-News
classroom sharing.” —School Library Journal 2008, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-241-9, $7.95
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Bilingual
Bilingual Picture Books,Ages
Picture Books, Ages4-8
4-8
Sofía and the Purple Dress / Sofía y el vestido morado My Tata’s Guitar / La guitarra de mi tata
Diane Gonzales Bertrand Ethriam Cash Brammer de Gonzales
Illustrations by Lisa Fields Illustrations by Daniel Lechón
When a young boy explores his grandfather’s garage, he makes a discovery more fasci-
Named to the 2013-2014 Tejas Star Reading List nating than treasure: a guitar with a neck rising like a “black swan.” With his grandfa-
ther’s help, the boy learns to create his own musical memories for generations to come.
“A quinceañera and a special purple dress serve as an inspiration for a little girl to change 2003, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-369-0, $16.95
her lifestyle with exercise and healthier foods. A combination of collage, acrylic and AR Quiz #76299 | ATOS: 3.3 | ATOS Spanish: 3.3 | ATOS IL: LG
crayon delineate a richly bronze-toned and darked-haired Latino family in daily life, all
shopping, playing and working together to reach a goal.” —Kirkus Reviews The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch / Allá en El Rancho Grande
2012, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-701-8, $17.95 Ethriam Cash Brammer de Gonzales
AR Quiz #152602 | ATOS: 2.7 | ATOS Spanish: 3.1 | ATOS IL: LG Illustrations by D. Nina Cruz
On El Rancho Grande, the grandchildren hear about how Grandpa won the ranch,
The Story Circle / El círculo de cuentos chickens that abandoned their coops to live in a tree and a boy who cried chocolate tears.
Illustrations by Wendy Martin “Children of all cultures will identify with its warm family values and be captivated by
Spanish translation by Carolina E. Alonso the adventure-filled day.” —Today’s Catholic
After a storm destroys a classroom’s library books, an ingenious teacher encourages her 2004, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-409-3, $16.95
students to use their imaginations to create their own stories. The short text combined AR Quiz #115726 | ATOS: 4.4 | ATOS Spanish: 4.6 | ATOS IL: LG
with fanciful illustrations will spur kids’ creativity.
Butterflies on Carmen Street / Mariposas en la calle Carmen
“A beautiful example of a story for children ages 4-7 that celebrates diversity and teaches Monica Brown
kids how to make lemonade out of lemons.” —Midwest Book Review Illustrations by April Ward
AR Quiz #182184 | ATOS: 2.5 | ATOS Spanish: 2.7 | ATOS IL: LG Finalist, Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year 2007; Named to the 2008-2009 Tejas Star
Reading List
Uncle Chente’s Picnic / El picnic de Tío Chente
Diane Gonzales Bertrand “In vibrant illustrations . . . [ Julianita] learns about the life cycle of monarch butterflies
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Spanish translation by Julia Mercedes Castilla are linked by the beauty of nature, which knows no borders.” —MultiCultural Review
Winner, 2001 “Reading With Energy” Hispanic Children’s Literature Award; Finalist, Tomás “This seamlessly weaves two stories in one . . . the science behind the project is well ex-
Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award; Named to the Latino Literary Hall of plained and the bonding between [ Julianita] and her grandfather rings true.” —Críticas
Fame for Best Children’s Picture Book 2007, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-484-0, $16.95
AR Quiz #118999 | ATOS: 4.1 | ATOS Spanish 4.1 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: 890L | LEXILE Spanish: 730L
The Cárdenas family happily awaits the arrival of Uncle Chente. And even though rain
threatens their fun, they discover it can’t ruin a beautiful day of time spent together. Clara and the Curandera / Clara y la curandera
“This quiet book shows a real delight in family.” —School Library Journal Monica Brown
Illustrations by Thelma Muraida
2001, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-337-9, $16.95 Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Named to the 2012-2013 Tejas Star Reading List
We Are Cousins / Somos primos
“A grumpy little girl gets a subtle lesson in caring, sharing and the pleasures of reading. A
Illustrations by Christina Rodriguez
charming tale almost any child (and parent) can relate to.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Six young cousins use their collective voice to describe and celebrate their unique
AR Quiz #150744 | ATOS: 3.6 | ATOS Spanish: 3.6| ATOS IL: LG
bond.” —MultiCultural Review
“[A] joyous bilingual, multicultural celebration of the pleasures of the extended family.” The Land of Lost Things / El país de las cosas perdidas
—Kirkus Reviews Text and Illustrations by Dina Bursztyn
2007, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-486-4, $16.95, Ages 2-5 A Junior Library Guild Selection
AR Quiz #119000 | ATOS: 1.2 | ATOS Spanish: 2 | ATOS IL: LG
“I was going to draw, but my blue pencil was missing. It was lost! Where do all the lost
things go?” a young boy wonders. Soon he finds himself in the Land of Lost Things!
“This beautiful bilingual book stands out for its artistic design and the balance between
the author’s verbal and visual message.” —Library Journal
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Muffler Man / El hombre mofle Mis abuelos y yo / My Grandparents and I

Tito Campos Samuel Caraballo Study G
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Finalist, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award This ode to family depicts the special times shared between a young boy and his grand-
parents: weekends spent throwing parties in the kitchen with delectable desserts, strolls
Inspired by his father’s art—made of discarded, used muffler parts—young Chuy Gar- to the museums and sprinting through the spray of a water hose in the backyard.
cia helps find a way for his family to prosper in their new homeland.
“Caraballo’s rhyming text . . . conveys the warmth of the grandchild/grandparent rela-
“The folksy prose with its gently delivered message is extended by eye-catching art- tionship while also introducing young readers to life in Puerto Rico.” —Kirkus Reviews
work.” —School Library Journal
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Mis papitos: Héroes de la cosecha
Estas manos: Manitas de mi familia / These Hands: My Family’s Hands
Samuel Caraballo
My Parents: Heroes of the Harvest
Illustrations by Shawn Costello Samuel Caraballo
Illustrations by Obed Gómez
The rhythmic verse follows a young boy’s parents, whom he calls heroes of the harvest,
from the early morning chirping birds to when the whistle blows in the fields where
“From grandparents to siblings, the nurturing hands in the young protagonist’s life are
they work, to when they come home and wrap their adoring son in their arms.
praised for their contributions to her well-being. The illustrations capture the joyful intimacy
of family relationships, from benevolent smiles to cherishing embraces.” —Kirkus Reviews “[This is] a special children’s book that honors the labors of migrant farmworkers and
their families.” —MultiCultural Review
AR Quiz #174190 | ATOS: 3.2 | ATOS Spanish: 3.1 2005, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-450-5, $16.95
Estrellita se despide de su isla
Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island My Big Sister / Mi hermana mayor
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Samuel Caraballo
Samuel Caraballo le Illustrations by Thelma Muraida
Illustrations by Pablo Torrecilla
Winner, 2002 “Reading with Energy” Hispanic Children’s Literature Award Named to the 2013-2014 Tejas Star Reading List
“The spirit comes through, making this ode to an island home a selection with wide “This bilingual tale captures the loving relationship of two latchkey siblings. A charm-
appeal.” —School Library Journal ing, if idealized tale highlighting a situation familiar to many children.” —Kirkus Reviews

“An enjoyable tale that does not trivialize the reality of working parents and children as
AR Quiz #59185 | ATOS: 4.4 | ATOS Spanish: 4.4 | ATOS IL: LG caretakers but chooses instead to focus on the love and spirit of cooperation that makes
such situations possible. A wonderful read to model responsibility, family bonding and
Estrellita en la ciudad grande / Estrellita in the Big City having fun with those you love.” —Mamiverse
Samuel Caraballo
Illustrations by Pablo Torrecilla AR Quiz #156457 | ATOS: 1.9 | ATOS Spanish: 1.9
“An upbeat introduction to the overwhelming change a move to a large metropolis will
bring for the immigrant child.” —Kirkus Reviews Magda’s Piñata Magic / Magda y la piñata mágica
Becky Chavarría-Cháirez
“The scenes of New York are stunning.” —Booklist Illustrations by Anne Vega
2008, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-498-7, $16.95, Ages 4-9 Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
AR Quiz #123864 | ATOS: 3 | ATOS Spanish: 4.2 | ATOS IL: LG | ATOS Spanish IL: MG Upon learning its fate, Magda’s little brother insists no one break the piñata at his birth-
day party. With the help of her abuela’s cat, Magda works some midnight magic and
engineers an ingenious solution to save the party and the piñata.
To place your order “Magda makes an attractive role model for little girls in her compassion and her intel-
ligent approach to problem solving.” —Críticas
call toll free 1-800-633-ARTE “A very appealing bilingual book for young children.” —Southwest Book Views
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Magda’s Tortillas / Las tortillas de Magda René Has Two Last Names
Becky Chavarría-Cháirez René tiene dos apellidos
Illustrations by Anne Vega René Colato Laínez
Spanish translation by Julia Mercedes Castilla Illustrations by Fabiola Graullera Ramírez
Finalist, Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year—Children’s Picture Book Recipient, 2010 Skipping Stones Honor Award; Commended Title, Américas Award for
“The warmth and affection between Magda and her grandmother will resonate with Children’s and Young Adult Literature
children who have similar relationships.” —Booklist
Young René is from El Salvador, and he doesn’t understand why his name has to be
“The book has a celebratory tone blended with gentle themes of individuality and ac- different in the United States. So when the students are given a project to create a family
ceptance.” —School Library Journal tree, René is determined to explain the importance of using both of his last names.
AR Quiz #41989 | ATOS: 3.8 | ATOS Spanish: 3.8 | ATOS IL: LG “The significance of a Hispanic tradition respecting both sides of a child’s parentage is
LEXILE: AD640L | LEXILE Spanish: AD650L well explained in this example of cultural difference.” —Kirkus Reviews
¡A bailar! Let’s Dance! AR Quiz #133833 | ATOS: 3.1 | ATOS Spanish: 4 | ATOS IL: LG
Judith Ortiz Cofer LEXILE: AD590L | LEXILE Spanish: AD610L
Illustrations by Christina Ann Rodriguez
Waiting for Papá
“Cofer has crafted a delightful story, capturing the heart of the Latino community as it
interweaves dance and life.” —School Library Journal Esperando a Papá
René Colato Laínez
“You can’t help but tap your feet as you read this book . . . The illustrations are as lively as Illustrations by Anthony Accardo
the rhythm that urges you to move and the Spanish is so well woven into the story that
bilingual readers don’t even notice the shift from one language to the other.” When Beto gets the chance to read a letter on RADIO Voz del Inmigrante to his father,
—Children’s Literature who had to stay behind when Beto and his mother escaped civil war in El Salvador, he
spurs a surprising chain of events that allows him to accomplish a feat that once seemed
2011, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-698-1, $16.95 impossible—bringing his father to the United States.
AR Quiz #147135 | ATOS: 3.3 | ATOS IL: LG
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René Colato Laínez
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Special Recognition, 2006 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Named to the 2008 With vibrant illustrations that capture the very essence, spirit and rhythm of salsa, this
Tejas Star Reading List captivating picture book dances in the reader’s hands.
Young René is dismayed to hear someone else answer to his name during classroom roll “This delightful, vibrant bilingual picture book is marvelous for reading aloud and
call. It’s not only that he thought he was the only person with that name, but the new acting out . . . .also a good vehicle for teacher, librarians and parents to discuss cultural
student who answers is Renee, the girl. symbols.” —MultiCultural Review
“A marvelous look not simply at names shared by boys and girls, but also the transfor- 2009, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-238-9, $7.95
mation required of Spanish-speaking children as they remake themselves into English 1998, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-220-4, $16.95
speakers. A winner all-around.” —Kirkus Reviews AR Quiz #19994 | ATOS: 2.7 | ATOS Spanish: 2.5 | ATOS IL: LG
The Triple Banana Split Boy
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Lucha Corpi
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Enrique’s sugar cravings are out of control, and his father has forbidden him to eat
Check out www.liveoakmedia.com and sweets. He hatches a plan to outwit his father, but his mother catches on and comes up
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they struggle to balance healthy eating habits with the natural desire for sweets.
for information on audio versions of “Children will enjoy this warm story full of vibrant colors.” —School Library Journal
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Abuelo vivía solo A Day without Sugar / Un día sin azúcar

Grandpa Used to Live Alone Diane de Anda
Amy Costales Illustrations by Janet Montecalvo
Illustrations by Esperanza Gama Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Named to the 2013-2014 Tejas Star Reading List; Bank Street College of Education’s 2013
Best Children’s Books of the Year
Grandpa used to live alone in a quiet pink house. But when his granddaughter was born,
everything changed. Amy Costales’ heart-warming text lovingly depicts the relationship “An underlining theme of balancing nutrition with exercise rounds out the purpose-
between a child and a central figure in her life—her grandfather. filled story told with a fluent dual English and Spanish text.” —Kirkus Reviews
2010, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-531-1, $16.95 2012, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-702-5, $17.95
AR Quiz #136559 | ATOS: 3.9 | ATOS Spanish: 3.9 | ATOS IL: LG AR Quiz #152600 | ATOS: 3.8 | ATOS Spanish: 3.5 | ATOS IL: LG
Sundays on Fourth Street Kikirikí / Quiquiriquí

Los domingos en la calle Cuatro Diane de Anda
Amy Costales Illustrations by Daniel Lechón
Illustrations by Elaine Jerome Spanish translation by Karina Hernández
Sundays spent on Fourth Street are magical family outings that three young cousins In this raucous tale about a resourceful little rooster and the girls who love him, popular
eagerly anticipate as they encounter a wonderland filled with music, food and fun. children’s author Diane de Anda ponders the conflict of urban and rural traditions in
the modern family.
“Costales’ text reflects the [character’s] excitement, with a subtle nostalgic tone that is
reinforced by melancholic watercolors.” —Kirkus Reviews “This is a beautifully-written story, well-developed, using rich descriptive language.”
“Children will enjoy the pattern of text and the frequent refrain, ‘It could be any Sunday
on Fourth Street.’” —School Library Journal
AR Quiz #133834 | ATOS: 3.7 | ATOS Spanish: 3.7 | ATOS IL: LG Canta, Rana, canta / Sing, Froggie, Sing
Illustrations by Carolyn Dee Flores
The Patchwork Garden English translation by Natalia Rosales-Yeomans
Pedacitos de huerto
Diane de Anda Named to the 2014-2015 Tejas Star Reading List
Illustrations by Oksana Kemarskaya
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura This bilingual picture book features a popular Latin-American folksong translated into
English for the very first time.
Recipient, 2014 Skipping Stones Honor Award; Honor Book, 2014 Paterson Prize for Books for Young
People; Included in Reading Is Fundamental’s 2013-2014 STEAM Multicultural Book Collection
AR Quiz # 166959 | ATOS: 3.2 | ATOS Spanish: 2.8 | ATOS IL: LG
A young girl inspires her neighbors to create community gardens full of delicious vegetables. Chave’s Memories / Los recuerdos de Chave
“A worthwhile, eco-friendly bilingual edition.” —Kirkus Reviews María Isabel Delgado Pap
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“Gouache paintings twinkling with warmth depict Toña’s hard work, enthusiasm, and
affection for her grandmother as well as the city setting. This warmhearted inter-gener- This bilingual picture book revisits an enchanting childhood and depicts the beauty of
ational tale makes an accessible introduction to the concept of urban-based community life on the US-Mexico border as a gateway between two cultures.
gardens.” —School Library Journal
“[This is] an affectionate picture of rural Mexican life.” —School Library Journal
AR Quiz #166962 | ATOS: 4.6 | ATOS Spanish: 5.1 | ATOS IL: LG 2008, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-244-0, $7.95
LEXILE: 980L | LEXILE Spanish: 860L 1996, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-084-2, $16.95
The EGGbees
Olivia Echeverria-Bis English
Title
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The EGGerson family lives on a planet where everything is either round or oval shaped.
www.artepublicopress.com One day, the family’s cousins from MEGGxico come to visit, and the EGGerson kids
are surprised by their different shell color. As the cousins spend time together, they real-
ize that in spite of the difference in color, they have a lot in common.

Do You Know the Cucuy? / ¿Conoces al cucuy? Mimí’s Parranda / La parranda de Mimí
Claudia Galindo Lydia Gil
Illustrations by Jonathan Coombs Lorito Illustrations by Hernán Sosa
Audiobooks
Spanish translation by John Pluecker
“Gil adroitly weaves together a well-paced, bilingual story of cultural identity, personal
Author Claudia Galindo and illustrator Jonathan Coombs bring to life the Cucuy—“a disappointment, and friendship.” —School Library Journal
tall, furry, three-eyed, four-armed monster with a mouth full of huge teeth!” But this 2007, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-477-2, $16.95
time, the Cucuy isn’t scary; he’s a fun playmate, who likes to blow bubbles and eat candy. AR Quiz #114814 | ATOS: 4 | ATOS Spanish: 3.6 | ATOS IL: LG
AR Quiz #122547 | ATOS: 1.9 | ATOS Spanish: 2.8 | ATOS IL: LG César Chávez: The Struggle for Justice
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Illustrations by Jonathan Coombs
Spanish translation by John Pluecker Winner, Carter G. Woodson Book Award—Best Elementary Level Book
“When bedtime becomes a hideous affair, the outrageously grotesque behavior of one “History professor Griswold del Castillo brings home the story of the struggle led by a
may spark a bit of realistic appreciation for many.” —Kirkus Reviews brave American worker who made a difference.” —Booklist
2008, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-491-8, $16.95 2008, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-424-6, $7.95
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Icy Watermelon / Sandía fría The Little Doctor / El doctorcito

Mary Sue Galindo Pap
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Commended Title, 2000 Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature; Named a 2001 Named a 2018 Américas Award Commended Title
Parents’ Choice Approved Winner; Finalist, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
“Inspired by his own experiences as a young boy helping his El Salvadorian grand-
“This simple, nostalgic story evokes a picture of cross-generational family love.” mother navigate the US health-care system, this insightful, bilingual account highlights
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through in the strikingly animated artwork.” —Foreword Reviews
El torneo de trabalenguas / The Tongue Twister Tournament
Juan and the Chupacabras / Juan y el Chupacabras Nicolás Kanellos
Xavier Garza Illustrations by Anne Vega
Illustrations by April Ward
Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel Finalist, Texas Institute of Letters Denton Record Chronicle Award for Best Children’s Picture Book
Winner, 2007-2008 Tejas Star Book Award “Words and phrases are bent, massaged, twisted, and thrown together in tricky se-
quences in this bilingual book about a competition for performers of tongue twisters.
Juan and his cousin savor Abuelo’s hair-raising stories, but they are skeptical when he The twisters are well-translated; whether in English or Spanish, they read smoothly, and
tells them about a creature called the Chupacabras. Armed with a bag of marbles dipped an additional 14 bonus twisters presented in their original languages in the back matter
in holy water and a sling shot, the children set off in search of the truth. keeps the fun going. A great read for anyone learning to grapple with the musicality of
two languages at once.” —Kirkus Reviews
“An excellent choice for story time and classroom sharing.” —School Library Journal
AR Quiz #115729 | ATOS: 4 | ATOS Spanish: 4.1 | ATOS IL: LG Francisco’s Kites / Las cometas de Francisco
Alicia Z. Klepeis
Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema y la Bruja Lechuza Illustrations by Gary Undercuffler
Xavier Garza Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel
“[Garza’s] whimsical illustrations create a feeling of being inside the scenes. . . . This title
offers suspense, fun and surprise.” —School Library Journal “A resourceful boy in a new town discovers a talent for giving old scraps flight in this im-
migrant’s story. Francisco’s transformation from pensive newcomer to entrepreneurial
2009, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-515-1, $16.95 kite master is inspiring and well-detailed in this successful slice of life.” —Kirkus Review
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Dalia’s Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia Pepita Takes Time / Pepita, siempre tarde
Laura Lacámara Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Pap
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Commended Title , 2015 Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature; Named Dallas
ISD’s 2015-2016 Luminarias Reading List; Named to the 2015-2016 Tejas Star Reading List Recently, Pepita can’t stop taking time. So what if she’s a little late? But soon she learns
that “taking time” can also mean taking time away from others and cheating herself.
In this whimsical bilingual picture book, Dalia’s hair becomes a magical force of nature, “It will be snatched up by beginning readers who are fans of Pepita’s three previous
a life-giving cocoon. adventures.” —School Library Journal
“A rich, warm palette and paintings bursting with vegetation—both drawn from 2000, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-305-8, $7.95
Lacámara’s native Cuba—add to the anything-is-possible atmosphere of this charming
bilingual story.” —Publishers Weekly Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita habla dos veces
2014, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-789-6, $17.95 Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
AR Quiz #166957 | ATOS: 3.2 | ATOS Spanish: 2.8 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: 680L | LEXILE Spanish: 670L Illustrations by Alex Pardo DeLange
Big Enough / Bastante grande Recipient, 1996 Skipping Stones Honor Award
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Mamá always sighs when Lupita tries to help out at her restaurant. But when push “Clearly the best side-by-side children’s book.” —Los Angeles Times
comes to shove—or when Grabb comes to swipe—everyone in this tale discovers that, 1995, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-077-4, $16.95
although Lupita may be too little for some tasks, for others she is just big enough. AR Quiz #18339 | ATOS: 3 | ATOS Spanish: 4.3 | ATOS IL: LG
1998, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-221-1, $16.95 Pepita Thinks Pink / Pepita y el color rosado
AR Quiz #19989 | ATOS: 3.1 | ATOS Spanish: 3.2 | ATOS IL: LG Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Illustrations by Alex Pardo DeLange
Pepita Finds Out / Lo que Pepita descubre Spanish translation by Yanitzia Canetti
Illustrations by Alex Pardo DeLange Pepita’s back! And she loves colors, but she can’t stand pink. And despite the urgings of
Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel friends and family, Pepita just can’t bring herself to make friends with her new neighbor,
Sonya, a little girl with a pink dress, pink balloons, pink everything—Yuck!
Pepita’s been given an assignment to “find out things” about her family members. But
how can she make her report “very important” if no one has anything interesting to say?
AR Quiz #19993 | ATOS: 3 | ATOS Spanish: 3.2 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: AD300L | GRL: M
AR Quiz #60560 | ATOS: 3.8 | ATOS Spanish: 3.8 | ATOS IL: LG Mayanito’s New Friends / Los nuevos amigos de Mayanito
Tato Laviera
Pepita on Pepper Street / Pepita en la calle Pepper Illustrations by Gabhor Utomo
Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Illustrations by Alex Pardo DeLange
Spanish translation by María Estela Monsivais “The original lyrical text by Puerto Rican poet, Jesús Abraham Laviera, has been
complemented by new illustrations by Utomo. The range of Pan American cultures
This colorful bilingual picture book focuses on the tough transition that many kids represented is wonderful…A beautifully told folktale.” —School Library Journal
make: adjusting to a new neighborhood and making new friends.
“This book would do well in any library or classroom, and would make a special gift for
a child who is about to move to a new home.” —Críticas The Place Where You Live / El lugar donde vives
2008, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-443-7, $16.95 James Luna
AR Quiz #123868 | ATOS: 2.9 | ATOS Spanish: 3.2 | ATOS IL: LG Illustrations by Thelma Muraida
Pepita Packs Up / Pepita empaca “Children see themselves as members of their community and come to the realization
Ofelia Dumas Lachtman that the whole community shares the place where they live. A lighthearted celebration
Illustrations by Alex Pardo DeLange of a child’s sense of place and belonging.” —Kirkus Reviews
The fifth installment in the popular series begins with a moving truck parked in front of
Pepita’s house, but Pepita isn’t ready to say goodbye because “goodbye is an ugly word.”
“Families on the move may want to pack this book along.” —School Library Journal

