"Share in the joyful, adventure-filled shenanigans of a child growing up in a small mud hut in Inner Mongolia in this charming, illustrated memoir for young middle grade readers"--

A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter, Abigail. Many years later, another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.

Long ago a shepherd shared his meal of thin bread–called pages of music–with a painter and her son, Paolo. When they offered to pay, the shepherd played a song of…

In this appealing, participatory, fast-paced story, a 700-yeard-old woman and an 800-year-old man go out to the patch to get a pumpkin to make a pie–only to discover that their…

In this whimsical tale, the classic Russian Baba Yaga witch story is transported to the American Southwest.

This written tribute to the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead is filled with cultural icons, rituals, and customs that bring the holiday to life for the reader. Full-color illustrations.

Sway to the sounds, reach for the colors, dance to the rhythms, and you will find your own Mexico in these poems in both English and Spanish.

Johnston regales the…

Having faced great danger, 12-year-old Manuel finally succeeds in hopping a train out of Mexico. When he finally arrives in Los Angeles and is reunited with his brother, he is…