The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo The Remembering Day

James Luna El día de los muertos
Study G
Illustrations by Laura Lacámara Availabuide Pat Mora
Lorito le
Audiobooks Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel Illustrations by Robert Casilla
Winner, 2011-2012 Tejas Star Book Award Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
In the classic tradition of The Gingerbread Man, James Luna’s piggy cookie leaps off a Named to the 2016-17 Tejas Star Reading List
baking tray at Martha’s Panadería and takes the reader on a mad dash through the bar- Acclaimed author Pat Mora creates an origin myth in which she imagines how the
rio. Children will delight in the clever piggy’s escape. A recipe is included. Mexican custom of remembering deceased loved ones—El día de los muertos or the Day
“The story of The Gingerbread Man gets a lively Mexican makeover in this bilingual tale.” of the Dead—came to be.
—Publishers Weekly “The realistic style and warm colors of the illustrations bring to life the loving relation-
2010, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-586-1, $16.95 ship between Bella and her grandmother. A warm family story.” —Kirkus Reviews
AR Quiz #138367 | ATOS: 2.9 | ATOS Spanish: 3.1 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: 630L | LEXILE Spanish: 610L 2015, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-805-3, $17.95
Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! LEXILE: AD700L | LEXILE Spanish: AD740L
Esteban de Luna, ¡rescatador de bebés!
Larissa M. Mercado-López The Gift of the Poinsettia / El regalo de la flor de Nochebuena
Illustrations by Alex Pardo DeLange Pat Mora and Charles Ramírez Berg
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Illustrations by Daniel Lechón
Named a 2018 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Honor Book
“Mora and Berg’s Christmas story takes you into the heart of a Latin American Christ-
“Mercado-López’s debut children’s book challenges gender expectations through its mas with its sensitive telling of the abject plight of Carlos, poor like the drummer boy.
compassionate story of a young boy who learns that being a hero is not always about What happens to Carlos . . . is the magic of this story.” —Catholic Library World
having superpowers. Esteban is simultaneously a gentle being and a caped hero, and his
wonderful, accessible story showcases how being a superhero is about far more than
fighting.” —Booklist (Starred Review)
2017, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-847-3, $17.95 Benjamin and the Word / Benjamín y la palabra
Daniel A. Olivas
The Bakery Lady / La señora de la panadería Illustrations by Don Dyen
Pap
Now Aerback
vailable
Pat Mora Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
!
Illustrations by Pablo Torrecilla
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura and Pat Mora “In the pressure-cooker of elementary school, Olivas helps us understand the effect
name-calling has on young people and how parents can effectively talk to their children
Mónica yearns to be a baker like her grandparents. But when it’s up to her to plan Three about hate.” —Abraham Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League
Kings’ Day, or El Día de los Reyes Magos, she wonders if she should hang up her apron.
2001, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-343-0, $16.95 AR Quiz #87913 | ATOS: 3 | ATOS Spanish: 3 | ATOS IL: LG
Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural
Delicious Hullabaloo / Pachanga deliciosa
Pat Mora
Sofi y el mágico mural musical
Illustrations by Francisco X. Mora Study G Raquel M. Ortiz
Availabuide Illustrations by Maria Dominguez
Spanish translation by Alba Nora Martínez and Pat Mora le
Readalongs Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
“Lime lizards and purple armadillos sashay to the music of the rhyming text in this sim- “Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural is an immediate immersion in the arts, a vivid cul-
ple story of a desert dinner party . . . serve this one up with salsa and mariachi music.” tural experience for young readers age 6 and up, filled with exotic flashes of joy.”
—Booklist —Midwest Book Review
1998, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-246-4, $16.95 2015, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN 978-1-55885-803-9, $17.95
AR Quiz #30025 | ATOS: 2.9 | ATOS Spanish: 3.1 | ATOS IL: LG AR Quiz #182186 | ATOS: 4.4 | ATOS IL: LG
The Desert Is My Mother Grandma’s Chocolate / El chocolate de Abuelita
El desierto es mi madre Mara Price
Study G Pap
Availabuide Pat Mora Now Aerback Illustrations by Lisa Fields
Lorito le vailable
Audiobooks Illustrations by Daniel Lechón ! Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Recipient, 1995 Skipping Stones Honor Award; Included in the Houston Area Independent Honor Book, 2011 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Winner, 2011 San Diego
School Library Network Recommended Reading List for 2000 Book Award—Best Picture Book
“With a playful poetic text, this book celebrates a child’s connection with her desert “There’s no shortage of princess books on the shelves, but few, if any, like this . . . [with]
home.” —Booklist the influence of cultural roots and the strength of intergenerational bonds.”
2008, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-158-0, $7.95 —Publishers Weekly
AR Quiz #18305 | ATOS: 1.5 | ATOS Spanish: 1.8 | ATOS IL: LG AR Quiz #138366 | ATOS: 3.7 | ATOS Spanish: 3.5 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: 690L | LEXILE Spanish: 640L
LEXILE: AD360L | LEXILE Spanish: AD440L
2018
The Cucuy Stole My Cascarones / El Coco me robó los cascarones Lupita’s Papalote / El papalote de Lupita
Spelile Rivas Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Illustrations by Valeria Cervantes Illustrations by Pauline Rodriguez Howard
Spanish Translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Finalist, 2014 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards—Children’s Picture Books With the help of her father, Lupita hatches a plan to make her very own kite.
“Cervantes’s digital illustrations are done in bold vibrant colors and complement Rivas’s amusing “Children from all backgrounds can relate to this book, and the pleasantly realistic il-
story line. Works well both as a read-aloud and for sharing one-on-one.” —School Library Journal lustrations and bilingual format will support struggling readers.”—
School Library Journal
2013, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-771-1, $17.95 AR Quiz #59183 | ATOS: 3.4 | ATOS Spanish: 3.4 | ATOS IL: LG
The Woodcutter’s Gift / El regalo del leñador
No Time for Monsters / No hay tiempo para monstruos Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Spelile Rivas Illustrations by Elaine Jerome
Illustrations by Valeria Cervantes Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Spanish translation by Amira Plascencia
Winner, 2010-2011 Tejas Star Book Award
Tomás the woodcutter uses a fallen tree to create a life-sized zoo for the community.
In this entertaining book about a boy who creatively tries to avoid chores by blaming
monsters, Rivas creates an amusing scenario to illustrate how working together can be “An uncomplicated and heartwarming story.” —Críticas
productive and fun. 2007, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-489-5, $16.95
Let’s Salsa / Bailemos salsa
Baseball on Mars / Béisbol en Marte Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Rafael Rivera, Jr. and Tim Hoppey Illustrations by Robert Casilla
Illustrations by Christina Rodriguez Spanish translation by Natalia Rosales-Yeomans
Named to the 2010-2011 Tejas Star Reading List A young girl learns to dance salsa and make change in her community.
“The text appears in both English and Spanish, and soft watercolors capture Estela’s
“Readers learn how a simple game of catch between father and son can become an event excitement about doing new things…Estela’s enthusiasm carries the day.” —Booklist
of cosmic proportions . . . a satisfying read.” —School Library Journal
AR Quiz #133831 | ATOS: 3.1 | ATOS Spanish: 3.5 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: 570L | LEXILE Spanish: 570L
Lupita’s First Dance / El primer baile de Lupita
Alicia’s Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de Alicia Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Lupe Ruiz-Flores Illustrations by Gabhor Utomo
Illustrations by Laura Lacámara Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
“The fruit-blended juice drinks known as aguas frescas offered at a fair inspire a little girl
and her mother to serve their own version after a soccer practice. The dual English / A bilingual picture book about learning to dance from the heart—even in the spotlight!
Spanish text is augmented by summery scenes in opaque, rich colors. The simplicity of
the suggested idea that homemade fruit juice will always be fun to make and delicious “Charming illustrations bring to life the dancing Lupita and her story.”—Today’s Catholic
to drink is appealing.” —Kirkus Reviews 2013, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-772-8, $17.95
AR Quiz #84327 | ATOS: 4.1| ATOS Spanish: 4.1 | ATOS IL: LG
Dale, dale, dale: Una fiesta de números
The Battle of the Snow Cones / La guerra de las raspas Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: A Fiesta of Numbers
Lupe Ruiz-Flores René Saldaña, Jr.
Illustrations by Alisha Gambino Illustrations by Carolyn Dee Flores
Spanish translation by Amira Plascencia
“What kid doesn’t love a piñata? In this birthday party counting book, simple text and
Two girls hatch clever schemes to attract customers to their snow cone stands. colorful art carry the day. The illustrations are an interesting mix of drawings with col-
“Learning that true friendship can be more important than success is an elemental ored-added photography.” —School Library Journal
concept for young children to understand.” —School Library Journal
2010, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-575-5, $16.95 AR Quiz #166958 | ATOS: 2.6 | ATOS Spanish: 1.8 | LEXILE: 480L | LEXILE Spanish: 400L
AR Quiz #138368 | ATOS 3.9 | ATOS Spanish: 3.7 | ATOS IL: LG

A Surprise for Teresita / Una sorpresa para Teresita The Stranger and the Red Rooster / El forastero y el gallo rojo
Virginia Sánchez-Korrol Victor Villaseñor
Pap
Illustrations by Carolyn Dee Flores Illustrations by José Jara Now Aerback
vailable
Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura !
This bilingual picture book captures both the daily life of an urban community and a
child’s excitement about her birthday surprise. Children will be inspired to look at— “This tale will captivate both young readers and their parents who may recollect
misjudging people because of their appearance. Highly recommended for school and
and maybe even write about—their own neighborhoods with new eyes.
public libraries serving bilingual students.” —Críticas
The Frog and His Friends Save Humanity AR Quiz #106973 | ATOS: 4 | ATOS Spanish: 4.3 | ATOS IL: LG
La rana y sus amigos salvan a la humanidad Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de Ana
Victor Villaseñor Pap Gwendolyn Zepeda
Illustrations by José Ramírez Now Aerback
vailable
! Illustrations by April Ward
Spanish translation by Edna Ochoa Lorito Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Audiobooks
Recipient, 2006 Skipping Stones Honor Award
Named to the 2008-2009 Tejas Star Reading List; Highly Commended Title, 2009 Char-
“With vibrant, stylized illustrations and swirling backgrounds of brilliant colors . . . The lotte Zolotow Award; Finalist, Foreword Reviews’ 2008 Book of the Year Award
text offer[s] great opportunities for reading alone or dramatizing as a play.” —Booklist “[This] charming story celebrates the satisfaction found in accomplishing a goal and the
2009, 32 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-556-4, $7.95 trust new responsibility engenders.” —Kirkus Reviews
AR Quiz #122548 | ATOS: 3.3 | ATOS Spanish: 3.6 | ATOS IL: LG | LEXILE: 650L | LEXILE Spanish: 610L
Goodnight, Papito Dios / Buenas noches, Papito Dios
Victor Villaseñor I Kick the Ball / Pateo el balón
Illustrations by José Ramírez Gwendolyn Zepeda
Spanish translation by Carolina Villarroel Illustrations by Pablo Torrecilla
“The author’s love letter to his mother, a gentle, repetition of the words of a Latino Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
lullaby [is] accompanied by strong illustrations of family bonds [with] eye-catching
folkloric quality.” —Kirkus Reviews Named to the 2010-2011 Tejas Star Reading List
2007, | 2016 Complete
32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-467-3, $16.95Catalog | 45 “This story will inspire children and remind them that, with determination and perse-
AR Quiz #118995 | ATOS: 4 | ATOS Spanish: 3.8 | ATOS IL: LG verance, dreams can and do come true.” —Library Journal
Little Crow to the Rescue / El Cuervito al rescate
Victor Villaseñor Level Up / Paso de nivel
Illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara Gwendolyn Zepeda
Spanish translation by Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz Illustrations by Pablo Torrecilla
Special Recognition, 2006 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Inaugural Winner, Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura
2007 Lacapa Spirit Prize; Named to the 2007-2008 Tejas Star Reading List Named to the 2013-2014 Tejas Star Reading List
“Its strength lies in its traditional origins, its striking illustrations, and the overall mes- “A boy reluctantly joins his friends outside for some competitive sports when his fasci-
sage that, occasionally, children can teach their parents a thing or two.” —Booklist nation with video games is unexpectedly interrupted after his device stop functioning.”
—Kirkus Reviews
AR Quiz #102342 | ATOS: 4.1 | ATOS Spanish: 4.2 | ATOS IL: LG 2012, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-747-6, $16.95
Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote / Mamá Zorra y Don Coyote
Victor Villaseñor Sunflowers / Girasoles
Illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara Gwendolyn Zepeda
Spanish translation by Guadalupe Vanessa Turcios Illustrations by Alisha Gambino
“[This] is not only a worthy addition to earlier coyote stories, but also a pointed re-
minder of the cycle in the wild.” —Kirkus Reviews Winner, 2010 Texas Institute of Letters Award
2004, 32 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-55885-428-4, $16.95 Seven-year-old Marisol helps her Grandad make a garden. Children will sow and reap
AR Quiz #84327 | ATOS: 4.1 | ATOS Spanish: 4.1 | ATOS IL: LG ideas of their own about ways to share a little joy, just as Marisol does with sunflowers.
“A pleasing and and effective multicultural offering.” —Kirkus Reviews
THEMATIC SETS FOR BILINGUAL KIDS BOOKS
Dear Educators: Below is a list of our books grouped by themes and offered to you at a very special, discounted price—
Animal Stories Bilingual Paperback Picture Books Set Community Set
ISBN: 978-1-55885-726-1, $84.75 $50.00 ISBN: 978-1-55885-740-7, $95.40 $60.00 ISBN: 978-1-55885-735-3, $172.50 $90.00
•Canta, Rana, canta / Sing, Froggie, Sing •Benjamin and the Word / Benjamín y la palabra •Estrellita en la ciudad grande /
•Delicious Hullabaloo / Pachanga deliciosa •Big Enough / Bastante grande Estrellita in the Big City
•Kikirikí / Quiquiriquí •César Chávez: The Struggle for Justice / •Let’s Salsa / Bailemos salsa
•Little Crow to the Rescue / El Cuervito al rescate César Chávez: La lucha por la justicia •Mayte and the Bogeyman / Mayte y el Cuco
•Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote / Mamá Zorra y Don •Chave’s Memories / Las memorias de Chave •The Patchwork Garden / Pedacitos de huerto
Coyote •The Desert Is My Mother / El desierto es mi madre •The Place Where You Live / El lugar donde vives
•Family, Familia •The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo
Bilingual Chapter Books •The Frog and His Friends Save Humanity / •Sundays on Fourth Street /
for Middle Readers Set 1 La rana y sus amigos salvan a la humanidad Los domingos en la calle Cuatro
ISBN: 978-1-55885-106-0, $78.60 $48.00 •Icy Watermelon / Sandía fría •The Woodcutter’s Gift / El regalo del leñador
•Animal Jamboree / La fiesta de los animales •Muffler Man / El hombre mofle •A Surprise for Teresita / Una sorpresa para Teresita
•The Case of the Three Kings: The Flaca Files / •Pepita Takes Time / Pepita, siempre tarde
El caso de los Reyes Magos: Los expedientes de •Salsa Creative / Imaginative Thinking Set
Flaca •Sip, Slurp, Soup, Soup / Caldo, caldo, caldo ISBN: 978-1-55885-736-0, $121.65 $70.00
•Kid Cyclone Fights the Devil and Other Stories / •The Stranger and the Red Rooster / •Baseball on Mars / Béisbol en Marte
Kid Ciclón se enfrenta a El Diablo y otros cuento El forastero y el gallo rojo •Dalia’s Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia
•The Missing Chancleta and Other Top-Secret Cases / •Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! /
La chancleta perdida y otros casos secretos Biographies and History Set Esteban de Luna, ¡rescatador de bebés!
•The Monster in the Mattress and Other Stories / ISBN: 978-1-55885-729-2, $50.85 $30.00 •Francisco’s Kites / Las cometas de Francisco
El monstruo en el colchón y otros cuentos •Grandma’s Chocolate / El chocolate de Abuelita •The Land of Lost Things / El país de las cosas perdidas
•A Mummy in Her Backpack / Una momia en su mochila •René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos •Lupita’s Papalote / El papalote de Lupita
•A School Named for Someone Like Me / •Ricardo’s Race / La carrera de Ricardo •Magda’s Piñata Magic / Magda y la piñata mágica
Una escuela con un nombre como el mío
•Upside Down and Backwards / De cabeza y al revés Building / Sequencing Books Set Environmental / Flora & Fauna Set
ISBN: 978-1-55885-732-2, $102.70 $60.00 ISBN: 978-1-55885-725-4, $206.40 $120.00
Bilingual Chapter Books •Canta, Rana, canta / Sing, Froggie, Sing •Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water
for Middle Readers Set 2 •Dale, Dale, Dale: Una fiesta de números / •Butterflies on Carmen Street /
ISBN: 978-1-55885-875-6, $89.55 $54.00 Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: A Fiesta of Numbers Mariposas en la calle Carmen
•Brujas, lechuzas y espantos / •The Empanadas that Abuela Made / •Dalia’s Wondrous Hair /
Witches, Owls and Spooks Las empanadas que hacía la abuela El cabello maravilloso de Dalia
•Dennis Chávez: The First Hispanic US Senator •Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de Ana •Delicious Hullabaloo / Pachanga deliciosa
El primer senador hispano de los Estados Unidos •The Party for Papá Luis / La fiesta para Papá Luis •The Desert Is My Mother / El desierto es mi madre
•The Donkey Lady Fights La Llorona and Other Stories •The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo •Estrellita se despide de su isla /
La señora Asno se enfrenta a la Llorona y otros Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island
cuentos The Caribbean Set •Harvesting Friends / Cosechando amigos
•Letters from Heaven / Cartas del cielo ISBN: 978-1-55885-723-0, $120.65 $70.00 •Little Crow to the Rescue / El Cuervito al rescate
•Mi sueño de América / My American Dream •Dalia’s Wondrous Hair / •Mis papitos: Héroes de la cosecha /
•Rattling Chains and Other Stories for Children / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia My Parents: Heroes of the Harvest
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para niños •Estrellita en la ciudad grande / •Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote /
•Rooster Joe and the Bully / El Gallo Joe y el Estrellita in the Big City Mamá Zorra y Don Coyote
abusón •Estrellita se despide de su isla / •The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch /
•The Ruiz Street Kids / Los muchachos de la calle Ruiz Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island Allá en El Rancho Grande
•The Shameless Shenanigans of Mister Malo / •Mimí’s Parranda / La parranda de Mimí •Sunflowers / Girasoles
Las terribles travesuras de Mister Malo •Mis abuelos y yo / My Grandparents and I
•Salsa Family Set 1
Bilingual Chapter Books •Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural / Sofi y el mágico ISBN: 978-1-55885-719-3, $84.75 $50.00
The Mickey Rangel Mystery Series mural musical •Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de Ana
ISBN: 978-1-55885-874-9, $49.75 $30.00 •Mis papitos: Héroes de la cosecha /
•The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / Celebrations Set My Parents: Heroes of the Harvest
El caso de la pluma perdida ISBN: 978-1-55885-739-1, $139.60 $80.00 •My Big Sister / Mi hermana mayor
•The Curse of the Bully’s Wrath / •The Bakery Lady / La señora de la panadería •The Party for Papá Luis / La fiesta para Papá Luis
La maldición de la ira del abusón •A Bean and Cheese Taco Birthday / Un cumpleaños con •We Are Cousins / Somos primos
•The Lemon Tree Caper / La intriga del limonero tacos de frijoles con queso
•A Mystery Bigger than Big / •The Cucuy Stole My Cascarones /
Un misterio más grande que grandísimo El Coco me robó los cascarones
•The Mystery of the Mischievous Marker / •Dale, Dale, Dale: Una fiesta de números /
El misterio del malvado marcador Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: A Fiesta of Numbers
•Harvesting Friends / Cosechando amigos
•Magda’s Piñata Magic / Magda y la piñata mágica
•Mimí’s Parranda / La parranda de Mimí
•The Party for Papá Luis / La fiesta para Papá Luis
•A Surprise for Teresita / Una sorpresa para Teresita


THEMATIC SETS FOR BILINGUAL KIDS BOOKS
almost 40% off the regular price! Don’t pass up this opportunity to get bilingual book sets to support your lessons.
Family Set 2 Grandparents Set 2 Pepita Series Set
ISBN: 978-1-55885-757-5, $140.60 $80.00 ISBN: 978-1-55885-718-6, $101.70 $60.00 ISBN: 978-1-55885-722-3, $84.75 $50.00
•A Day without Sugar / Un día sin azúcar •Abuelo vivía solo / Grandpa Used to Live Alone •Pepita Finds Out / Lo que descubre Pepita
•Clara and the Curandera / Clara y la curandera •Butterflies on Carmen Street / •Pepita Packs Up / Pepita empaca
•Estas manos: Manitas de mi familia / Mariposas en la calle Carmen •Pepita on Pepper Street / Pepita en la calle Pepper
These Hands: My Family’s Hands •Estrellita en la ciudad grande / •Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita habla dos veces
•Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! / Estrellita in the Big City •Pepita Thinks Pink / Pepita y el color rosado
Esteban de Luna, ¡rescatador de bebés! •Magda’s Tortillas / Las tortillas de Magda
•Family, Familia •Mis abuelos y yo / My Grandparents and I Poetry Set
•Maya and Annie on Saturdays and Sundays / •The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch / ISBN: 978-1-55885-728-5, $102.70 $60.00
Los sábados y domingos de Maya y Annie Allá en El Rancho Grande •Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water
•Sofía and the Purple Dress / Sofía y el vestido morado •Delicious Hullabaloo / Pachanga deliciosa
•Sundays on Fourth Street / Los domingos en la calle Health Set •The Desert Is My Mother / El desierto es mi madre
Cuatro ISBN: 978-1-55885-759-9, $103.70 $60.00 •Estrellita se despide de su isla /
•Adelita and the Veggie Cousins / Estrellita Says Good-bye to Her Island
Folktales Set Adelita y las primas verduritas •Mis abuelos y yo / My Grandparents and I
ISBN: 978-1-55885-727-8, $50.85 $30.00 •A Day without Sugar / Un día sin azúcar •My Big Sister / Mi hermana mayor
•Little Crow to the Rescue / El Cuervito al rescate •I Kick the Ball / Pateo el balón
•Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote / •Level Up / Paso de nivel Spooky Creatures & Stories Set
Mamá Zorra y Don Coyote •The Patchwork Garden / Pedacitos de huerto ISBN: 978-1-55885-730-8, $119.65 $70.00
•The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo •Sofía and the Purple Dress / Sofía y el vestido •The Cucuy Stole My Cascarones /
morado El Coco me robó los cascarones
Food & Hispanic Culinary Traditions Set 1 •Do You Know the Cucuy? / ¿Conoces al Cucuy?
ISBN: 978-1-55885-720-9, $68.80 $40.00 Hispanic Cultural Traditions Set •It’s Bedtime, Cucuy / ¡A la cama, Cucuy!
•Alicia’s Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de Alicia ISBN: 978-1-55885-721-6, $137.60 $80.00 •Juan and the Chupacabras / Juan y el Chupacabras
•The Empanadas that Abuela Made / •The Bakery Lady / La señora de la panadería •Mayte and the Bogeyman / Mayte y el Cuco
Las empanadas que hacía la abuela •Grandma’s Chocolate / El chocolate de Abuelita •No Time for Monsters /
•Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de Ana •Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de Ana No hay tiempo para monstruos
•The Runaway Piggy / El cochinito fugitivo •Lupita’s First Dance / El primer baile de Lupita •Zulema and the Witch Owl /
•Magda’s Piñata Magic / Magda y la piñata mágica Zulema y la Bruja Lechuza
Food & Hispanic Culinary Traditions Set 2 •The Remembering Day / El día de los muertos
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ANTHOLOGIES
Paradise Lost or Gained? Looking Out, Looking In: Anthology of Latino
The Literature of Hispanic Exile Poetry
Edited by Fernando Alegría and Jorge Ruffinelli Edited by William Luis
This chronicle of exile is filled with voices of nostalgic reflection, of evocations and Refer to the Poetry section for a complete description.
secret wishes, visions of return and the anticipation of a fate discerned in the noise of
battle as well as in the joy of solidarity.
Riding Low on the Streets of Gold

Latino Literature for Young Adults
Edited by Judith Ortiz Cofer
2003, 208 pages, Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-55885-380-5, $14.95
Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for a complete Cuentos hispanos de los Estados Unidos
description. Edited by Julián Olivares
ISBN: 978-1-55885-260-0, $16.95
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for a complete description.
Decade II: An Anniversary Anthology

Edited by Julián Olivares & Evangelina Vigil-Piñon
In Other Words: Literature by Latinas of the United States ISBN: 978-1-55885-062-0, $12.00
Edited by Roberta Fernández
1994, 592 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-110-8, $20.95 Revista Chicano-Riqueña / The Americas Review launched and promoted the works of
wise and witty creators of Hispanic literature. This remarkable collection offers a hand-
“This comprehensive anthology explodes with the verbal creations of Latinas. Rich in
picked selection of the best works published between 1983 and 1992. An introduction
meaning, the book is an endless delight. Fernández has assembled some of the most
by Olivares provides historical and cultural context for these works.
creative voices who share themselves through poetry, plays, fiction and essays.”
—Copley News Service Outlaw: The Collected Works of Miguel Piñero
Miguel Piñero
The Chicano / Latino Literary Prize Introduction by Nicolás Kanellos and Jorge Iglesias
An Anthology of Prize-Winning Fiction, 2010, 408 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-606-6, $19.95
Poetry and Drama
Edited, with an Introduction, by Stephanie Fetta This long-awaited collection includes previously published and
2008, 336 pages, Trade Paperback never-before-published poems and ten plays, including Short
ISBN: 978-1-55885-511-3, $21.95 Eyes, which was later made into a film and won the 1973-1974
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play.
This historic collection presents a panoramic view of the
concerns, styles and artistry of twenty-five years of Chicano/ “Outlaw is a strident call to arms for all the dispossessed. It is
Latino writing. a wake-up call to the powerful and the greedy. It is a glance
behind the shiny facade. It shows a world where Piñero felt
“A highly recommended addition to personal, academic and at home. It is a celebration of the honesty, integrity and bravery of the cosmopolitan
community bilingual collections, [this anthology] is a testament to the America’s His- denizens of the Lower East Side and beyond.” —New York Journal of Books
panic literary accomplishments.” —Midwest Book Review
Little Havana Blues
En otra voz: Antología de la literatura A Cuban-American Literature Anthology
hispana de los Estados Unidos Edited by Virgil Suárez and Delia Poey
Nicolás Kanellos, General Editor 1996, 448 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-160-3, $19.95
This landmark first anthology of Cuban-American literature is a medley of voices—narrators,
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for a complete description. essayists and poets—staking their claim in part of the American literary mosaic with Pulitzer
Prizes and other awards in hand. An introduction and bibliography by the editors accompany
the selections.
“A superbly encompassing gathering of poetry, fiction, essay and drama representing the
current dynamism of Cuban American writing.” —Booklist
Hispanic, Female and Young

Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States An Anthology
Edited by Nicolás Kanellos Edited by Phyllis Tashlik
1993, 288 pages, Trade Paperback 1994, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-080-4, $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-55885-044-6, $15.95
Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for a complete
The selections in this collection are as diverse as the personalities of the authors, and description.
Hispanic culture itself.
“Kanellos has mined literary gold from the rich vein of contemporary American His-
panic fiction. These are entertaining yet powerful works of short fiction.”

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Stowaway Next Year in Cuba: A Cubano’s Coming of Age
Carol Córdoba Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Nicolás Córdoba stowed away in an airpocket above the rudder of an oil tanker to reach In a searing memoir of a family torn apart by exile, Pérez Firmat
the United States. This is the extraordinary account of an ordinary man, his journey, and chronicles the painful search for roots that has come to domi-
how his dream turned into a nightmare of incarceration for drug smuggling. nate his adult life.
I Can Hear the Cowbells Ring “Next Year in Cuba is a valuable and heartfelt addition to the
Lionel G. García canon of Cuban-American writing. A fine portrait of a family
1994, 206 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-114-6, $9.95 and culture in transition.”
—Oscar Hijuelos, author of Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
“[A] raucously funny portrait of an extended family.” —Publishers Weekly
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, El año
“The characters in the sketches are real, from the breast-beating grandmother to the que viene estamos en Cuba.
brother who could not be cured of swearing. Hardship, cruelty and tragedy are present
but warmed by an unsentimental, rollicking sense of humor and life.” —Library Journal Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz
Mona Ruiz with Geoff Boucher
Black Cuban, Black American: A Memoir 2005, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-455-0, $14.95
Evelio Grillo “This well-written book is the engrossing autobiographical account of how one woman
Introduction by Kenya Dworkin y Méndez found her way out of the world of gangs to achieve her dream of being a police officer.”
2000, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-293-8 —MultiCultural Review
$13.95
“Fascinating—alternately gruesome, tragic and funny.” —The Women’s Review of Books
Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series
section for a complete description.
Buffalo Nickel
Floyd Salas
“Salas’ fiercely eloquent account of growing up in a family roiled by drug addiction,

crime and suicide is a scorching read.” —Publishers Weekly
They Called Me “King Tiger”: My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights
Reies López Tijerina “Piercing and eloquent coming-of-age story . . . Beautifully written, gritty and deeply
English translation and edited by José Angel Gutiérrez human.” —Kirkus Reviews (Pointer Book)
Oscar “Zeta” Acosta: The Uncollected Works
Edited by Ilan Stavans
Julian Nava: My Mexican-American Journey
Julian Nava This collection gathers unpublished stories, letters, poems and a teleplay written by
Foreword by Henry A. J. Ramos Acosta (1935-1974), the Chicano attorney, political activist and writer, between the
2002, 243 pages, ISBN: 978-1-55885-351-5, Trade Paperback, $9.95 early 1960s and shortly before his mysterious disappearance in Mexico in 1974.
Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for a complete description. “Stavans does service to Acosta’s memory and to Chicano literature with this
collection.” —Booklist
Memoir of a Visionary
Antonia Pantoja Infinite Refuge
Foreword by Henry A. J. Ramos Virgil Suárez
Refer to the Hispanic Civil Rights Series section for a complete description. In this memoir, Virgil Suárez draws from his memories of family and friends leaving
Cuba and ties them through verse and prose to his experience of exile.
Diary of a Guerrilla
Ramón “Tianguis” Pérez “Suárez is a vivid, evocative writer.” —Washington Post
English translation by Dick J. Reavis
1999, 164 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-282-2, $19.95 Spared Angola: Memories from a Cuban-American Childhood
Virgil Suárez
As a young man, Pérez enlisted in a guerrilla movement to reclaim ancestral communal 1997, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-197-9, $11.95
lands in Oaxaca, Mexico. From the grassroots organization to the power of politicians,
we, too, experience the struggle. This moving collection evokes the agony and frustration borne of growing up in termi-
nal exile and cultural limbo.
“The character which he presents is as magnetic as any purely fictional creation that I
have met.” —The Texas Review “This slim volume is studded with poetry that adds depth to the characters and action
. . . Suárez reflects on 36 years as an outsider and on the memories—and the record of
Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant them—that kept him sane.” —Publishers Weekly
Ramón “Tianguis” Pérez
1991, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-032-3, $10.95 Rain of Gold
Victor Villaseñor
This autobiographical account of survival as a “wetback,” or 2015, 497 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-809-1, $22.95
“mojado,” gives the reader a fascinating glimpse into the life of 1991, 512 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-030-9, $25.95
the undocumented worker. Accelerated Reader Quiz #34996
“Pérez tells an emotionally heavy story with clear, detailed nar- “A gripping inspirational epic full of wild adventure, bootlegging, young love, miracles,
ration and a light sense of humor.” —Houston Chronicle tragedies, murder and triumph over cultural barriers.” —Publishers Weekly
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for the Spanish-language
edition, Diario de un mojado.

POETRY
Body Bee Calling from the 21st Century ¡Manteca! An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ Poets
Miguel Algarín Edited by Melissa Castillo-Garsow
1982, 64 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-17-0, $7.00 2017, 416 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-1-55885-842-8, $21.95
Algarin’s book is a psychic-poetic odyssey into the bionic twenty-first century. “A welcome addition to the cornucopia of books sharing the poetic voices of the
Americas. ¡Manteca!, like its English translation, ‘butter,’ will melt delectably in the
“Body Bee Calling from the 21st Century turned me on after exhibiting beauty and gentil-
mind, creating flavors and nuances to ponder again and again.” —Booklist
ity, miraculous writings from the Lower East Side of New York.” —Allen Ginsberg
Survival Supervivencia From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Miguel Algarín 1991, 80 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-033-0, $7.00
Introduction by Ernesto Quiñonez, Edited by T. Marc Newell
2009, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-541-0, $16.95 Winner, 1992 Paterson Poetry Prize; Winner, 1993 Latino Literature Prize
“The poems are sharply executed, finely honed neighborhood “Cervantes is a poet with a clear, strong voice . . . Her work is refreshing and deceptively
portraits, snapshots and vignettes, personal reminiscences, so- simple, reflecting love of language and music. She manages all this without sacrificing
cial observations and political commentaries. They are suffused the humor, power and complexity of themes she explores as a female, Latina-American,
with the music, rhythms and flavors of Nuyorican experience lover, intellectual and writer.” —Jessica Hagedorn
and history; they are stories of family, love, friendship, violence,
struggle and resistance that give voice to the poor and disen- Terms of Survival
franchised.” —MultiCultural Review Judith Ortiz Cofer
Time’s Now / Ya es tiempo
Miguel Algarín “Terms of Survival takes readers on an imagistic safari through the lush jungle of life . . . a
Bilingu slim volume that is sure to grab the reader’s interest from the first page to the last.”
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—The Athens Observer
Winner, 1985 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award
Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words
Openly political, blatantly blunt, religiously irreverent, Time’s Now / Ya es tiempo takes us Bilingu
Lucha Corpi a
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from the most recondite corners of the soul through the streets of New York and to other English translation by Catherine Rodríguez-Nieto
battlefields—this time in Central America—and finally to union with the Godhead. 2001, 168 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-322-5, $12.95
This pioneering collection of poems established Corpi as a major figure in Mexican-
Todos somos Whitman / We Are All Whitman American literature. She explores potentially explosive political topics: transculturation,
Luis Alberto Ambroggio Bilingu
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Title l the role of women, social change and the grand themes of love and death.
English translation by Brett Alan Sanders
2016, 232 pages, Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-55885-825-1, $17.95 “[T]his collection . . . represents her dawn.” —Críticas
This poetic homage to Walt Whitman contains 53 poems in English and Spanish, How to Undress a Cop
focusing on themes of identity, love and life. Originally published in Spanish by Vaso Sarah Cortez
Roto Ediciones, this edition includes the original Spanish text and a luminous English Foreword by Naomi Shihab Nye
translation by Brett Alan Sanders. 2000, 80 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-301-0, $9.95
En carne propia: Memoria poética Winner, 1999 PEN Texas Literary Award
Flesh Wounds: A Poetic Memoir These poems display Sarah Cortez’s many facets: the street smarts of a law-enforcement
Jorge Argueta Bilingu officer; the coolly analytic eye of a corporate accountant; the linguistic dexterity of a
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English translation by Elizabeth Bell Title l Latin teacher; and the frank sensuality of a strong and spirited woman.
“There will always be room on the shelf for ‘How To’ guides of this nature.”
“From his trying upbringing in rural El Salvador to his arrival on the literary scene in —Kirkus Reviews
San Francisco in the 1980s, Argueta alternates between prose and poetry to create this
“Full of hard-edged description and fast-flowing narratives, Sarah Cortez’s debut . . . is
genre-blending, bilingual memoir of his long journey north in flight from guerrilla
by turns erotic, tender and gritty.” —Publishers Weekly
violence.” —Booklist
“Entrancing literary quickie that leaves you panting for more.” —Latina
The Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New World
Rafael Campo
1994, 120 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-111-5, $8.00 Here Lies Lalo
The Collected Works of Abelardo Delgado
Winner, 1993 National Poetry Series Open Competition Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado
“Latino ethnicity, gay identity, the responsibilities of doctors in the age of AIDS and the Edited by Jarica Linn Watts
2011, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-694-3
meaning of family are all under question as the writer, a San Francisco doctor, writes
$19.95
with a sturdily imaginative vigor in compact, accessible poems . . . The poet’s assertive
exploration . . . is always engaging.” —Publishers Weekly Available for the first time to a general audience, Delgado’s
poems are in Spanish, English and a combination of both
The Little Devil and the Rose: Lotería Poems languages. While many of his poems protest mistreatment and
El diablito y la rosa: Poemas de la lotería discrimination, others focus on love of family and for the land
Viola Canales and traditions of his people.
2014, 143 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-792-6, $16.95 Bilingu
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Finalist, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award “A vibrant, engaging consideration of life, the universe and everything . . . a great collec-
tion and tribute.” —New Poetry Review
Inspired by the archetypes found in the Mexican bingo game called lotería, these poems re-
flect the history—of family, culture and war—rooted in the Southwest for hundreds of years.
“A lively addition to Chicana literature.” —Booklist

POETRY
When Love Was Reels: Poetry American Copia: An Immigrant Epic
José B. González Javier O. Huerta
2017, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-1-55885-850-3, $14.95 2012, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-748-3
$14.95
Finalist, 2018 International Latino Book Awards
“My parents crossed when I started losing / teeth. My memory of them is broken, “The book’s chapters consist of poetry, dialog, a brief play, lists, short
chipped / away.” Expressing his longing not to be forgotten like so many abandoned stories and even text messages. Huerta handles all these genres clev-
children in his native country, José B. González writes about a young boy’s life—first erly with a fine sense of humor and irony. Highly recommended for
in El Salvador under the care of his grandmother and later living with his uncle in New public and academic libraries.” —REFORMA Newsletter
York City—in this moving collection of narrative poems that uses classic films from “A fine assortment of essays, poetry and much more, offering a
Latin America and Hollywood to make sense of his fractured existence. clear view of a world few truly understand.”
—The Midwest Book Review (Reviewer’s Choice)
Selected Poems of Angela de Hoyos
Angela de Hoyos Some Clarifications y otros poemas
2015, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-807-7, $17.95 Javier O. Huerta
This collection showcases the work of a beloved literary activist who gave voice to
marginalized communities. Mostly self-educated, de Hoyos was equally adept at writing Winner, University of California, Irvine’s 2005 Chicano/Latino Literary Prize
in Spanish or English, and many of her poems are written in a skillful combination of This debut collection explores themes of dislocation, loss, love and art. Huerta sketches
the two. Containing 75 poems that have never been published, this volume highlights haunting pieces about a bilingual, bicultural experience.
a vibrant voice that calls for equality and respect for all people, regardless of gender or
ethnicity. “Beautiful verse graces this book . . . a topical and fearless debut, taking on the most charged
issue in the contemporary political arena: undocumented immigration.” —El Paso Times
Woman, Woman
Angela de Hoyos AmeRícan
1996 (Second Edition), 72 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-156-6, $7.00 Tato Laviera
The winner of international poetry awards devotes full attention to the dynamic tension
that both unites and separates male and female. In de Hoyos’ poems, that tension is “Laviera’s poetry combines a lively portrait of his own cultural roots with an inclusive
always erotically charged, always threatening to one sex or the other, and always rever- and multicultural message.” —MultiCultural Review
berating in the political. Bendición: The Complete Poetry of Tato Laviera
“Her verses flow smoothly, and her usage of both languages is not contrived but is part Tato Laviera
of her natural linguistic movement to and from English and Spanish.” Introduction by Laura Lamas, Preface by Nicolás Kanellos
—Corpus Christi Caller-Times 2014, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-800-8, $24.95
Bluestown Mockingbird Mambo Tato Laviera explores identity, community, urban life, oppression and much more in
Sandra María Esteves these multi-layered pieces that spanned his too-short life.
Enclave
“Esteves speaks with punch and politically-astute vigor about the realities of the urban
Tato Laviera
poor. More importantly, however, the poetry draws a big distinction between one being 1981, 72 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-11-8, $7.00
economically poor and spiritually and culturally repressed.” —Poetry Flash
Winner, 1981 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award
Selected Poetry “Enclave serves as a very timely manifestation of the modern Hispanic. It would prob-
Cecilio García-Camarillo ably be a very appropriate text in a high school or college Puerto Rican studies or
Introduction by Enrique Lamadrid
Chicano studies class.” —Lector
García-Camarillo emerged in the flourishing of artistic creativity during the Chicano La Carreta Made a U-Turn
Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. This volume unites works in thirteen chapbooks. Tato Laviera
“[B]ilingual poems mix public protest and private frustration with the lyrical schemes
of Latin American poets like Neruda, redefining American identity and doing investiga- “[This is] a clear and refreshing note of affirmation, humaneness, joy and vigor in the
tive reportage in verse.” —Publishers Weekly face of poverty, alienation and oppression. Tato Laviera has produced a remarkably
varied first book of poems.” —Explorations in Ethnic Studies
La Llorona on the Longfellow Bridge: Poetry y otras movidas
Alicia Gaspar de Alba Mainstream Ethics
2003, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-399-7, $11.95 Tato Laviera
As a leading interpreter of border life and culture, poet, storyteller and essayist Gaspar 1988, 64 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-90-3, $7.00
de Alba explores the borders and limits of place, body and language through a painful Laviera affirms that Hispanic language, lore, art and history are transforming the na-
series of moves and losses. tional culture and identity of this country.
The Child of Exile: A Poetry Memoir Mixturao and Other Poems

Carolina Hospital Tato Laviera
This lyrical poetry collection by a vibrant voice in the Cuban-American community “Dedicated to celebrating the diverse and complex compilation that is America . . . Mixturao
spans a range of themes: love and betrayal, motherhood and sacrifice, creation and the entertains as well as invokes thought in readers, recommended.” —Midwest Book Review
quest for faith, and loss of communication. This memoir provides consolation, for it is in
the common condition of exile and yearning to belong that we connect as human beings. The Twins, the Dream: Two Voices / Las gemelas, el sueño: dos voces
Ursula Le Guin and Diana Bellessi Bilingu
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This collection by two internationally recognized poets who translated each other’s
works bridges cultural gaps and promotes cross-cultural understanding.

POETRY
Looking Out, Looking In: Anthology of Latino Poetry Color of My Living Heart
Edited by William Luis Floyd Salas
“A definitive anthology of Latino poetry [this] scholarly yet accessible overview of The rough and tumble prose and life of Floyd Salas gives body and guts to these poems
the evolution and major concerns of the movement is required reading for serious of love and desperation. Here, the seasoned boxer, street dude, ex-hippy and ex-pachuco
students.” — McAllen Monitor bares his heart in a genre all but forgotten by today’s skeptic and minimalist poets.
Selected Poems / Poesía selecta Un Trip through the Mind Jail y Otras Excursions
Luis Palés Matos Raúl R. Salinas
Bilingu
English translation and Introduction by Julio Marzán a
Title l Introduction by Louis Mendoza
Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete description. These poems forged over fifteen years during the heat of the Chicano Movement reveal
the growing politicization of minority convicts incarcerated at a time when their com-
Borders munities were marching forward.
Pat Mora
1986, 88 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-57-6, $8.95 Death to Silence / Muerte al silencio Bilingu
Emma Sepúlveda a
Winner, 1987 Southwest Book Award Title l
Spanish translation by Shaun T. Griffin
Mora explores the political, cultural, social and emotional borders that divide people. 1997, 104 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-203-7, $8.95
“We begin one of Mora’s poems as if embarking on an exploration of an unknown coun- These poems convert one poet’s struggle with exile from her homeland into a triumph
try. When we finish, we have learned so much about its topology we feel we can claim of the human spirit.
the land as ours. These are arduous expeditions, though, for both writer and reader. You
don’t plant your flag without earning the right.” —El Paso Times “Emma Sepúlveda’s voice is ardent . . . she is a poet greatly daring and wonderfully
passionate.” —Carolyn Kizer, Recipient, 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Chants
Pat Mora Entering a Life
1994 (Second Edition), 64 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-24-8, $8.95 Ernesto Trejo
Winner, 1985 Southwest Book Award; Winner, El Paso Times’ Best Book of Poetry
“A truly mature and accomplished collection.” —Western American Literature
“Her poems are chants that hold the reader mesmerized until late in the day when
poems are transformed into wishful dreams.” —Nuestro Magazine Promesas: Geography of the Impossible
Gloria Vando
Communion 1993, 96 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-059-0, $8.00
Pat Mora
1991, 92 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-035-4, $8.95 Winner, 1994 Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Achievement
Pat Mora provides a healing voice considering the art of poetry itself, male and female “A newcomer whose voice is particularly sustained and developed. Vando’s is a universal
relationships, separation from children, homeland and tradition. voice expressing childhood anguish and passion.” —Publishers Weekly
“Mora’s imagery contributes intensity to her spare and minimalist poems . . . [her] Shadows & Supposes
poems both instruct and delight.” —Texas Books in Review Gloria Vando
Between Two Worlds
Américo Paredes Winner, 2003 Latino Literary Award—Best Poetry Book
1990, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-022-4, $7.00 “[Vando] has crafted daring and dramatic poems that likely will remain vivid in readers’
This collection comprises poems written in the 1930s and 1940s by a famous folklorist, minds long after the book is closed.” —Kansas City Star
novelist and mentor of at least two generations of Chicano scholars and writers.
Diaspora: Selected and New Poems
“[Paredes] has collected works in English and Spanish that are angry and beautiful and Frank Varela
bitter and sensual, filled with longing and futility.” —Texas Books in Review 2016, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-836-7, $14.95
The Searchers: Collected Poetry In this collection of 55 poems, Varela writes about growing up Puerto Rican in Brook-
Tomás Rivera lyn while reflecting on the universal joys and pains of everyday life. This collection
Edited by Julián Olivares contains a mix of previously published and new poems that offer a survey of the poet’s
1990, 112 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-018-7, work from 1988 to the present.
$7.00
Rivera celebrates the common experience of humanity and I Used to Be a Superwoman

Gloria L. Velásquez
renews his search for the encounter of the self, community, the
past and the continuity of the dead through the living.
These poems are a call to arms demanding allegiance to la causa.
“Small poems, narrow lines, everyday words to haunt the sensi-
tive reader, this work is a universal cry for liberation.” Thirty an’ Seen a Lot
—Review of Texas Books Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
Celso
Leo Romero Winner, 1983 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award
1985, 96 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-36-1, $7.00 “The book is superior in that it expresses emotion and dramatizes appeal which keep
“Celso is Everyman, his roles ranging from shabby Christ figure to buffoon, drunkard the reader involved. The language of the book flows smoothly and reads well. The book
and ladies’ man, alternately unkempt, lascivious, pathetic, witty-cruel, curious and would serve as an excellent text for a course in contemporary Chicano poetry.” —Lector
outrageous.” —Literary Arts

POETRY
The Computer Is Down Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners: Poems
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón Gwendolyn Zepeda
“Vigil’s work takes on a sophisticated sheen, at once celebrating the glittery image of “With a world-weary yet love-driven voice, the Houston laureate unerringly explores
the late 20th century American city and taking a hard look at the human realities upon the workplace, relationships, culture and motherhood.” —The McAllen Monitor
which that age rests.” —San Antonio Light
Monsters, Zombies and Addicts Poems
They Say that I Am Two Gwendolyn Zepeda
Marcos McPeek Villatoro 2015, 84 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-810-7, $14.95
“For all her emphasis on the unseemly, seedy undersides of life, Zepeda again exercises
Poignant, comic and planted deep in the rich soil of many languages and voices, this her gift for making even the most commonplace occurrences enchantingly musical. A
volume introduces the unique and singular voice of a man whose poetry resists the fantastic second book for a poet who continues to define herself with raw and daring lyrics.”
entrapment of borders. —Booklist
SPANISH TITLES
Un cubiche en la luna Odisea del norte
Iván Acosta Mario Bencastro
Refer to the Drama section for a complete description. “A heartfelt story of political oppression and exile . . . credible and quite moving.”
—Kirkus Reviews
La Migra me hizo los mandados
Alicia Alarcón “Unpretentious and reportorial, Bencastro’s tone is welcomely understated . . . and his
2002, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-367-6, message is all the more powerful for it.” —Publishers Weekly
$14.95 Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, Odyssey to the
North.
“This wonderful first-hand description of the immigration
experience is recommended for public and academic libraries
and bookstores.” —Críticas (Starred Review)
Viaje a la tierra del abuelo
Mario Bencastro
Refer to the Non Fiction section for information on the English- 2004, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-404-8, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
language edition, The Border Patrol Ate My Dust.
This adventure novel for young adults about a young boy’s search for his Salvadoran
roots explores critical questions of identity, homeland and culture.
Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for information on the English-language
Porque hay silencio edition, A Promise to Keep.
Alba Ambert Quedando bien
1998, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-250-1, $11.95 Anilú Bernardo
This is the Spanish-language version of Ambert’s critically acclaimed work that traces 2006, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-474-1, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
the tortured path of a young Puerto Rican woman in the South Bronx.
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, A Perfect Silence. The spunky Cuban-American protagonists in this Spanish-language collection of short
stories navigate the uncertain waters of adolescence in Miami.
Árbol de la vida: Historias de la guerra civil “[It] will bring a ray of hope to recent immigrant teenagers facing seemingly insur-
Mario Bencastro mountable problems.” —Críticas
Accelerated Reader Quiz #30230 Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for information on the English-language
edition, Fitting In.
The blight of governmental strife and social injustice color this richly textured short
story collection depicting the passion and politics of civil war in El Salvador. El dilema de Trino
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, The Tree of Life: Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Stories of Civil War. Spanish translation by Julia Mercedes Castilla
Disparo en la catedral Trino Olivares must decide which choices will impress his friends—and which choices
Mario Bencastro are the best for Trino.
Accelerated Reader Quiz #34147 Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for information on the English-language
edition, Trino’s Choice.
Finalist, International “Novedades y Diana” Award
This compelling novel depicts the devastating and heart-wrenching events of the Salva- El momento de Trino
doran Civil War. Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Spanish translation by Rosario Sanmiguel
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, A Shot in the Cathedral. 2006, 192 pages, Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-55885-473-4, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
Trying to cope with the loss of two friends, Trino Olivares learns that there are times in a
man’s life when he has to help himself.
edition, Trino’s Time.

SPANISH TITLES
Salsipuedes Muerte en una estrella / Shooting Star
Ramón Betancourt Sergio D. Elizondo Bilingu
a
2003, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-381-2, $12.95 English translation by Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita Title l
Winner, University of California, Irvine’s Chicano/Latino Literary Prize
Refer to the Fiction section for a complete description.
Themes of superstition, survival and success weave through each of the stories included
in this debut collection of short stories. Betancourt crafts portraits of the inhabitants of El sol de Texas / Under the Texas Sun
the urban Hispanic communities on the California-Mexico border. Conrado Espinoza
English translation by Ethriam Cash Brammer de Gonzales
“This is a powerful and unusual work that highlights the personal struggles of the bor- Introduction by John Pluecker Bilingu
a
derland’s inhabitants rather than its politics.” —Críticas (Starred Review) Title l
El hombre que no sudaba Published as part of the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Project, this
Jaime Carrero long-lost novel is now available in the original Spanish with an English translation.
Accelerated Reader Quiz #34178 Fronterizas: Una novela en seis cuentos
Roberta Fernández
Through exact dialogue and profound psychological analysis, Carrero portrays in vivid 2001, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-339-3, $12.95
colors a man who resists the restrictions that society tries to impose upon him.
Fernández’s Spanish version of her award-winning novel is made up of sensitive por-
El año de nuestra revolución traits of six extraordinary women of the Texas-Mexican border.
Judith Ortiz Cofer “Fernández’s tone is in harmony with her narrative voice, and her language is agreeably
Spanish translation by Elena Olazagasti-Segovia
and authentically regional . . . an artful translation.” —Críticas (Starred Review)
Shimmering fragments of poetry, fiction, fable and essay reflect a kaleidoscopic vision Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, Intaglio: A Novel
of burgeoning adulthood as seen through the eyes of the young protagonists. in Six Stories.
Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for information on the award-winning
English-language edition, The Year of Our Revolution. El año que viene estamos en Cuba
Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Bailando en silencio 1997, 218 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-212-9, $11.95
Escenas de una niñez puertorriqueña
Judith Ortiz Cofer A thirty-year journey in search of a home and an identity culminates in this chronicle.
Spanish translation by Elena Olazagasti-Segovia
1997, 160 pages, Trade Paperback “A serious work of literature—as well as a ripping good book . . . [Pérez Firmat] offers us
ISBN: 978-1-55885-205-1, $12.95, Ages 11 & up an eloquent, amusing, often moving testament of a long moment in the troubled history
Accelerated Reader Quiz #20913 of two countries.” —Washington Post Book World
This Spanish translation of Ortiz Cofer’s collection of essays “Smooth, poignant, witty.” —Miami Herald
recalls her childhood spent in Puerto Rico and New Jersey. Refer to the Autobiographies section for information on the English-language edition, Next
“Even for younger readers, this is a delightful, thoughtful as- Year in Cuba: A Cubano’s Coming of Age.
sessment of a bicultural, bilingual life.” —Booklist
Sangre en el desierto
Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for information on the award-winning Las muertas de Juárez
English-language edition, Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood.
Spanish translation by Rosario Sanmiguel
Lo que el pueblo me dice 2008, 368 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-518-2, $16.95
Jesús Colón
Edited, with an Introduction, by Edwin Karli Padilla Aponte Winner, 2005 Lambda Literary Award—Best Lesbian Mystery; Winner, 2006
2001, 272 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-330-0, $12.95 International Latino Book Award—Best Mystery Novel
Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete Praise for the English-language edition:
description.
“An in-your-face, no-holds-barred story full of brutality, graphic violence and ultimately,
Pioneros puertorriqueños en Nueva York 1917–1947 redemption.” —Booklist
Joaquín Colón
Preface by Olimpia Colón-Aponte “Offering a powerful depiction of social justice and serial murder on the US-Mexican
Introduction by Edwin Karli Padilla Aponte border, this is an essential purchase for both mystery and Hispanic fiction collections.”
2001, 380 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-335-5, $12.95 —Library Journal (Starred Review)
Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete Refer to the Fiction section for more information on the English-language edition, Desert
description. Blood: The Juárez Murders.
Loa a un ángel de piel morena: Serie detectivesca “Gloria Damasco” El corrido de Dante
Lucha Corpi Eduardo González Viaña
Spanish translation by Nuria Brufau Alvira 2006, 400 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-314-0, $16.95
Winner, 2007 International Latino Book Award—Best Adventure or Drama-Spanish
The first installment in the Gloria Damasco Mystery series is now available in Spanish.
In this magically real and timely epic of Hispanic immigrant life in the United States,
Praise for the English-language edition: Dante is on a mission to bring his daughter Emmita—who ran away with her boyfriend,
or abductor as Dante sees him—home.
“Dazzlingly evocative prose . . . Corpi expands the genre with this work.”
—Publishers Weekly “A significant contribution to US Hispanic/Latino literature.” —Críticas
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, Eulogy for a Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, Dante’s Ballad.
Brown Angel.

SPANISH TITLES
Los amigos de Becky Los recuerdos de Ana Calderón
Rolando Hinojosa Graciela Limón
1991, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-021-7 Spanish translation by Nuria Brufau Alvira
$9.50 2011, 256 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-707-0, $16.95
This fictional memoir takes a compelling look at immigration, women’s rights and the
“[This book] deals with all the problems of an emerging His- search for love and the meaning of life.
panic culture.” —Houston Chronicle
“Limón does an excellent job of describing the hardships of migrant life and the driving
“Hinojosa makes the ordinary fascinating . . . a lovingly emotions of the family patriarchy.” —Publishers Weekly
accurate recreation of Valley people, politics, speech, social Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition,
attitudes—even the weather.” —Austin American-Statesman The Memories of Ana Calderón.
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, Becky and Her
Friends. El Laúd del Desterrado
Edited by Matías Montes-Huidobro
En otra voz: Antología de la literatura hispana de los Estados Unidos 1995, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-082-8, $10.95
Nicolás Kanellos, General Editor
Kenya Dworkin y Méndez, José Fernández, Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Agnes Lugo-Ortiz Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete description.
and Charles Tatum, Co-Editors
Alejandra Balestra, Coordinator Rancho Hollywood y otras obras del teatro chicano
2002, 608 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-346-1, $27.95 Carlos Morton
Introduction by Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda
Named to Críticas’ Best of 2002 and Críticas’ “The Basics: 100 Fiction Titles You Should 2000, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-289-1, $12.95
Stock” List
Refer to the Drama section for a complete description.
“This first-time record of Hispanic Literature in this country is essential for public,
school and academic libraries and book stores.” —Críticas Hombres de ladrillo
Alejandro Morales
El Día de la Luna Spanish translation by Isabel Díaz Sánchez
Graciela Limón 2010, 400 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-605-9, $16.95
Spanish translation by María de los Ángeles Nevárez
2004, 256 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-435-2, $14.95 The history of Southern California is intertwined with that of the Mexican workers who
manufactured the bricks that laid the foundation of modern California.
In this translation of The Day of the Moon, Limón’s tale spans four generations of the
Betancourt family. Behind them stands Jerónimo Santiago, one of the many Tarahumara Praise for the English-language edition:
people native to the region. “Morales eloquently fuses the fantastic and the factual as he traces the growth of early
“Murder, dismemberment, casting out, imprisonment, love, loyalty and the lives of the California from 1892 to the late 1940s.” —Publishers Weekly
spirits sweep through the pages of this novel and make it hard to put down.” Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, The Brick People.
—San Antonio Express-News
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, The Day of the Moon.
Cuentos hispanos de los Estados Unidos
Edited by Julián Olivares
En busca de Bernabé
Graciela Limón This first comprehensive collection of short stories written in Spanish by US Hispanic
Spanish translation by Miguel Aparicio authors includes informative introductions and a glossary of dialectic terms.
Accelerated Reader Quiz #34148 George Washington Gómez
This is the Spanish edition of Limón’s American Book Award-winning novel, which Américo Paredes
humanizes the political turmoil of Central America during the past two decades. Spanish translation by María Jesús Fernández-Gil
“[It] leaves the reader with that special hunger that can be created only by a newly-dis-
covered writer. [Her] prose is self-assured and engrossing. [The book] deserves a large This classic novel about the struggles of Texas Mexicans to preserve their property, culture
audience.” —The New York Times Book Review and identity in the face of Anglo-American dominance in the Rio Grande Valley is available
for the first time in Spanish.
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, In Search of
Bernabé. Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-language edition, George Washington
Gómez.
La canción del colibrí
Graciela Limón Vida y aventuras del más célebre bandido sonorense
Spanish translation by Ernesto Colín Joaquín Murrieta: Sus grandes proezas en California
Ireneo Paz; Introduction by Luis Leal
$14.95
This is the Spanish translation of the acclaimed novel about the Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete
Spanish conquest of Mexico, as seen by the conquered. description.
“A provocative introduction to the human story of the Con-
Diario de un mojado
quest. Colín’s translation flows well.” —Críticas
Ramón “Tianguis” Pérez
Refer to the Fiction section for information on the English-lan- 2003, 304 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-345-4, $12.95
guage edition, Song of the Hummingbird.
This is the original Spanish version of Pérez’ odyssey through an endless trail of menial
jobs and indignities, told with humor and optimism.
“Highly recommended for public libraries and bookstores.” —Críticas
Refer to the Autobiographies section for information on the English-language edition
Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant.

SPANISH TITLES
. . . y no se lo tragó la tierra Jicoténcal
Tomás Rivera Félix Varela
1996, 120 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-151-1, $7.95, Ages 11 & up Edited by Luis Leal and Rodolfo J. Cortina
Accelerated Reader Quiz #20912, ATOS Spanish: 4.8, ATOS IL: UG 1995, 216 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-132-0, $10.95
Refer to the Piñata Books for Young Adults section for a complete description and to the Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete
Fiction section for information on the bilingual edition. description.
Las aventuras de Don Chipote, o, Cuando los pericos mamen

Under the Bridge: Stories from the Border Daniel Venegas
Bajo el puente: Relatos desde la frontera Bilingu
a
Title l Edited, with an Introduction, by Nicolás Kanellos
Rosario Sanmiguel 1998, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-252-5, $12.95
2008, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-514-4, $14.95 Published in 1928, this classic recounts the tale of a greenhorn who emigrates to the
Refer to the Fiction section for a complete description.
United States.
Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for information on
Al partir the English-language edition, The Adventures of Don Chipote, or, When Parrots Breast-Feed.
Omar Torres
1986, 136 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-47-7, $8.50 Estrellas peregrinas: Cuentos de magia y poder
Accelerated Reader Quiz #30232 Victor Villaseñor
Spanish translation by Alfonso González
By the Cuban novelist, playwright and poet, this novel recreates the suspenseful escape 2005, 144 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-462-8, $9.95, Ages 11 & up
from a Spanish military jail of a genuine heroine of Cuba’s nineteenth-century revolu-
tion based on a historic anecdote of the Spanish American War. These tales of self-discovery, set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and
immigration to the United States, all involve young people overcoming barriers during
“This short novel has undisputable achievements . . . besides rescuing an unknown times of extreme stress.
historical account of literary merit, it is an important contribution to Cuban letters.”
—Diario de las Américas “These memoirs are vivid, frequently shocking, brutal and not at all naive in their pre-
sentation of the tragedies that haunt the lives of the poor.” —Críticas
“He has managed to write lyrical prose without in any way diminishing the strength of
the heroine.” —Cuban Quotes edition, Walking Stars.
Zoot Suit: A Bilingual Edition La rebelde

Luis Valdez Leonor Villegas de Magnón
Spanish translation by Edna Ochoa Edited, with an Introduction, by Clara Lomas
Introduction by Jorge Huerta 2004, 324 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-415-4
2004, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-439-0, $13.95 $12.95
This bilingual edition combines the original English-language La rebelde marks the first printing of the original Spanish-lan-
version with the first-ever Spanish translation of the critically guage version of the memoir that weaves Villegas de Magnón’s
acclaimed play focusing on the events surrounding the Sleepy autobiography with the founding of La Cruz Blanca, a corps of
Lagoon Murder Trial of 1942 and the ensuing Zoot Suit Riots nurses she established for the Mexican revolutionary forces.
that turned Los Angeles into a bloody war zone. Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series
section for information on the English-language edition, The Rebel.
“[This] can be used as an opening for classroom discussions about
racism and violence against Mexican Americans in our country.”
DRAMA
Un cubiche en la luna Spanish Simpson Street and Other Plays
Iván Acosta Title Edward Gallardo
A collection of three plays that includes the title play and two others: No son todos los A collection of three full-length plays that deal with the experiences of working-class
que están . . . and Recojan las serpentinas que se acabó el carnaval. All deal with a particu- Puerto Ricans in New York and became what Vista Magazine called “a microscopic
larly Cuban vision of the world, characterized by humor, word-play and skepticism. Bronx, a human window to its day-to-day survival and idle, barren moments.”
“Edward Gallardo’s plays are sensitive portrayals of Puerto Rican life on the East Coast.
Cuban American Theater One is tempted to place him in the continuum of Nuyorican writers like Miguel Piñero,
Edited by Rodolfo J. Cortina
Miguel Algarín and Víctor Hernández Cruz.” —Latin American Theatre Review
This landmark collection of plays by the leading figures in Cuban-American drama is Necessary Theater: Six Plays About the Chicano Experience
the first of its kind, a truly historical and groundbreaking document. Edited by Jorge Huerta
Shattering the Myth: Plays by Hispanic Women Playwrights include Judith and Severo Pérez, Luis Valdez and El Teatro de la Esperanza.
Edited by Linda Feyder
1992, 256 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-041-5, $16.95 “The plays’ stylistic variety . . . combined with useful introductions, both to the col-
These plays have been performed or read in theaters across the United States. They lection as a whole and to each of the scripts, enhances the anthology’s value. Recom-
shatter myths and create a broader, freer space for women’s cultural development. mended especially for libraries serving Hispanic communities.” —Library Journal
“Pointedly cultural, authentically voiced (with a lot of Spanish used in dialogue and
song) this anthology belongs in all drama collections.” —Women Library Workers
Journal

DRAMA
Mexican American Theatre: Then and Now The Pain of the Macho and Other Plays
Edited by Nicolás Kanellos Rick Najera
A collection of historical studies of Mexican-American theater by Jorge Huerta, Nicolás Rick Najera dares to proclaim that machos are regular guys too. Najera’s wild postmod-
Kanellos, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and others. Pieces include interviews, essays and skits ern melange of ethno-social satire slips into the subconscious.
from the 1930s to the 1950s and an exclusive interview with Luis Valdez. “Najera proves a skillful, perceptive writer . . . he never settles for facile half truths pro-
“Characters, acting styles, trends and theatres are all portrayed in an intriguing outline moting a common Latino experience.” —Los Angeles Times
which will motivate interested readers.” —Hispania
Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays
Two Centuries of Hispanic Theatre in the Southwest Dolores Prida
Nicolás Kanellos Edited by Judith Weiss
A photo-illustrated pamphlet on the history of the Hispanic stage in the Southwest This anthology contains Beautiful Señoritas, Coser y Cantar, Savings, Pantallas and Botánica.
from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Luis Valdez—Early Works: Actos, Bernabé and
Latins Anonymous: Plays Pensamiento Serpentino
Latins Anonymous Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino
1996, 104 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-172-6, $5.00 1990, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-003-3,
Low price reflects slightly damaged cover. $11.95
This collection includes the troupe’s signature play, which satirizes rejecting one’s heri- Named to Críticas’ “The Basics: 100 Fiction Titles You Should
tage, and The La La Awards, in which Latinos suffer outlandish impersonations. Stock” List
“[This has] a format that taps the kaleidoscopic riches of the Latin experience in the US This collection includes one-act plays by the famous farmwork
in a way that is both exhiliratingly funny and gently enlightening.” —Variety theater, El Teatro Campesino, and its director Luis Valdez; one
of the first fully realized, full-length plays by Valdez alone; and
Johnny Tenorio and Other Plays an original narrative poem by Luis Valdez.
Carlos Morton
1992, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-047-7, $11.00 Mummified Deer and Other Plays
A collection of plays by the prolific Chicano playwright, including Johnny Tenorio Luis Valdez
(1983), The Miser of Mexico (1989) and Pancho Diablo (1987). Morton is the winner of
the 1986 National Latino Playwriting Contest and numerous other awards and grants. This powerhouse collection of three plays features two never-before-published dramas
Time called his work “didactic, polemical, yet often fiercely funny.” and The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, Valdez’s re-worked first play that still holds all
the vision, spunk and innovation of the young playwright.
The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales and Other Plays
Carlos Morton Zoot Suit and Other Plays
1983, 132 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-934770-16-3, $10.00 Luis Valdez
This collection by the noted winner of the Hispanic Playwrights Festival Award includes $15.95
El Jardín, Los Dorados, Rancho Hollywood and other English-language plays.
Named to Críticas’ “The Basics: 100 Fiction Titles You Should
“A work of great innovation and even daring.” —Latin American Theatre Review Stock” List
“Wild with imagination, its strong messages softened by Morton’s sometimes outland- “Valdez is the Pachuco of Broadway, the social bandit of the
ish humor.” —San Francisco Chronicle media and the brilliant student who will change the face of
Rancho Hollywood y otras obras del teatro chicano Hollywood portrayals of his people.” —Jorge Huerta
Spanish
Carlos Morton Title Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the bilingual
Introduction by Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda edition, Zoot Suit: A Bilingual Edition.
This Spanish-language collection includes three of the best-known plays of Carlos
Morton: Rancho Hollywood: Sueño de California (translated by Iona Weissberg), Johnny
Tenorio: Acto teatral chicano and El Jardín.
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RECOVERING THE US HISPANIC LITERARY HERITAGE SERIES
Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage
Volume I Volume V
Edited, with an Introduction, Edited by Kenya Dworkin y Méndez and Agnes Lugo-Ortiz
by Ramón Gutiérrez and Genaro Padilla 2006, 240 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-371-3, $27.95
1993, 318 pages
Clothbound, $34.95, ISBN: 978-1-55885-063-7
This volume marks the fifteenth year of the project and explores key issues and chal-
Trade Paperback, $17.95, ISBN: 978-1-55885-058-3 lenges, such as its legitimacy and acceptance in the academic canon, whether the basic
archival phase is complete, and if the assumption that there is widespread recognition
Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage is a compendium of the existence and vitality of a centuries-long US Hispanic literary tradition may be
of articles by leading scholars on Hispanic literary history of premature and perhaps imprudent.
the United States. The anthology functions to acquaint both
expert and neophyte with the work that has been done on Volume VI
this literary history, to outline the agenda for recovering the Edited by Antonia I. Castañeda and A. Gabriel Meléndez
lost Hispanic literary heritage, and to discuss the pressing 2007, 240 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-478-9, $39.95
questions of canonization, social class, gender and identity that must be addressed in
In the sixth volume, the authors explore the issues of “place” or region in Hispanic
restoring the lost or inaccessible history and literature of any people.
intellectual production, nationalism and transnationalism, race and ethnicity, as well
Volume II as methodological approaches to recovering the documentary heritage.
Edited, with an Introduction, by Erlinda Gonzales-Berry and Charles Tatum
1996, 296 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-139-9, $34.95 Volume VII
Edited, with an Introduction, by Gerald E. Poyo and Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
This second volume in the series contains articles divided into five sections: The 2009, 192 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-526-7, $27.95
Recovery Project Comes of Age; Assimilation, Accommodation or Resistance?; His-
tory in Literature / Literature in History; Writing the Revolution; and Recovering the The essays in this seventh volume are divided into four sections: History, Culture and
Creation of Community. Ideology; Women’s Voices: Gender, Politics and Culture; Amparo Ruiz de Burton:
Literature and History; and Language Representation and Translation.
Volume III
Edited, with an Introduction, by María Herrera-Sobek Volume VIII
and Virginia Sánchez-Korrol Edited by Clara Lomas and Gabriela Baeza Ventura
1998, 320 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-251-8, $39.95 2011, 224 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-604-2, $27.95
This third volume of academic essays addresses such broad topics as Rewriting the These twelve pieces explore the meaning of “Nuestra América”—our America—as
Present: Nineteenth-Century Historical Novels and Women’s Voices: The Construc- José Marti posited in his well-known essay on US expansionism and imperialistic
tion of Ethnic Gender Identities. ploys.
Volume IV Volume IX
Edited, with an Introduction, by José Aranda, Jr. and Silvio Torres-Saillant Edited by Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara and Blanca López de Mariscal
2002, 304 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-361-4, $27.95 2014, 270 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-755-1, $27.95
“For the quality of the individual articles by knowledgeable authors, the ingenuity of The twelve essays included in this volume examine key topics relevant to the explora-
the topics and the commentaries, and the scope and ambition of the series, this and tion of Hispanic literary production in the United States, including cultural identity,
the other volumes have taken a leading role in the systematic study which has been land ownership, class and women’s issues.
undertaken.” —The Small Press Book Review
Hispanic Periodicals in the United States, Recovering the US Hispanic Linguistic Heritage: Sociohistorical
Origins to 1960: A Brief History and Approaches to Spanish in the United States
Comprehensive Bibliography Edited by Alejandra Balestra, Glenn Martínez and María Irene Moyna
Nicolás Kanellos with Helvetia Martell 2008, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-528-1, $24.95
In this exploration of the development of the Spanish language, the editors draw atten-
Some of the most important documents for studying the history, tion to the long tradition of multilingualism in the United States in the hope of putting
literature and culture of Hispanics in the United States have been to rest the myth that the US was ever a monolingual nation.
Spanish-language newspapers. This first comprehensive and
The introduction and seven articles about various aspects of the sociohistorical devel-
authoritative source on Spanish-language periodicals includes
opment of Spanish are a must-read for scholars of history, sociology and linguistics, and
1,700 richly annotated entries, notes, and three indexes.
anyone interested in the evolution of the Spanish influence and language in the US.
“This well-prepared, informative study offers valuable insight
into the role of the Hispanic periodical both as mirror and advocate of Hispanic Firefly Summer
cultures in the US. Highly recommended for collections serving Hispanic studies and Pura Belpré
journalism/media programs.” —CHOICE 1996, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-180-1,
$9.95
“This book is a must for all collections.” —MultiCultural Review Accelerated Reader Quiz #35001
“[This is a] truly invaluable resource.” —American Periodicals In rural Puerto Rico at the turn of the twentieth century, a
young student returns home to her parents’ plantation for the
holidays and rediscovers the beauty of the tropical hills, the
music, lore and customs of the country folk.
“A welcome addition to collections.” —School Library Journal

A Nation of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks Out Tropical Town and Other Poems
Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer Salomón de la Selva
Luisa Capetillo Edited, with an Introduction, by Silvio Sirias
English translation by Alan West-Durán Bilingu 1998, 174 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-235-8, $12.95
al
Title
Introduction by Félix V. Matos Rodríguez
Marked by graceful verbal music, de la Selva’s poems, celebrating his native Nicaragua
and his mixed feelings about the United States, embody what poet Grace Schulman has
Luisa Capetillo is best known in popular culture as the first woman to wear men’s trou- called “a poetry of deep concern for human suffering.” In a critical introduction, Silvio
sers. The splash of recognition following her arrest and acquittal for her choice of cloth- Sirias surveys the poet’s life and work, and examines the “poetic dialogues” that de la
ing in 1915 today overshadows her significant contributions to the women’s movement Selva conducted with Millay and Darío.
and the anarchist labor movements. This volume combines a facsimile of the original
Spanish edition with the first English translation of Capetillo’s landmark Mi opinión History and Legends of the Alamo and
sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer, originally published in Spanish in 1911. Other Missions in and around San Antonio
Adina de Zavala
Absolute Equality: An Early Feminist Perspective Edited by Richard Flores
Influencias de las ideas modernas Bilin
gual
Luisa Capetillo Title
Recipient, 1998 San Antonio Conservation Society Citation
Edited and English translation by Lara Walker
2008, 400 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-522-9, $16.95 Originally published in 1917, this volume reconstructs the history of the Alamo from
precolonial times. Its importance lies in its portrayal of Native American, Spanish,
This bilingual edition of an early feminist text by a Puerto Rican
Mexican and Anglo-American contributions to Texas history.
activist combines plays, fiction, propaganda, letters, poems,
philosophical reflections and journal entries in a never-before- Journey to the United States of America
available English translation. Also included is a facsimile of the
original Spanish-language text, Influencias de las ideas modernas,
Viaje a los Estados Unidos del Norte de América Bilingu
al
Lorenzo de Zavala Title
which was first published in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1916. English translation by Wallace Woolsey
Capetillo’s work examines both her native Puerto Rico and the world outside, provid- Edited, with an Introduction, by John-Michael Rivera
ing a sense of the workers’ movement and the condition of women at the turn of the 2005, 432 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-453-6, $16.95
century. First published in Paris in 1834, this is an elegantly written travel narrative that maps
de Zavala’s journey through the United States during his exile from Mexico in 1830,
Cantares: Canticles and Poems of Youth presenting the first account of US political culture from a Mexican point of view.
Fray Angélico Chávez
Introduction by Nasario García Under the Texas Sun
2000, 136 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-311-9, $12.95 Bilingu
al
El sol de Texas Title
This collection contains poems composed between 1925 and 1932 and gathered pri- Conrado Espinoza
vately by the poet Fray (or Friar) Angélico Chávez of New Mexico, widely renowned as English translation by Ethriam Cash Brammer de Gonzales
an artist and man of letters. Introduction by John Pluecker
Lo que el pueblo me dice Spanish “A Tex-Mex precursor to The Grapes of Wrath . . . Under the
Jesús Colón Title
Texas Sun similarly uses the travails of migrant worker families
Edited, with an Introduction, by Edwin Karli Padilla Aponte
to drive home a social message.” —The Texas Observer
For five decades Jesús Colón, a self-taught intellectual, wrote incisive journalistic com-
mentary from a Hispanic working-class perspective. This is the first compilation of his “The racism, exploitation and other forms of cruelty described . . . have the ring of truth
Spanish-language crónicas (journalistic chronicles of everyday life). [and] is what gives this book its value.” —Críticas
The Way It Was and Other Writings Dew on the Thorn
Jesús Colón Jovita González
Edited by Edna Acosta-Belén and Virginia Sánchez-Korrol Edited by José Limón
This autobiographical recollection of life and the evolution of the Puerto Rican commu- González, a former president of the Texas Folklore Society, provides us with a richly
nity in New York City and its major figures and organizations documents the strength, detailed portrait of South Texas, focusing on the cultural traditions of Texas Mexicans at a
spirit of solidarity and life experiences that Colón shared with many other working-class time when the divisions of class and race were pressing on the established way of life.
migrants and politically radical communities.
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul and Other Stories
Pioneros puertorriqueños en Jovita González
Spanish
Nueva York 1917–1947 Title Edited, with an Introduction, by Sergio Reyna
Joaquín Colón 2000, 190 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-313-3, $12.95
Preface by Olimpia Colón-Aponte
Introduction by Edwin Karli Padilla Aponte “The collection is significant both as a remarkable literary work
2001, 380 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-335-5, $12.95 . . . and as a contribution toward understanding the historic
framework of the storyteller genre surviving in Mexican-Ameri-
Joaquín Colón (1896–1964) was a Puerto Rican activist and can lore.” —Library Journal
writer who recounted the history of the first large wave of Puer-
to Rican immigrants making a life for themselves in New York “This collection is recommended for both public and academic
City. This is the original Spanish-language manuscript he left libraries.” —COUNTERPOISE
behind, a document evoking previously unknown personalities
who fought the struggles of labor and political organizing in the early twentieth century.

Black Cuban, Black American The Collected Stories of María Cristina Mena
A Memoir María Cristina Mena
Evelio Grillo Edited by Amy Doherty
Introduction by Kenya Dworkin y Méndez 1997, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-211-2, $12.95
Contains an eight page photo insert
Mena’s stories, written between 1913 and 1931, portray life in Mexico before and dur-
ing the Revolution of 1910 in stories that depict class hierarchy and social customs un-
Grillo captures Ybor City, a factory town populated by im- der Porfirio Díaz, the changing roles of women, the influences of Spain and the United
migrant cigar-makers that faded away as he was absorbed into States and the effects of capitalism and modernization.
the African-American community during the Depression and
served in World War II. El Laúd del Desterrado
Edited by Matías Montes-Huidobro Spanish
“His detailed memories of the struggle of these communities, 1995, 182 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-082-8, $10.95
Title
and of their slow and shy interactions, offer an excellent interdisciplinary approach to
multiculturalism.” —CHOICE Originally published in New York in 1858, El Laúd collects the writings of Cuban poets
who lived in exile in the United States and supported Cuba’s independence from Spain.
“Grillo’s narrative is full of details that captivate; he is a very accomplished storyteller.”
—Library Journal The Account: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación
Lucas Guevara English translation and edited by José Fernández
Alirio Díaz Guerra and Martin Favata
English translation by Ethriam Cash Brammer de Gonzales 1993, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-060-6, $12.95
Introduction by Nicolás Kanellos and Imara Liz Hernández
Facsimile edition with illustrations The Account: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación is a new and improved translation
2003, 336 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-390-4, $12.95 of Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s chronicle of his journey across a large
In this novel first published in the United States in 1914, Lucas, an émigré from South portion of what is now the United States.
America, becomes a victim of the modern metropolis, its treacherous rogues, and its
immoral women.
The Real Billy the Kid
Miguel Antonio Otero, Jr.
“An important addition to a comprehensive collection of US / Latino Literature.” Introduction by John-Michael Rivera
—COUNTERPOISE 1998, 196 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-234-1, $12.95
Also available in the original Spanish as: Published in 1936, this landmark biography of the infamous Western outlaw William H.
Bonney, Jr. recounts his childhood, encounters with the Apache, entanglement in the
Lucas Guevara murderous Lincoln County War and his friendship with Sheriff Pat Garrett.
Alirio Díaz Guerra
Facsimile edition with illustrations
Cantos de adolescencia Bilingu
al
Songs of Youth (1932-1937) Title
Versos sencillos / Simple Verses Américo Paredes

José Martí Introduction and English translation by B. V. Olguín and Omar Vásquez Barbosa
Bilingu 2007, 304 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-495-6, $16.95
English translation by Manuel A. Tellechea a
Title l
1997, 128 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-204-4, $12.95 Winner, 2008 International Latino Book Award—Best Poetry Book–Spanish
This is the first bilingual edition of the nineteenth-century Cuban literary master’s clas- “Translated into English for the first time, this volume will be of interest to Paredes
sic book of poetry. scholars . . . annotated notes at the end of the volume are impressive and necessary,
“Tellechea’s excellent translation and introduction bring Martí to life . . . Recommended.” explaining choices about retaining rhyme and rhythm so essential to the poems and
—Library Journal providing background information.” —Críticas
“The fruit of [Tellechea’s] 20-year effort is a nicely-textured set of verses, a work that is “It’s not necessary to read more than a few of [Paredes’] poems to realize that he was
more an interpretation of Martí’s essence than a strictly literal translation.” born with a perfect ear . . . his rhythms are impeccable.” —Foreword Reviews
—The Miami Herald
Life and Adventures of the Celebrated Bandit
P. Galindo: Obras (in)completas de José Díaz Joaquín Murrieta
Spanish
Edited, with an Introduction, by Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez Title His Exploits in the State of California
2016, 576 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-837-4, $17.95 Ireneo Paz
Recovering the Spanish-language writings of Mexican-American poet and journalist English translation by Frances P. Belle
José Díaz, this volume is fascinating reading for those interested in the history of the Introduction by Luis Leal
Texas-Mexico border region, Spanish-language newspapers in the United States and
$12.95
their role in the community.
This English translation of the dime-novelesque biography
Selected Poems / Poesía selecta Bilingu
a of one of the most infamous bandits in the history of the Old
Luis Palés Matos Title l
West was first published in Spanish in Mexico City in 1904 and
English translation, with an Introduction, by Julio Marzán translated into English by Frances P. Belle in 1925. This edition
2000, 168 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-303-4, $12.95 includes line-drawings that appeared in the original volume.
Palés Matos was a native and resident of Puerto Rico. Though he was not black, he
became one of the Caribbean’s leading advocates of poesía negra (black poetry) by Refer to the Spanish Titles section for the original Spanish-language edition, Vida y aventu-
ras del más célebre bandido sonorense Joaquín Murrieta: Sus grandes proezas en California.
celebrating the African aspects of Puerto Rico’s culture.

Recovering the Hispanic History of Texas Who Would Have Thought It?
Edited by Monica Perales and Raúl A. Ramos María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
2010, 192 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-691-2, $27.95 Edited by Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita
The eight essays included in this volume examine the dominant narrative of Texas his- “The insights into class and race in this clever satire set during and after the Civil War
tory and seek to establish a record that includes both Mexican men and women, groups give it a thoroughly contemporary feel . . . A fully entertaining read that stands on its
whose voices have been notably absent from the history books. own against much of today’s fiction.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
In their introduction, editors Monica Perales and Raúl A. Ramos write that the scholars,
in their exploration of the state’s history, go beyond the standard categories of immigra- Feminist and Abolitionist: The Story of Emilia
tion, assimilation and the nation state. Instead, they forge new paths into historical terri- Casanova
tories by exploring gender and sexuality, migration, transnationalism and globalization. Virginia Sánchez-Korrol
El Coyote, the Rebel
$12.95
Luis Pérez Bilingu
al
Introduction by Lauro Flores Title Puerto Rican and Latino Studies professor Virginia Sánchez-
2000, 198 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-296-9, $12.95 Korrol introduces the fascinating but little-known story of a
A soldier by eleven, a discharged veteran by thirteen, Pérez shaped his incredible life Cuban activist to an English-speaking audience.
into a vividly realized autobiographical novel. “The true-life story of an extraordinary and principled woman,
“The whole nostalgic maladjustment of the American-born Mexican is brought out in Feminist and Abolitionist is highly recommended especially for
the last pages of the book with remarkable economy and absolute ease.” public and college library biography collections.”
—The New York Times Book Review —The Midwest Book Review
“[This is] a most welcome addition to [the] Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heri- A Life Crossing Borders
tage project.” —The Texas Review Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate
Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederación
Women’s Tales from the New Mexico WPA Rev. Santiago Tafolla
La Diabla a Pie Edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla Bilingu
al
2009, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-597-7, $16.95 Title
Edited by Tey Diana Rebolledo and María Teresa Márquez
Introduction by Tey Diana Rebolledo This fascinating autobiography recounts the life of Rev. Santiago Tafolla, one of the
first Methodist preachers of Hispanic descent in the United States. The book includes
Named to the 2001 Southwest Books of the Year—Best Reading sample pages from the original, handwritten manuscript; the complete original Spanish
As part of the Works Progress Administration of the Great Depression, two women manuscript; an epilogue describing the significance of Santiago’s later life; the English
interviewers gathered women’s stories, or cuentos, from native ancianas. translation; and historical photos of Santiago and his family from the 1800s.
“[T]heir effect is profound. The stories provide a soft focus look at a rough way of life Jicoténcal
where women’s work was unremitting . . . I couldn’t help but marvel at the everyday Félix Varela
details of an extinct world.” —Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio Edited by Luis Leal and Rodolfo J. Cortina Spanish
Title
Conflicts of Interest Originally published anonymously in 1826, this historical novel written in Spanish fol-
The Letters of María Amparo Ruiz de Burton lows Hernán Cortés and his conquest of Mexico: his encounter with, his deception of,
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton and his alliance with the people of Tlaxcala, whom he used to defeat Moctezuma and
Edited, with an Introduction, by Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita
the Aztecs.
This collection of Ruiz de Burton’s correspondence captures The Adventures of Don Chipote, or, When Parrots Breast-Feed
the conflicted personality of a woman pulled in different direc- Daniel Venegas
tions by tensions of class, race, gender and nationality. English translation by Ethriam Cash Brammer de Gonzales
Edited, with an Introduction, by Nicolás Kanellos
“Highly recommended for academic and large public libraries 2000, 168 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-297-6, $12.95
and Southwest collections.” —Library Journal
“Don Chipote’s humorous adventures (and misadventures) present in incisive detail the
“It offers a truly insightful understanding of the US’s Hispanic ties.” —CHOICE
plight of the impoverished Mexican peasant, his naïve dreams of riches in the North,
“This volume is valuable.” —MultiCultural Review and the hard life that actually awaits him.” —MultiCultural Review
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for the original Spanish-language edition, Las aventuras
The Squatter and the Don de Don Chipote, o, Cuando los pericos mamen.
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton;
Edited by Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita The Rebel
Leonor Villegas de Magnón
Originally published in San Francisco in 1885, this is the first fictional narrative written Edited by Clara Lomas
and published in English from the perspective of the conquered Mexican population 1994, 350 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-056-9, $12.00
that was, by 1860, a subordinated and marginalized national minority despite full rights “Covering the years 1876–1920, her writings are in a documentary style with third-
of citizenship under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848. person narration; they offer alternative views of official history and personal insights
into historical events, capturing the spirit of the time.” —CHOICE
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, La rebelde.

NON FICTION / REFERENCE
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures of the United States Cuando México se re(apropia) de Texas: Ensayos
Edited by Nicolás Kanellos and Claudio Esteva Fabregat When Mexico Recaptures Texas: Essays
1994, Clothbound Four Volume Set, ISBN: 978-1-55885-103-0, WAS $200.00, NOW $100.00 Carmen Boullosa
(For individual volumes, see below) English translation by Nicolás Kanellos
2015, 229 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-1-55885-806-0, $17.95
Included in “Outstanding Academic Books 1995” by CHOICE magazine; “Outstanding
Reference Sources” by the ALA’s Reference and Adult Services Division, 1995; “Outstand- “Rather than accepting imposed narratives and ostensibly self-evident truths, Boullosa
ing Reference Works” by The New York Public Library, 1995; and “Best Reference Work on introduces the vanquished, silenced, and obscured into the historical record, with
Minority Issues in the United States” by the Denali Press, 1996 special attention to women’s resistance. Her witty storytelling and penchant for the
Editors and scholars Kanellos (University of Houston) and Fabregat (University of irreverent make each essay fascinating and subversive.” —Publishers Weekly
Barcelona) have assembled a team of outstanding scholars to compile comprehensive “Mexico’s greatest woman writer.” —Roberto Bolaño
studies on all aspects of US Hispanic culture.
“Recommended for purchase by academic and public libraries.” —Booklist Nuevos Senderos: Reflections on Hispanics and Philanthropy
“The most important general reference publication on the Hispanic population of the Edited by Diana Campoamor, William A. Díaz, and Henry A. J. Ramos
United States to date. Essential for academic and public libraries.” —Library Journal
These essays provide historical studies, sociological surveys and analyses of policies and
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures of the United States—Anthropology practices in the philanthropic community in the United States, Mexico and Argentina.
Edited by Thomas Weaver “Considering that Hispanics will be the largest ethnic minority by 2050, this is an im-
portant book . . . Recommended for broad collections on Hispanic and minority issues
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures of the United States—History as well as on philanthropy.” —Library Journal
Edited by Alfredo Jiménez
1994, 339 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-100-9, $60.00 Voices in Concert: In the Spirit of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Edited by Mark Cervenka and Grace Zuñiga
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures of the United States—Literature & Art 2015, 48 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-1-55885-814-5, $19.95
Edited by Francisco Lomelí
1994, 413 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-074-3, $60.00 This catalog spotlights the work of three Chicana artists whose work deals with issues
of gender and racial inequality. All three—Tina Fuentes, Delilah Montoya and Kathy
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures of the United States—Sociology Vargas—explore themes of identity, freedom, transformation and exploration in their
Edited by Félix Padilla work.
Latinos and the Nation’s Future
Deep in the Shadows Edited, with an Introduction, by Henry G. Cisneros and John Rosales
Undercover in the Ruthless World of Human Smuggling Foreword by Janet Murguía
Hipólito Acosta
2017, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-844-2, $17.95 Contains essays by leading scholars, civil rights leaders and other professionals on issues
A riveting, non-fictional account of an agent’s efforts to stop the flow of undocumented impacting the advancement of Latino citizens—and therefore all US citizens.
immigrants—and the accompanying violence— into the United States. “A valuable book. Read it.” —San Antonio Express-News
The Hunt for Maan Singh Confessions of a Book Burner

Hipólito Acosta & A. J. Irwin Personal Essays and Stories
2017, 288 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-829-9, $17.95 Lucha Corpi
US Special Agents Acosta and Irwin chronicle the gripping true story of the US
government’s covert operation to capture the man behind the largest human smuggling These personal essays by a well-known Mexican-American poet and novelist shed light
operation in history. on the creative process and bilingual, bicultural life in the U.S.
“Informative and entertaining. The complex web of international politics and intrigue
may be of interest to those with a penchant for stories about the shadowy underworld Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence
of human trafficking.” —Kirkus Reviews Edited by Sarah Cortez and Sergio Troncoso
Foreword by Rolando Hinojosa
The Border Patrol Ate My Dust
Alicia Alarcón Winner of the Southwest Book Award; Finalist, 2013 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year
English translation by Ethriam Cash Brammer de Gonzales Award—Adult Nonfiction Anthology; First Place, 2014 International Latino Book Award
2004, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-432-1, $14.95 for Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book-Spanish or Bilingual
“These stories reflect the true and first-hand experiences of people who risked it all “A tough but eye-opening read.” —Kirkus Reviews
to cross over to a better life . . . Alarcón reminds us that when our chain of humanity
breaks, we all drown.” —El Paso Times
The Milli Vanilli Condition
Refer to the Spanish Titles section for information on the Spanish-language edition, La Essays on Culture in the New Millennium
Migra me hizo los mandados. Eduardo Espina
English translation by Travis Sorenson
Mexicans on Death Row 2015, 270 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-1-55885-811-4
Ricardo Ampudia $17.95
English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascón
Uruguayan-born poet Espina ponders the paradoxes of
modern-day life in these essays.
Ricardo Ampudia, former Consul General of Mexico in Houston, Texas, explores the
history and ethics of the death penalty in this fascinating look at its impact on Mexicans “As informed and informative as it is thoughtful and thought-
sentenced to death in the United States. provoking. Recommended for community and academic
library collections.” —The Midwest Book Review
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Adrift: The Cuban Raft People Diego Rivera the Red
Alfredo Fernández Guadalupe Rivera Marín
English translation by Susan Giersbach Rascón English translation by Dick Gerdes
2000, 264 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-300-3, $14.95 2004, 304 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-434-5, $23.95
“Fernández’s passions, the immediacy of his reportage from the battered Communist re- “[This book] colorfully recreates circumstances and conversations . . . a highly recom-
doubt, and his understanding of the Cuban people’s willingness to risk all for better lives mended work because it explores the evolution of character.” —MultiCultural Review
make this a substantial contribution to a thorny international debate.” —Kirkus Reviews
Folk Treasures of Mexico
A Voice of My Own: Essays and Stories The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection
Rolando Hinojosa Marion Oettinger, Jr.
Introduction by Héctor Calderón Plate Photographs by Lee Boltin & John Dyer
2011, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-712-4, $19.95 Foreword by Nelson A. Rockefeller
Foreword & Preface by Ann R. Roberts
“Hinojosa’s language is simple, engaging and easy to read. This book is suitable for gen- Introduction by Avon Neal
eral audiences, especially those interested in studying and understanding the processes Commentary by Annie O’Neill
of assimilation that US-Mexican border residents have experienced. Recommended for 2010, 233 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-595-3, $39.95
academic and public libraries.” —REFORMA Newsletter
“Beautifully photographed. The book outlines the nature, philosophy, history and
Latino Leaders Speak: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph importance of the collection, which offers insights into the essence of the culture and
Edited by Mickey Ibarra and María Pérez-Brown the society of the Mexican people.” —Library Journal
At Risk: Latino Children’s Health
“This uniquely nonpartisan anthology brings together more than two dozen personal Edited by Rafael Pérez-Escamilla & Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez
essays by political figures and business leaders from Latino communities. The resonant 2011, 304 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-708-7, $25.95
message adheres to the quintessentially American formula of hard work and persistence
in the land of opportunity.” —Booklist Written by the country’s leading experts in Latino children’s health, this landmark vol-
ume examine the issues that affect the well-being of Latinos. In each chapter, the chal-
8 Ways to Say “I Love My Life!” lenges and problems are outlined, and policy and programmatic changes are suggested.
Edited by Sylvia Mendoza
2012, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-754-4, $16.95 Chicano Discourse: Socio-historic Perspectives
Rosaura Sánchez
Finalist, International Latino Book Awards 1994, 192 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-117-7, $15.95
With a foreword by acclaimed musician Vikki Carr, 8 Ways to Say “I Love My Life!” “A solid contribution to the field. For the first time we have a book . . . with a consistent
contains chapters by contributors such as Latin Heat president Bel Hernandez Castillo theoretical frame of reference coupled with important original empirical analysis.”
and playwright and author of Real Women Have Curves, Josefina Lopez. Designed to —Fernando Peñalosa, California State University, Long Beach
help women believe in the power of self-love and inner strength, this book will appeal to
all women who seek a path to fulfillment. Crossing Borders: Personal Essays
Sergio Troncoso
Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra Calidad 2011, 216 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-710-0
Delilah Montoya $16.95
2017, 72 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-1-55885-845-9, $17.95 Bronze Winner, Foreword Reviews’ 2011 Book of the Year Award
Photographer and artist Delilah Montoya investigates the ethnic roots of contemporary “Troncoso is a complicated man trying to understand a com-
families living in New Mexico and Texas in this thought-provoking photography book. plicated world. In his quest for understanding, he eloquently
Rolando Hinojosa’s Klail City Death Trip Series shares lessons learned in 16 provocative essays. These very
personal essays cross several borders: cultural, historical and
A Retrospective, New Directions self-imposed. We owe it to ourselves to read, savor and read
Edited by Stephen Miller and José Pablo Villalobos
them again.” —El Paso Times
Scholars examine Rolando Hinojosa’s Klail City Death Trip Series about life in a fic- Isabel Allende: Life and Spirits
tional town along the Texas-Mexico border. Celia Correas Zapata
English translation by Margaret Sayers Peden
Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora 2002, 228 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-363-8, $26.95
Edited by Marta Moreno Vega,
Marinieves Alba & Yvette Modestin Celia Correas Zapata traces Isabel Allende’s life and literary trajectory in Allende’s own
2012, 248 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-746-9, $24.95 voice, through the threads of a series of interviews that reveal her experiences, her fam-
ily environment, and the genesis and creation of her primary triumphs.
“The eleven essays in English and four poems in Spanish that
comprise this work are sometimes academic in tone, some- “Here, Correas Zapata captures the life, spirit, and literature of Allende through a series
times political, sometimes even spiritual but always personal of interviews with the author.” —Library Journal
and engaging to read.” —REFORMA Newsletter

HISPANIC CIVIL RIGHTS SERIES
The History of Barrios Unidos A Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos Study G
Availabuide
Healing Community Violence José Angel Gutiérrez le
Frank de Jesús Acosta 2003, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-396-6, $12.95
Foreword by Luis Rodríguez
This manual by the founder of the only successful Hispanic political party, La Raza
Unida, brings together an impressive breadth of models to either follow or avoid. This is
Through interviews, written testimonies and documents, a wonderful survey of the Chicano and Latino community on the move in all spheres of
Frank de Jesús Acosta reconstructs the development of Barrios life in the United States on the eve of its demographic and cultural ascendancy.
Unidos, the Santa Cruz-based organization founded to prevent
gang violence amongst inner-city ethnic youth. A Gringo Manual on How to Handle Mexicans
José Angel Gutiérrez
“The story and example of Barrios Unidos is an inspiration to 2001, 154 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-326-3, $12.95
everyone.” —Harry Belafonte
Originally self-published during the heat of the Chicano Movement, this tongue-in-
Latino Young Men and Boys in Search of Justice: Testimonies cheek guide, now expanded and revised, is a humorous and irreverent manual meant to
Edited by Frank de Jesús Acosta & Henry A. J. Ramos educate grass-roots leaders in practical strategies for community organization, leader-
2016, 208 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-821-3, $16.95 ship, and negotiation.
This book contains writings by incarcerated Latino young men and essays by juvenile “This is a classic in Chicano politics.” —Pluma Fronteriza
justice reform advocates. This collection seeks to humanize disadvantaged Latino
young men and call attention to the need for a restorative rather than punitive justice The Making of a Civil Rights Leader: José Angel Gutiérrez
system and confirms that—for both the Latino community and the country as a José Angel Gutiérrez
whole—the “school-to-prison pipeline” must be closed now. 2005, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-451-2, $9.95, Ages 11 and up
Complemented by photos from his personal archives, Gutiérrez details his rise from
Overcoming Disparity: Latino Young Men and Boys being beaten down by racist political and agricultural interests in South Texas to his
Edited by Frank de Jesús Acosta & Henry A. J. Ramos leadership role in the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Based on the culturally grounded model called La Cultura Cura, the practices outlined We Won’t Back Down
emphasize Chicano/Latino history and use cultural expression and ritual to educate Severita Lara’s Rise from Student Leader to Mayor
and create self-awareness, develop community programs and advance socially focused José Angel Gutiérrez
2005, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-459-8, $9.95, Ages 11 and up
business ventures that encourage youth and community economic development.
Gutiérrez chronicles the life of Severita Lara, the little known female activist at the
La Causa: Civil Rights, Social Justice center of the Crystal City High School student walkout on December 9, 1969.
and the Struggle for Equality in the Midwest
Edited by Gilberto Cárdenas The Struggle for the Health and Legal Protection of Farm Workers
2004, 176 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-422-2, $16.95 El Cortito
“A fine collection of essays . . . This readable book details the often-neglected history of Maurice Jourdane
Latino and Mexican immigrant life in the Midwest, and would make a fine undergradu- Contains an eight page photo insert
ate course volume or reference work for student research projects.” —CHOICE
This is the chronicling of Jourdane’s decade-long struggle to advocate for a ban of the
Hector P. García: In Relentless Pursuit of Justice short hoe (el cortito) and his efforts to protect other civil and human rights of California
Ignacio M. García field workers.
2002, 417 pages
Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-387-4, $26.95 “[ Jourdane portrays] an accurate picture of the struggle César and I and thousands of
Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-386-7, $14.95 farmworkers have dedicated our lives to.”
—Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO
This first definitive biography of the founder of the American G.I. Forum is an objective
appraisal of his successes and failures, as well as an analysis of the political, social and They Called Me “King Tiger” Study G
personal issues he confronted. Availabuide
My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights le
“The author . . . makes the case for his central role in the history of the struggle of Mexi- Reies López Tijerina
English translation and edited by José Ángel Gutiérrez
can Americans for a place in society.” —MultiCultural Review
Message to Aztlán López Tijerina writes about his attempts to reclaim land grants, including his taking up
Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales arms against the authorities and spending time in the federal prison system.
Foreword by Rodolfo F. Acuña Study G
Edited, with an Introduction, by Antonio Esquibel Availabuide “His compelling, often controversial, story brings to life a time of great turmoil and a
le
2001, 304 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-331-7, $14.95 major civil rights leader who has faded into obscurity.” —MultiCultural Review
“Gonzales’ poetry and plays . . . are historically important and represent the struggles In Defense of My People
encountered by Chicanos up to the 1980s.” —Library Journal Alfonso S. Perales and the Development of
“[This book] contains a valuable key to understanding the depths of Gonzales’ revul- Mexican-American Public Intellectuals
sion to mainstream politics and its representatives.” —San Antonio Express-News Edited by Michael A. Olivas
Black Cuban, Black American: A Memoir Scholars examine the work of a pioneering Mexican-American
Evelio Grillo civil rights leader in this collection.
Introduction by Kenya Dworkin y Méndez
2000, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-293-8, $13.95 “All of the essays are worthy of mention and greatly contribute
Contains an eight page photo insert to Mexican American historiography.”
Refer to the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Series section for a complete —The Journal of South Texas
description.

HISPANIC CIVIL RIGHTS SERIES
“Colored Men” and “Hombres Aquí” Chicano! The History of the Mexican American
Hernández v. Texas and the Emergence of Civil Rights Movement
Mexican-American Lawyering F. Arturo Rosales
Edited by Michael A. Olivas 1997, 328 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-201-3, $24.95
Recipient, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America Book Award
Commended Title, 2007 Tejano Book Prize This is the companion volume to the critically acclaimed, four-part documentary series
This collection of ten essays is the first full-length book to commemorate the fiftieth of the same title, which aired on PBS.
anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court case, Hernández v. Texas, the first to “The book is an education and inspiration; particularly, the moving chapter on the
be tried by Mexican-American lawyers before the Supreme Court, involving Mexican United Farm Workers and its founder and leader, César Chávez.” —Booklist
Americans and discriminatory state jury selection and trial practices.
“[This is] a valuable historical summary of political activism of Latinos of Mexican
“A recommended title for law students, ethnic studies programs and anyone seeking to descent . . . The value of Rosales’ book is enhanced by the use of interview transcripts
play an active role in an informed democracy.” —REFORMA Newsletter done for the TV series.” —Library Journal
Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano Movement Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History
Writings from El Grito del Norte F. Arturo Rosales
Edited by Lorena Oropeza and Dionne Espinoza 2006, 528 pages, Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-347-8, $69.95
Foreword by John Nichols
Preface by Enriqueta Vasquez “The text, which focuses on Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican history, includes short
2006, 320 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-479-6, $16.95 biographies on activists and politicians . . . Rosales’ dictionary will supply search ideas
for Latino civil rights as well as provide concise definitions. A wise purchase for larger
Recipient, 2007 PEN-Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award; Winner, 2007 International
public and academic libraries.” —Library Journal
Latino Book Award—Best History Book-English
Highlighting the involvement of women in the Chicano Movement, this anthology Testimonio: A Documentary History of the Mexican-American
combines for the first time in one volume the columns written by Enriqueta Vasquez Struggle for Civil Rights
from 1968 through 1972 for the path-breaking Chicano newspaper El Grito del Norte. F. Arturo Rosales
“[T]he essays offer a great window into both Chicanismo and the development of
identity politics in the 20th century.” —Publishers Weekly Beginning with the early 1800s and extending to the modern era, Rosales collects
“This book . . . wakes us up to a voice that is as vital today as it was then.” illuminating documents that shed light on the Mexican-American quest for life, liberty
—The Santa Fe New Mexican and justice.
Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja The Life and Times of Willie Velásquez: Su Voto es Su Voz
Antonia Pantoja Study G
Foreword by Henry A. J. Ramos Availabuide
Juan A. Sepúlveda, Jr.
le 2005, 432 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-402-4, $16.95
“A winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, Pantoja has crafted a sincere This critical biography by the founder of the Southwest Voter Registration and Educa-
and politically illuminating autobiography that sticks to ways and means, and the com- tion Project (SVREP) features a foreword by Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of the
plex encounters and emotions that accompany them.” —Publishers Weekly Department of Housing and Urban Development. Juan A. Sepúlveda, Jr. chronicles
Velásquez’ influences, his landmark contributions to American civic culture, and his
“Memoir of a Visionary is a refreshing read, free of the false modesty that marks most enduring legacy.
such books.” —Washington Post Book World
“By the end, the reader is left with a three-dimensional profile of Velásquez as well as
Flight to Freedom: The Story of Central clear understanding of the political changes he helped achieve.”
American Refugees in California —San Antonio Express-News
Edited by Rossana Pérez
English translation by Carolina Villarroel
Eyewitness
Introduction by Henry A. J. Ramos A Filmmaker’s Memoir of the Chicano Movement
Jesús Salvador Treviño Study G
2007, 224 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-329-4, $16.95 Availabuide
2001, 400 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-349-2, $15.95 le
This compelling and historically significant volume collects the personal narratives
“Treviño’s memoir covers his work as a filmmaker and activist who participated in and
of Central American refugees who fled the violence in their homelands and became
documented many of the more significant events of the Mexican-American civil rights
leading community advocates at the forefront of social justice. Each of the people movement.” —MultiCultural Review
interviewed is a leader in the Salvadoran/Central American refugee movement.
Consequently, this book offers insight into the early philosophy and framework of the “To read the book is to get an inside look at many of the characters and events that
movement as revealed by some of its pioneers. shaped a movement that gripped much of the Southwest in the 1960s and 1970s.”
—The Arizona Republic
The American G.I. Forum: In Pursuit of the Dream, 1948-1983
Henry A. J. Ramos My Demons Were Real
1998, 208 pages Constitutional Lawyer Joseph Calamia’s Journey
Clothbound, ISBN: 978-1-55885-261-7, $24.95 Bob Ybarra
Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-262-4, $14.95 2010, 280 pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55885-608-0, $17.95
This book traces the stormy history of one of US Hispanics’ most important but least This enlightening book documents the efforts of one man who devoted his life to pro-
known civil-rights groups—the American G.I. Forum—from its controversial incep- tecting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
tion through the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Joseph Calamia began his career as a criminal defense attorney in El Paso, Texas, in
“Ramos also provides a rarely seen glimpse of the politics of this minority group . . . The 1949. He was a crusader for justice, considered by many to be akin to Don Quixote,
writing is clear . . . and the material will probably be new to most collections.” tilting at windmills. But he disagreed: “The big difference is that my demons were real.”
—School Library Journal His demons were the institutionalized practices that favored expediency over the rights
of individuals; he spent his lifetime fighting to ensure peoples’ rights were not trampled
by lawmakers and enforcers.

LITERARY CRITICISM
RetroSpace Kissing the Mango Tree
Collected Essays on Chicano Literature Puerto Rican Women Rewriting American
Juan Bruce-Novoa Literature
1990, 192 pages, Trade Paperback Carmen S. Rivera
ISBN: 978-1-55885-013-2, $11.00 2002, 208 pages, Trade Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-55885-377-5, $19.95
RetroSpace is a collection of the seminal articles of the noted critic Bruce-Novoa on the
history and theory of Chicano literature. Kissing the Mango Tree is the first and only book to examine
the works of the most popular Puerto Rican women writ-
“Accessible, insightful and instructive.” —The Small Press Book Review ers from the perspective of feminist literary criticism. Rivera
Divided Borders reconstructs the ethno-feminist aesthetic of Judith Ortiz Cofer,
Sandra María Esteves, Nicholasa Mohr, Aurora Levins Morales, Rosario Morales,
Essays on Puerto Rican Identity
Juan Flores Esmeralda Santiago and Luz María Umpierre-Herrera.
1993, 252 pages, Trade Paperback “This is an excellent approach to mainland Puerto Rican women writers . . . each essay is
ISBN: 978-1-55885-046-0, $12.95 clear, concise, intelligent and quite vivid.” —MultiCultural Review
A collection of essays on history, literature, and culture by the most celebrated com-
mentator on Puerto Rican and Caribbean culture in the United States andthe winner of
the Casa de las Américas award for his monograph on Puerto Rican identity. Feminism, Nation and Myth: La Malinche
Edited by Rolando Romero
“Divided Borders is one of the most stimulating books about Puerto Ricans written
and Amanda Nolacea Harris
anywhere in the past decade. Regarding the growth and direction of the Puerto Rican 2005, 192 pages, Clothbound
and Latino presence in the United States it has no competition.” —The San Juan Star ISBN: 978-1-55885-440-6, $39.95
International Studies in Honor of Tomás Rivera This volume explores the scholarship of La Malinche, the in-
Edited by Julián Olivares digenous woman who is said to have led Cortés and his troops
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tragó la tierra, passed away in 1985 and is commemorated in analyze the interaction and interdependence of race, class and gender. These academic
recollections by Rolando Hinojosa and Américo Paredes and essays are complemented by the creative work of Alicia Gaspar de Alba and José Emilio
studies of his prose and poetry by leading critics of Chicano Pacheco.
literature.
The Rolando Hinojosa Reader
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to Chicano literature in Europe, which will probably surprise many US scholars who Edited by José David Saldívar
still think of it as unworthy of serious study . . . this volume is a must for any student of 1985, 192 pages, Trade Paperback
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INDEX OF TITLES
8 Ways to Say “I Love My Life!”, 63 Celso, 52
Centaur of the North, 17
El dilema de Trino, 53
El hombre que no sudaba, 54
Havana Split, 10
Havana Thursdays, 20
¡A bailar! Let’s Dance!, 39 César Chávez: The Struggle for Justice / La... 41
Chants, 52
El Laúd del Desterrado, 55, 60
El momento de Trino, 53
Heartbeat Drumbeat, 28
Hector P. García, 64
Absolute Equality, 59
Charmed Life, A / Una vida con suerte, 35 El torneo de trabalenguas / Tongue..., 41 Here Lies Lalo, 50
Abuelo vivía solo / Grandpa Used to Live..., 40
Chave’s Memories / Los recuerdos de Chave, 40 Eldorado in East Harlem, 19 Hispanic Periodicals in the United States..., 58
Accidental Native, The, 21
Chicano!, 65 Emilio, 26 Hispanic, Female and Young, 31, 48
Account, The, 60
Chicano Chicanery, 11 Empanadas that Abuela Made, The, 36 History and Legends of the Alamo and..., 59
Across the Great River, 28
Chicano Discourse, 63 En busca de Bernabé, 55 History of Barrios Unidos, The, 64
Adelita and the Veggie Cousins / Adelita y..., 35
Chicano/Latino Literary Prize, The, 48 En carne propia / Flesh Wounds, 2, 50 Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, 12
Adrift, 63
Chicano Manual on How to Handle Gringos, A, 64 En otra voz, 48, 55 Holy Radishes!, 12
Adventures of Don Chipote, or, When..., 61
Chicken Foot Farm, 28 Enclave, 51 Holy Spirit of My Uncle’s Cojones, The, 22
African Passions and Other Stories, 19
Child of Exile, The, 51 Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano..., 65 Hombres de ladrillo, 55
Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water, 2, 35
Cholo Tree, The, 2, 26 Entering a Life, 52 Home Again, 22
Al partir, 56
Clara and the Curandera / Clara y la..., 37 Erased Faces, 16 Hotel Juárez: Stories, Rooms and Loops, 11
Alamo Wars, 31
Close to the Heart, 2, 25 Estas manos / These Hands, 38 How to Undress a Cop, 50
Almost Murder and Other Stories, The, 31
Collected Stories of María Cristina Mena, The, 60 Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer!, 2, 43 Hunt for Maan Singh, The, 62
Alicia’s Fruity Drinks / Las aguas frescas de..., 44
Color of My Living Heart, 52 Estrellas peregrinas, 56
Alicia’s Treasure, 25
AmeRícan, 51
“Colored Men” and “Hombres Aquí”, 65 Estrellita en la ciudad grande / Estrellita..., 38 I Am René, the Boy / Soy René, el niño, 39
Communion, 52 Estrellita se despide de su isla / Estrellita..., 38 I Can Hear the Cowbells Ring, 49
American Copia: An Immigrant Epic, 14, 51
Computer Is Down, The, 53 Eulogy for a Brown Angel, 11 I Kick the Ball / Pateo el balón, 45
American Dreams, 13
Confessions of a Book Burner, 62 Evangelina Takes Flight, 2, 31 I Used to be a Superwoman, 52
American G.I. Forum, The, 65
Conflicts of Interest, 61 Eyewitness, 65 Ice Dove and Other Stories, The, 27
Animal Jamboree / La fiesta de los animales, 33
Contemporary Casta Portraiture, 63 Icy Watermelon / Sandía fría, 41
Ankiza, 24
Anything but Love, 18
Crazy Love, 17 F Factor, The, 25 Immortal Rooster and Other Stories, The, 27
Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys, 28 Fabricated Mexican, A, 19 In Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales..., 64
¡Aplauso! Hispanic Children’s Theater, 31
Crimson Moon, 11 Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories, The, 21 In Nueva York, 30
Árbol de la vida, 53
Crossing Borders, 63 Fair Gentlemen of Belken County / Claros..., 15 In Other Words, 48
Arturo Islas: The Uncollected Works, 14
Cuando México se (re)apropia de Texas..., 62 Fallen Angels Sing, 21 In Search of Bernabé, 16
Ask a Policeman, 15
Cuban American Theater, 56 Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners, 53 Infinite Refuge, 49
Astucias por heredar un sobrino a un tío, 23
Cucuy Stole My Cascarones / El Cucuy me..., 44 Family, Familia, 36 Intaglio: A Novel in Six Stories, 12
At Risk: Latino Children’s Health, 63
Cuentos hispanos de los Estados Unidos, 48, 55 Family Terrorist and Other Stories, The, 21 International Studies in Honor of Tomás..., 66
Bailando en silencio, 54 Cut & Run, 10
Cutter, The, 20
Fat No More: A Teenager’s Victory over..., 29
Feminism, Nation and Myth, 66
Isabel Allende: Life and Spirits, 63
It’s Bedtime, Cucuy! / ¡A la cama, Cucuy!, 41
Bakery Lady, The / La señora de la panadería, 43
Feminist and Abolitionist, 31, 61
Bang: A Novel, 2, 18
Baseball on Mars / Béisbol en Marte, 44
Dale, dale, dale / Hit It, Hit It, Hit It, 44 Fighting Chance, A, 31 Jackets, The, 12
Dalia’s Wondrous Hair / El cabello..., 42 Fire in the Earth, A, 21 Jicoténcal, 56, 61
Battle of the Snow Cones, The / La guerra de..., 44
Dancing with the Devil and Other Tales from..., 31 Firefly Summer, 25, 58 Johnny Tenorio and Other Plays, 57
Bean and Cheese Taco Birthday, A / Un..., 36
Dante’s Ballad, 14 Fitting In, 25 Journey to the United States of America..., 59
Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays, 57
Day of the Moon, The, 16 Flight to Freedom, 65 Juan and the Chupacabras / Juan y el..., 41
Becky and Her Friends, 15
Day without Sugar, A / Un día sin azúcar, 40 Folk Treasures of Mexico, 63 Juanita Fights the School Board, 24
Bendición: The Complete Poetry of Tato..., 51
Dear Rafe / Mi querido Rafa, 15 Forbidden Fruit and Other Stories, 14 Julian Nava: My Mexican-American..., 30, 49
Benjamin and the Word / Benjamín y la..., 43
Death at Solstice, 11 Four Brothers, 20 Jumping Off to Freedom, 25
Between Two Worlds, 52
Death to Silence / Muerte al silencio, 52 Francisco’s Kites / Las cometas de Francisco, 41
Big Banana, The, 18
Big Bear, The, 20
Decade II: An Anniversary Anthology, 48 Frog and His Friends Save Humanity, The, 45 Kid Cyclone Fights the Devil and..., 34
Deep in the Shadows, 62 From Amigos to Friends, 28 Kikiriki / Quiquiriquí, 40
Big Enough / Bastante grande, 42
Delia’s Way, 12 From the Cables of Genocide, 50 Kill Price, The, 22
Black Cuban, Black American, 49, 60, 64
Delicious Hullabaloo / Pachanga deliciosa, 43 From Klail City to Korea with Love, 15 Kissing the Mango Tree, 66
Black Widow’s Wardrobe, 11
Dennis Chávez, 2, 27 Fronterizas, 54 Klail City / Klail City y sus alrededores, 15
Bloodline, 2, 29
Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders, 13 Funhouse, The, 10
Bluestown Mockingbird Mambo, 51
Desert Is My Mother, The / El desierto es mi..., 43 La canción del colibrí, 55
Body Bee Calling from the 21st Century, 50
Body Slammed!, 31
Desert Passage, 26 George Washington Gómez, 18, 55 La Carreta Made a U-Turn, 51
Desperado: A Mile High Noir, 18 George Washington Gómez (Spanish), 55 La Causa, 64
Border Crossing, 27
Dew on the Thorn, 59 Ghostly Rider and Other Chilling Stories, The, 30 La flor de oro, 35
Border Patrol Ate My Dust, The, 62
Diario de un mojado, 55 Gift of the Poinsettia, The / El regalo de la..., 43 La Llorona on the Longfellow Bridge, 51
Borders, 52
Diary of a Guerrilla, 49 Girl from Playa Blanca, The, 29 La Migra me hizo los mandados, 53
Brand New Memory, 17
Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant, 49 Giuseppe Rocco, 20 La poeta del piso de arriba, 35
Break-In, 22
Diaspora: Selected and New Poems, 52 Going Under, 20 La Rebelde, 56
Brick People, The, 17
Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History, 65 Golden Flower, The, 35 Lady from Buenos Aires, The, 14
Brotherhood of Dolphins, 22
Diego Rivera the Red, 63 Good Long Way, A, 31 Land Grant, The, 11
Brujas, lechuzas y espantos / Witches, Owls..., 34
Disparo en la catedral, 53 Good Place for Maggie, A, 29 Land of Lost Things, The / El país de las..., 37
Buffalo Nickel, 49
Divided Borders, 66 Goodnight, Papito Dios / Buenas noches..., 45 Las aventuras de Don Chipote, o, Cuando ..., 56
Butterflies on Carmen Street / Mariposas..., 37
Do Not Pass Go, 19 Grandma’s Chocolate / El chocolate de..., 43 Last Doll, The / La última muñeca, 36
Cactus Blood, 11 Do You Know the Cucuy? / ¿Conoces al..., 41
Donkey Lady Fights La Llorona..., 34
Greatest Performance, The, 17
Gringo Manual on How to Handle..., 64
Latins Anonymous, 57
Latino Leaders Speak, 63
“Calaveras” of Don Moisés Espino del Castillo, 23
Don’t Call Me Hero, 32 Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de..., 45 Latino Young Men and Boys in Search of..., 64
Call Me Consuelo, 29
Don’t Spit on My Corner, 28 Guns in the Closet, The, 22 Latinos and the Nation’s Future, 62
Call No Man Master, 14
Double Double, 22 Layover, 16
Calligraphy of the Witch, 13
Can You See Me Now?, 25
Down Garrapata Road, 12 Hammon and the Beans and Other..., 18 Left Alive, 16
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures of the US..., 62 Lemon Tree Caper, The / La intriga del..., 32
Canta, Rana, canta / Sing, Froggie, Sing, 40
Cantares, 59
EGGbees, The, 40 Anthropology, 62 Lessons of the Game, 25
Eighth Continent and Other Stories, The, 10 History, 62 Leticia’s Secret, 29
Cantos de adolescencia / Songs of Youth, 60
El año de nuestra revolución, 54 Literature and Art, 62 Let’s Salsa / Bailemos salsa, 44
Case of the Pen Gone Missing, The / El caso..., 32
El año que viene estamos en Cuba, 54 Sociology, 62 Letters from Heaven / Cartas del cielo, 34
Case of the Three Kings, The / El caso..., 34
El Cóndor and Other Stories / El Cóndor y..., 21 Happy Birthday Jesús, 20 Level Up / Paso de nivel, 45
Case Runner, The, 11
El corrido de Dante, 54 Hard Language, 17 Life and Adventures of the Celebrated..., 60
Casualty Report, 21
El Coyote, the Rebel, 61 Hardscrub, 13 Life and Times of Willie Velásquez, The, 65
Cecilia and Miguel Are Best Friends / Cecilia..., 36
El Día de la Luna, 55 Harvest, The / La cosecha, 19 Life Crossing Borders, A, 61

INDEX OF TITLES
Little Crow to the Rescue / El Cuervito al..., 45
Little Devil and the Rose, The / El diablito y..., 50
Oddsplayer, 19 Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch, The / Allá en El..., 37
Rudy’s Memory Walk, 24
Truth about Them, The, 22
Twins, the Dream, The, 51
Odisea del norte, 53
Little Doctor, The / El doctorcito, 41 Ruiz Street Kids, The / Los muchachos de la..., 33 Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz, 49
Odyssey to the North, 10
Little Havana Blues, 48 Runaway Piggy, The / El cochinito fugitivo, 43 Two Centuries of Hispanic Theatre in the..., 57
Old Gents, The, 22
Little Nation and Other Stories, 17 Tyrone’s Betrayal, 24
Lo que el pueblo me dice, 54, 59
On Hallowed Ground, 14
Salsa, 39
Loa a un ángel de piel morena, 54
On the Other Side of the Bridge, 32
Only Sons, 13
Salsipuedes, 54 Un cubiche en la luna, 53, 56
Looking for La Única, 29 Sangre en el desierto, 54 Un día con mis tías / A Day with My Aunts, 35
Only the Good Times, 10
Looking Out, Looking In, 48, 52 School Named for Someone Like Me, A, 33 Un Trip through the Mind Jail y Otras..., 52
Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales, 26
Lorenzo and the Turncoat, 28 Schoolland, 17 Uncle Chente’s Picnic / El picnic de Tío..., 37
Orderly Life, An, 22
Lorenzo’s Revolutionary Quest, 28 Searchers, The, 52 Under the Bridge / Bajo el puente, 20, 56
Orlando Cepeda Story, The, 30
Lorenzo’s Secret Mission, 28 Secret of Two Brothers, The, 29 Under the Texas Sun / El sol de Texas, 54, 59
Oscar “Zeta” Acosta, 49
Los amigos de Becky, 55 Selected Poems / Poesía selecta, 52, 60 Upside Down and Backwards / De cabeza y..., 33
Other Man Was Me, The, 50
Los recuerdos de Ana Calderón, 55 Selected Poems of Angela de Hoyos, 51 Useless Servants, The, 15
Our Lost Border, 62
Loves Me, Loves Me Not, 25
Lucas Guevara, 60
Outlaw, 48
Selected Poetry, 51
Shadow, The, 18
Valley, The / Estampas del Valle, 15
Outside the Bones, 12 Vaquero in Black and Other Mysterious..., 23
Luis Valdez—Early Works, 57 Shadows & Supposes, 52
Overcoming Disparity: Latino Young Men...,64 Verdict in the Desert, 20
Lupita’s First Dance / El primer baile de..., 44 Shameless Shenanigans of Mister Malo, The, 2, 34
Versos sencillos / Simple Verses, 30, 60
Lupita’s Papalote / El papalote de Lupita, 44
P. Galindo: Obras (in)completas de José..., 60 Shangó, 12
Shattering the Myth, 56
Viaje a la tierra del abuelo, 53
Madness of Mamá Carlota, The, 16 Pain of the Macho and Other Plays, The, 57
Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words, 50
Shifting Loyalties, 10
Vida y aventuras del más célebre bandido..., 55
Voice of My Own, A, 63
Magda’s Piñata Magic / Magda y la piñata..., 38 Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the US..., 48
Paradise Lost or Gained, 48 Voices in Concert: In the Spirit of Sor Juana..., 62
Magda’s Tortillas / Las tortillas de Magda, 39 Shot in the Cathedral, A, 10
Mainstream Ethics, 51
Paraíso portátil / Portable Paradise, 10
Partners in Crime, 15
Shroud in the Family, A, 13 Waiting for Papá / Esperando a Papá, 39
Making of a Civil Rights Leader, The, 28, 64 Silent Dancing, 27 Wake in Ybor City, A, 23
Party for Papá Luis, The / La fiesta para..., 36
Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts, 17 Simpson Street and Other Plays, 56 Walking Stars, 32
Patchwork Garden, The / Pedacitos de..., 40
¡Manteca! An Anthology of Afro-Latin@..., 50 Sip, Slurp, Soup, Soup / Caldo, caldo, caldo, 36 Way It Was and Other Writings, The, 59
Pepita Finds Out / Lo que Pepita descubre, 42
Many Deaths of Danny Rosales and Other..., 57 Skull of Pancho Villa and Other Stories, The, 18 We Are Cousins / Somos primos, 37
Pepita on Pepper Street / Pepita en la calle..., 42
Matter of Pride and Other Stories, A, 17 Skyscraper that Flew and Other Stories, The, 21 We Happy Few, 15
Pepita Packs Up / Pepita empaca, 42
Maya’s Divided World, 24 Sleep of the Innocents, 12 We Won’t Back Down, 28, 64
Pepita Takes Time / Pepita, siempre tarde, 42
Mayanito’s New Friends / Los nuevos..., 2, 42 So-Called Vacation, A, 28 Wedding, The, 18
Pepita Talks Twice / Pepita habla dos veces, 42
Mayte and the Boogeyman / Mayte y el Cuco, 35 Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural / Sofi y el..., 43 Welcome to the Oasis and Other Stories, 21
Pepita Thinks Pink / Pepita y el color rosado, 42
Meet Me under the Ceiba, 20 Sofía and the Purple Dress / Sofía y el..., 37 Wetback, The, 10
Perfect Silence, A, 10
Memoir of a Visionary: Antonia Pantoja, 49, 65 Some Clarifications y otros poemas, 51 What Now My Love, 20
Pillars of Gold and Silver, 28
Memories of Ana Calderón, The, 16 Song of the Hummingbird, 16 When a Tree Falls, 19
Pioneros puertorriqueños en Nueva York, 54, 59
Message to Aztlán, 64 South Wind Come, 14 When Love Was Reels: Poetry, 2, 51
Place Where You Live, The / El lugar donde..., 42
Mexican American Theatre, 57 Spared Angola, 49 White Bread Competition, 29
Playing with Light, 19
Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest, 25 Spirits of the High Mesa, 30 White Leg, 17
Poet Upstairs, The, 35
Mexicans on Death Row, 62 Squatter and the Don, The, 61 Who Would Have Thought It?, 61
Porque hay silencio, 53
Mi sueño de América / My American Dream, 33 State of Emergency, 20 Who’s Buried in the Garden?, 32
Princess Papaya, 17
Midnight Sandwiches at the Mariposa..., 19 Story Circle, The / El círculo de cuentos, 37 Windows into My World, 27
Promesas: Geography of the Impossible, 52
Migrations and Other Stories, 14 Stowaway, 49 Witches of Ruidoso, The, 31
Promise to Keep, A, 25
Milli Vanilli Condition, The, 62 Stranger and the Red Rooster, The / El..., 45 Woman, Woman, 51
Mimí’s Parranda / La parranda de Mimí, 41
Mis abuelos y yo / My Grandparents and I, 38
Quedando bien, 53 Strange Parents, 26
Struggle for the Health and Legal..., 64
Women Who Live in Coffee Shops and..., 12
Woman Who Lost Her Soul and Other..., 59
Quesadilla Moon, 26
Mis papitos: Héroes de la cosecha..., 38 Summer of El Pintor, The, 29 Women Don’t Need to Write, 23
Quixote Cult, The, 13
Missing Chancleta and Other Top-Secret..., 34 Sunflowers / Girasoles, 45 Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora, 63
Mixturao and Other Poems, 51
Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote / Mamá Zorra y..., 45
Rag Doll Plagues, The, 17 Sundays on Fourth Street / Los domingos..., 40
Surprise for Teresita, A / Una sorpresa para..., 45
Women’s Tales from the New Mexico WPA, 61
Woodcutter’s Gift, The / El regalo del leñador, 44
Rain of Gold, 49
Moths and Other Stories, The, 22
Monster in the Mattress / El monstruo en el..., 33
Rainbow’s End, 13
Survival Supervivencia, 50
Sweet Fifteen, 25
Year of Our Revolution, The, 27
Raining Backwards, 13 ... y no se lo tragó la tierra, 31, 56
Monsters, Zombies and Addicts: Poems, 53
Muerte en una estrella / Shooting Star, 12, 54
Rancho Hollywood y otras obras.., 55, 57
Rattling Chains and Other Stories for..., 33
Tall Mexican, The, 27 ... y no se lo tragó la tierra /...And the Earth..., 19
You Don’t Have a Clue, 27
Muffler Man / El hombre mofle, 38 Teaching through Culture, 25
Mummified Deer and Other Plays, 57
Real Billy the Kid, The, 60
Rebel, The, 61
Teen Angel, 24 Zoot Suit: A Bilingual Edition, 56
Mummy in Her Backpack, A / Una momia..., 33 Terms of Survival, 50 Zoot Suit and Other Plays, 57
Recovering the Hispanic History of Texas, 61
My Bad: A Mile High Noir, 18 Testimonio, 65 Zulema and the Witch Owl / Zulema y la..., 41
Recovering the US Hispanic Linguistic..., 58
My Big Sister / Mi hermana mayor, 38 There’s a Name for This Feeling / Hay un...,26
Recovering the US Hispanic Literary..., 58
My Demons Were Real, 65 They Called Me “King Tiger”, 49, 64
Red Bikini Dream, A, 16
My Father, the Angel of Death, 32 They Say that I Am Two, 53
Red Camp, The, 12
My Migrant Family Story / La historia de mi..., 33 Thirty an’ Seen a Lot, 52
Remembering Day, The / El día de los..., 43
My Own True Name, 30 Throwaway Piece, The, 29
Remembering Grandma / Recordando a..., 35
My Tata’s Guitar / La guitarra de mi tata, 37 Time’s Now / Ya es tiempo, 50
René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos..., 39
Mystery Bigger than Big: A Mickey Rangel..., 2, 32 To a Widow with Children, 13
RetroSpace, 66
Mystery of the Mischievous Marker, The, 32 To the Last Man I Slept with and All..., 23
Return to Arroyo Grande, 21
Todos somos Whitman / We Are All..., 50
Name Partner, The, 11 Ricardo’s Race / La carrera de Ricardo, 36
Riding Low on the Streets of Gold, 26, 48
Tomás Rivera: The Complete Works, 19
Naranjo the Muse, 10 Tommy Stands Alone, 24
Rina’s Family Secret, 24
Narco, 21 Tommy Stands Tall, 24
Rites and Witnesses, 15
Nation of Women, A, 59 Tree of Life, The, 10
Rituals of Survival, 17
Nature of Truth, The, 21 Trino’s Choice, 26
River Flows North, The, 16
Necessary Theater, 56 Trino’s Time, 26
River of Angels, 17
Never through Miami, 18 Triple Banana Split Boy, The / El niño goloso, 39
Rolando Hinojosa Reader, The, 66
Next Year in Cuba, 49 Tristan and the Hispanics, 22
Rolando Hinojosa’s Klail City Death Trip..., 63
Nilda, 30 Tropical Town and Other Poems, 59
Roll Over, Big Toben, 31
No Time for Monsters / No hay tiempo para..., 44 Trouble with Tessa, The, 30
Roosevelt High School Series, The, 24
Nuevos Senderos, 62 Truth about Las Mariposas, The, 30
Rooster Joe and the Bully / El Gallo Joe y ..., 34

INDEX OF AUTHORS, EDITORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Accardo, Anthony, 30, 36, 39, 41 Canales, Viola, 26, 50 Di Iorio, Lyn, 12 Gonzales Bertrand, Diane, 25, 26, 33, 35-37, 53
Canetti, Yanitzia, 42 Dominguez, Maria, 43 González, Ada Acosta, 35
Acosta, Frank de Jesús, 64
Cano, Daniel, 10 Doherty, Amy, 60 González, Alfonso, 56
Acosta, Hipólito, 62
Capetillo, Luisa, 59 Duarte, Stella Pope, 12 González, Genaro, 13, 28
Acosta, Iván, 53, 56
Caraballo, Samuel, 38 Duncan, Patricia, 18 González, José B., 51
Acosta-Belén, Edna, 59
Cárdenas, Gilberto, 64 Durán, Mike, 28 González, Jovita, 59
Acosta González, Ada, 35
Carrero, Jaime, 54 Dworkin y Méndez, Kenya, 49, 55, 58, 60, 64 González Viaña, Eduardo, 13, 14, 54
Acuña, Rodolfo F., 64
Carrillo, P. S., 26 Dyen, Don, 43, 44 Graullera Ramírez, Fabiola, 39
Alarcón, Alicia, 53, 62
Castañeda, Antonia I., 58 Dyer, John, 62, 63 Griffin, Shaun T., 52
Alba, Marinieves, 63
Castañeda, Omar, 10 Grillo, Evelio, 49, 60, 64
Alcántara, Felipe Ugalde, 35, 45
Casilla, Robert, 43, 44 Echeverria-Bis, Olivia, 40 Griswold del Castillo, Richard, 41
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 14
Castilla, Julia Mercedes, 26, 36, 37, 39, 53 Echeverria Gyorkos, Charmaine, 40 Guerra, Alirio Díaz, 60
Alegría, Fernando, 10, 48
Castillo, Gary, 26 Elizondo, Sergio D., 12, 54 Guerra, Juan J., 41
Algarin, Miguel, 50
Castillo, Victoria, 41 El Teatro Campesino, 57 Gutiérrez, José Angel, 28, 49, 64
Alonso, Carolina E., 35, 37
Castillo-Garsow, Melissa, 50 Espina, Eduardo, 62 Gutiérrez, Ramón, 58
Alvarez, Beto, 38
Cervantes, Lorna Dee, 50 Espino del Castillo, Don Moisés, 23 Gutiérrez-González, Josué, 33
Alvarez, Lamberto, 38
Cervantes, Valeria, 44 Espinoza, Conrado, 54, 59 Guzmán, Lila, 28
Alvira, Nuria Brufau, 54, 55
Cervenka, Mark, 62 Espinoza, Dionne, 65 Guzmán, Rick, 28
Ambert, Alba, 10, 53
Chacón, Daniel, 26 Esquibel, Antonio, 64
Ambroggio, Luis Alberto, 50
Chavarría-Cháirez, Becky, 38, 39 Essex, Olga Berrocal, 12 Harris, Amanda Nolacea, 66
Ampudia, Ricardo, 62
Chávez, Fray Angélico, 59 Esteves, Sandra María, 51, 66 Hernández, Imara Liz, 60
Aparicio, Miguel, 55
Cisneros, Carlos, 11 Estevis, Anne, 12, 28 Hernández, Irene Beltrán, 28, 29
Aponte, Edwin Karli Padilla, 54, 59
Cisneros, Henry G., 62 Hernández, Jo Ann Yolanda, 29
Arcia, Alberto, 10
Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 25-27, 33, 35, 39, 48, 50, 54, 66
Fabregat, Claudio Esteva, 62 Hernández, Karina, 33, 40
Arias, Ron, 10 Favata, Martín, 60
Colato Laínez, René, 39 Hernandez, Lisa, 14
Aranda, Jr., José, 58 Fernández, Alfredo, 63
Colín, Ernesto, 55 Herrera-Sobek, María, 58
Argueta, Jorge, 35, 50 Fernández, Carole, 12
Colín, José Juan, 41 Hidalgo-Robert, Alberto, 29
Armas, Teresa, 35 Fernández, José, 55, 60
Collier-Morales, Roberta, 39 Hinojosa, Rolando, 15, 55, 62, 63, 66
Avila, Alfred, 25 Fernández, Roberta, 12, 48, 54
Colón, Jesús, 54, 59 Hoppey, Tim, 44
Avila, Kat, 25 Fernández, Roberto G., 12, 13
Colón, Joaquín, 54, 59 Hospital, Carolina, 51
Fernández-Gil, María Jesús, 55
Baeza, Georgina, 33 Colón-Aponte, Olimpia, 54, 59
Fetta, Stephanie, 48
Howard, Pauline Rodríguez, 35-37, 41, 44
Colón-Vilá, Lilian, 39 Huerta, Javier O., 14, 51

Baeza Ventura, Gabriela, 5, 26, 27, 31, 33-38, 40-45, 58
Feyder, Linda, 56 Huerta, Jorge, 56, 57
Balestra, Alejandra, 36, 42, 55, 58 Coombs, Jonathan, 41
Fields, Lisa, 35, 37, 39, 43
Copley, Bob, 27
Banda, Víctor Hugo Rascón, 55, 57
Córdoba, Carol, 49
Firmat, Gustavo Pérez, 18, 49, 54 Ibarra, Mickey, 63
Barbieri, Gladys E., 35
Flores, Carolyn Dee, 9, 40, 45 Iglesias, Jorge, 48
Barbosa, Omar Vásquez, 60 Corpi, Lucha, 11, 12, 39, 50, 54, 62
Flores, Juan, 66 Irwin, A. J. , 62
Bell, Elizabeth, 50 Correas Zapata, Celia, 63
Flores, Lauro, 61 Islas, Arturo, 14
Belle, Frances P., 60 Cortez, Sarah, 12, 27, 50, 62
Flores, Richard, 59
Bellessi, Diana, 51 Cortina, Rodolfo J., 56, 61
Jaffe, Nina, 35
Belpré, Pura, 25, 58 Costales, Amy, 40
Galindo, Alejandro, 36 Jara, José, 45
Beltrán Hernández, Irene, 28, 29 Costello, Shawn, 38
Galindo, Claudia, 41 Jerome, Elaine, 40, 44
Bencastro, Mario, 10, 25, 53 Coy, Cissie, 27
Galindo, Mary Sue, 41 Jiménez, Alfredo, 62
Berg, Charles Ramírez, 43 Cruz, D. Nina, 37, 38
Galindo, Sandra, 23 Jiménez, Joe, 29
Bernal, Estela, 25 Cruz, Maria Colleen, 27
Gallardo, Edward, 56 Jourdane, Maurice, 64
Bernardo, Anilú, 25, 35, 53 Curtis, James Roberto, 12
Gallegos, Yuliana, 33 Juárez, Tina, 14
Berrocal Essex, Olga, 12
Bertrand, Diane Gonzales, 25, 26, 33, 35-37, 53
Dávila-Martínez, Diana, 33 Gama, Esperanza, 40
Kabalen de Bichara, Donna, M. ,58
Gambino, Alisha, 44, 45
de Anda, Diane, 27, 33, 40
Betancourt, Ramón, 54 García, Ignacio M., 64 Kanellos, Nicolás, 41, 48, 51, 55-58, 60-62
de Hoyos, Angela, 51
Bevin, Teresa, 10 García, Lilia, 33 Kemarskaya, Oksana, 40
de la Garza, Beatriz, 28
Blasingame, James, 27 García, Lionel G., 13, 49 Kessler, Stephen, 10
de la Selva, Salomón, 59
Boltin, Lee, 63 García, Nasario, 33, 59 Klepeis, Alicia Z., 41
de los Angeles Nevárez, María, 55
Boucher, Geoff, 49 García, Pelayo “Pete”, 28 Krochmal, Walter, 18
de Reygadas, Fermin, 23
Boullosa, Carmen, 62 García-Aguilera, Carolina, 12
Brammer de Gonzales, Ethriam Cash, 37, 38, 54, 59-62
de Zavala, Adina, 59
García-Caro, Pedro, 23
La Rosa, Pablo, 14
de Zavala, Lorenzo, 59
Brown, Monica, 37 Lacámara, Laura, 42-44
García-Camarillo, Cecilio, 51
DeJesus, Liz, 12
Bruce-Novoa, 10, 66 Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas, 29, 30, 42
Garza, Xavier, 8, 28, 34, 41
Delgado, Abelardo “Lalo,” 50
Brufau Alvira, Nuria, 54, 55 Laínez, René Colato, 39
Gaspar de Alba, Alicia, 3, 13, 27, 51, 54, 66
Delgado, María Isabel, 40
Bursztyn, Dina, 37 Lamadrid, Enrique, 51
Gerdes, Dick, 63
DeLange, Alex Pardo, 36, 42, 43 Lamas, Laura, 51
Giersbach Rascón, Susan, 10, 14, 25, 62, 63
Calderón, Héctor, 63 Diaz, Debra, 12
Gil, Lydia, 34, 41
Lantigua, John, 14
Campo, Rafael, 50 Díaz, José, 60 Latins Anonymous, 57
Gómez, Obed, 38
Campoamor, Diana, 62 Díaz, William A., 62 Laviera, Tato, 42, 51
Gonzales, Rodolfo “Corky”, 64
Campos, Tito, 38 Díaz Guerra, Alirio, 60 Le Guin, Ursula, 51
Gonzales-Berry, Erlinda, 55, 58
Díaz Sánchez, Isabel, 55

INDEX OF AUTHORS, EDITORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Leal, Luis, 55, 56, 60, 61 Noble, Diana J., 31 Rivera, Beatriz, 19 Torres, J. L., 21
Lechón, Daniel, 37, 40, 43 Novas, Himilce, 17 Rivera, Carmen S., 66 Torres, Omar, 21, 56
Limón, Graciela, 16, 55 Nye, Naomi Shihab, 50 Rivera, John-Michael, 59, 60 Torres-Saillant, Silvio, 58
Limón, José, 59 Rivera, Rick P., 19 Torrez, Everardo, 21
Lomas, Clara, 56, 58, 61 O’Neill, Annie, 63 Rivera, Tomás, 19, 25, 31, 52, 56, 66 Trejo, Ernesto, 52
Lomelí, Francisco, 62 Ochoa, Edna, 45, 56 Rivera Marín, Guadalupe, 63 Treviño, Jesús Salvador, 21, 65
López, Diana, 27 Oettinger Jr. , Marion, 63 Rivera, Jr., Rafael, 44 Troncoso, Sergio, 12, 21, 62, 63
López de Mariscal, Blanca, 58 Olazagasti-Segovia, Elena, 54 Roberts, Ann R., 63 Trujillo, Robert, 36
López Tijerina, Reies, 64, 49 Olguín, B. V., 60 Rockefeller, Nelson A., 63 Turcios, Guadalupe Vanessa, 45
Luis, William, 48, 52 Olivares, Julián, 19, 48, 52, 55, 66 Rodriguez, Christina, 35, 37, 44
Lugo-Ortiz, Agnes, 55, 58 Olivas, Daniel A., 43 Rodriguez, Christina Ann, 39 Undercuffler, Gary, 2, 6, 41
Luna, James, 9, 33, 42, 43 Olivas, Michael A., 64, 65 Rodríguez, Joe, 19 Ugalde Alcántara, Felipe, 35, 45
Oropeza, Lorena, 65 Rodríguez, Félix V. Matos, 59 Ulibarrí, Sabine, 21
Marín, Guadalupe Rivera, 63 Ortiz Cofer, Judith, 25-27, 33, 35, 39, 48, 50, 54, 66 Rodríguez, Luis, 64 Utomo, Gabhor,2, 42, 44
Markusen, Bruce, 30 Ortiz, Oscar, 35 Rodríguez, Ralph E., 12
Márquez, María Teresa, 61, Ortiz, Raquel M., 43 Rodríguez, Victor, 19
Valdez, Luis, 56, 57
Martell, Helvetia, 58 Otero, Jr., Miguel Antonio, 60 Vando, Gloria, 52
Rodriguez Howard, Pauline, 35-37, 41, 44
Martí, José, 30, 58, 60 Varela, Félix, 56, 61
Rodríguez-Nieto, Catherine, 50
Martin, Wendy, 37 Padilla, Félix, 62 Romero, Leo, 52
Varela, Frank, 52
Martín-Rodríguez, Manuel M., 15, 60 Padilla, Genaro, 58 Vasquez, Enriqueta, 65

Romero, Rolando, 66
Martínez, Alba Nora, 43 Padilla, Mike, 17 Vásquez Barbosa, Omar, 60
Rosales, F. Arturo, 65
Martínez, Floyd, 25, 30 Padilla Aponte, Edwin Karli, 54, 59 Vega, Anne, 38, 39, 41
Rosales, John, 62
Martínez, Glenn, 58 Palés Matos, Luis, 52, 60 Vega, Ed, 21
Rosales-Yeomans, Natalia, 32, 33, 40, 44
Martínez, Liz, 12 Pantoja, Antonia, 49, 65 Vega, Marta Moreno, 63
Rosenberg, Joe, 31
Martínez, Max, 16, 17 Pardo DeLange, Alex, 36, 42, 43 Velásquez, Gloria L., 4, 52
Ruffinelli, Jorge, 48
Marzán, Julio, 52, 60 Paredes, Américo, 18, 52, 55, 60, 66 Venegas, Daniel, 56, 61
Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 58, 61
Matos, Luis Palés, 52, 60 Parker Webster, Joan, 25 Viaña, Eduardo González, 13, 14, 54
Ruiz, Mona, 49
Matos Rodríguez, Félix V., 59 Paz, Ireneo, 55, 60 Vicente, Alidis, 34
Ruiz, Ronald L., 20
Mayo, Wendell, 17 Peña, Daniel, 18 Viegas-Barros, Rocío, 36
Ruiz-Flores, Lupe, 44
McPeek Villatoro, Marcos, 21, 22, 53 Perales, Alonso M., 23, 34 Vigil-Piñón, Evangelina, 19, 38, 48, 52, 53
Means Ybarra, Ricardo, 22 Perales, Monica, 61 Salas, Floyd, 20, 49, 52 Villalobos, José Pablo, 63
Meléndez, A. Gabriel, 58 Pérez, Luis, 61 Saldaña, Jr., René, 5, 31, 32, 44 Villareal, Ray, 31, 32
Meléndez Salinas, Claudia, 31 Pérez, Ramón “Tianguis”, 49, 55 Saldaña, Theresa, 31 Villarroel, Carolina, 32, 41-43, 45, 65
Melgar-Quiñonez, Hugo, 63 Pérez, Rossana, 65 Saldívar, José David, 66 Villaseñor, Victor, 32, 45, 49, 56
Mena, María Cristina, 60 Pérez-Brown, María, 63 Salinas, Claudia Meléndez, 31 Villatoro, Marcos McPeek, 21, 22, 53
Mendoza, Louis, 52 Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, 18, 49, 54 Salinas, Raúl R., 52 Villegas de Magnón, Leonor, 56, 61
Mendoza, Sylvia, 63 Pérez, Severo, 56 Sánchez, Enrique O., 35, 42 Viramontes, Helena María, 22
Mercado-López, Larissa, 43 Pérez-Escamilla, Rafael, 63 Sánchez, Isabel Díaz, 55

Miller, Stephen, 63 Piñero, Miguel, 48 Sánchez, Rosaura, 12, 54, 61, 63
Walker, Lara, 59
Pita, Beatrice, 12, 54, 61 Ward, April, 37, 41, 45
Modestin, Yvette, 63 Sánchez-Korrol, Virginia, 5, 31, 45, 58, 59, 61
Plascencia, Amira, 44 Watts, Jarica Lynn, 50
Mohr, Nicholasa, 17, 30, 66 Sanders, Brett Alan, 50
Pluecker, John, 10, 20, 34, 41, 54, 56, 59 Weaver, Thomas, 62
Monsivais, María Estela, 42 Sandoval, John, 31
Poey, Delia, 48 Webster, Joan Parker, 25
Montecalvo, Janet, 40 Sandoval, Victor, 31
Ponce, Mary Helen, 18 Weiss, Judith, 57
Montes-Huidobro, Matías, 55, 60 Sanmiguel, Rosario, 20, 53, 54, 56
Pope Duarte, Stella, 12 West-Durán, Alan, 59
Montoya, Delilah, 62, 63 Santos Marcantonio, Patricia, 20
Poyo, Gerald E., 58 Woolsey, Wallace, 59
Moore Cantarero, Heather, 13 Sarabia, Emilio Alberto, 20
Price, Mara, 43
Mora, Francisco X., 43
Prida, Dolores, 57
Sayers Peden, Margaret, 63
Ybarra, Bob, 65
Mora, Pat, 30, 43, 52 Sepúlveda, Emma, 52
Ybarra, Ricardo Means, 22
Morales, Alejandro, 17, 55 Sepúlveda, Jr., Juan A., 65
Moreno-Hinojosa, Hernán, 30
Quesada, Roberto, 18 Sirias, Silvio, 20, 59
Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 57, 58
Quiñonez, Ernesto, 50 Yglesias, Jose, 22, 23

Moreno Vega, Marta, 63 Sorenson, Travis, 62
Morton, Carlos, 55, 57
Ramírez, José, 45 Sosa, Hernán, 41 Zaldívar, Raquel Puig, 23
Moyna, María Irene, 58 Stavans, Ilan, 49
Ramírez, Fabiola Graullera, 39 Zapata, Celia Correas, 63
Muñoz, Elizabeth Cummins, 45 Suárez, Virgil, 20, 21, 27, 48, 49
Ramírez Berg, Charles, 43 Zepeda, Gwendolyn, 6, 23, 45, 53
Muñoz, Elías Miguel, 17 Symank, Yvonne, 40
Ramos, Henry A. J., 28, 30, 49, 62, 64, 65 Zuñiga, Grace, 62
Muraida, Thelma, 36-38, 42
Murguía, Janet, 62
Ramos, Manuel, 7, 18, 27
Tafolla, Carmen, 9, 61
Ramos, Raúl A., 61
Tafolla, Laura, 61
Najera, Rick, 57 Rascón Banda, Víctor Hugo, 55, 57
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Reavis, Dick J., 49
Nava, Julian, 30, 49 Tashlik, Phyllis, 31, 48
Rebolledo, Tey Diana, 61
Neal, Avon, 63 Tatum, Charles, 55, 58
Reyna, Sergio, 59
Nevárez, María de los Angeles, 55 Tellechea, Manuel A., 30, 60
Riojas Clark, Ellen, 23
Newell, T. Marc, 50 Tijerina, Reies López, 49, 64
Rivas, Spelile, 44
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Can You See Me Now? Lessons of the Game

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Sundays on Fourth Street Kikirikí / Quiquiriquí

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