Most Popular Books by Pat Mora

This multivolume set of readers features poems, short stories, essays, and exerpts from larger works gathered together under specific themes. Each reading includes thinking, discussion, and writing activies. For example, volume 1 includes a short story under the theme of Accomplishments entitled "The scholarship jacket." Thinking activities include comprehension questions regarding facts within the story such as "Why was the scholarship jacket important to Martha?" Discussion activities take information from the story and ask the reader to analyse data ("What is the real meaning of the scholarship or other achievement award?") or make real-world connections with their own lives. Writing activities can focus on a specific incident in the story asking the reader to write a scene of dialogue for a "what would have happened if..." situation.

A bilingual poem which describes some of the sounds of nature in a desert.

Ray, Lisa, and Rita find an injured dove and take it to their grandmother, who cares for the bird until it can fly again.

"A series of verses, in English and Spanish, about the movement and moods of water around the world and the ways in which water affects a variety of landscapes and cultures."--Provided by publisher.

"A collection of original poems that celebrate family, universal childhood experiences, and the pure pleasure a young girl feels as her mastery and understanding grow throughout the seasons of a year"--

Tomás es hijo de trabajadores migratorios. Cada verano, él y su familia viajan a Iowa, desde Tejas, donde pasan largos y difíciles días en el campo, durante la temporada de la cosecha de frutas y verduras. Por las noches, a veces, se reúnen a escuchar los maravillosos cuentes de papá grande, el abuelo de Tomás. Con el tiempo, Tomás se aprende todos los cuentos de memoria. Hay muchos otros cuentos en la biblioteca – le dice papá grande. Y al día siguiente, Tomás conoce a la señora de la biblioteca, quien le abre las puertas a un nuevo mundo. Este alentador cuento de Pat Mora es acerca de la niñez de Tomás Rivera, quien llegó a ser rector de la Universidad de California en Riverside.

In this joyful and spirited collection, award-winning poet Pat Mora and fine artist Enrique 0. Sanchez celebrate the vivid landscape of the Southwest and the delightful rapport that children share with the natural world. Now in Spanish, Confeti is also an anthem to the power of a child''s imagination and pride.

Una excelente manera para que niños y niñas aprendan sobre el patriotismo, la ciudadanía, y los inmigrantes mientras una niñita y su tía abuela aprenden juntas la Promesa de Lealtad. Yo prometo . . . Lobo, la tía abuela de Libby, es mexicana, pero ha vivido en Estados Unidos por muchos años y quiere convertirse en ciudadana. Para ello, Lobo tendrá que recitar La Promesa de Lealtad a la Bandera en una ceremonia especial para ciudadanos nuevos. Libby también está aprendiendo La Promesa y va a dirigir a su clase a recitarla al final de la semana. Libby y Lobo deciden practicar juntas, haciéndose preguntas y compartiendo historias hasta el momento en que se hallan listas para erguirse orgullosas, con las manos sobre sus corazones.

"Hoy, jóvenes y viejitos bailan / a la luna y la estrella brillosa / celebrando su fiesta, / la pachanga deliciosa." El aclamado poeta Pat Mora se ha unido al artista Francisco X. Mora para crear un libro encantador y elegante cuyas rimas y dibujos harán las delicias de niños y adultos. "Tonight, young and old / dance to moon and starlight too, / join in the fiesta, / the delicious hullabaloo." Acclaimed poet Pat Mora has joined with artist Francisco X. Mora to create a charming and elegant book whose rhymes and drawings will delight children and adults.

"Este alentador cuento de Pat Mora es acerca de la niñez de Tomás Rivera, quien llegó a ser rector de la Universidad de California en Riverside."--Back cover.

When a gust from her grandfather''s blowgun causes Luna to tumble from the sky and fall into the ocean, the little fishes help her rise once again, in an updated retelling of a traditional Mopan Maya myth from Belize. Reprint.

In this sweetly funny picture book, a tiny mouse, Chico Canta, saves his entire family from the clever kitten, Little Gato-Gato, when he uses his quick wits and ability to speak another language. Mrs. Canta lives with her family in an old theatre, and she has her hands full trying to keep track of her twelve children—especially Chico Canta, the youngest, tiniest, and most mischievous of the mice. She is always telling them, “Hurry! Hurry! ¡Pronto! ¡Pronto!” She speaks many languages, and she encourages her children to learn more, too. “Bilingual, bravo!” One evening, after a wonderful performance of The Three Little Pigs, the mouse family narrowly escapes Little Gato-Gato. Undaunted and inspired by the production, they decide to mount their own version of the play. A frenzy of sewing costumes and building sets ensues under the direction of Mr. Canta, while Mrs. Canta oversees the cricket musicians, the spider stage crew, and the moths who will be the ushers. But on the night of the play itself, it is tiny Chico who is the star of the show when he spots Little Gato-Gato in the shadows, and uses his own special gift for languages to avert disaster. Amelia Lau Carling’s charming illustrations show the pleasures, fears, antics and glories of Chico Canta and his family, all against the backdrop of the elegant old theater. A note from author Pat Mora describes how she and her daughter Libby were inspired to write this story together after she read the kernel of this bilingual joke in a book of Mexican American folktales. Key Text Features author’s note Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

In this poem in English and Spanish, lizards, armadillos, and other creatures of the night make merry beneath the desert moon, enjoying the strains of a mariachi band and gobbling lots of delicious food.

An inspiring collection of Pat Mora''s own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, and singing.

With lilting verse and playful imagery, this award-winning author celebrates the tender relationship between the beloved saint and the animals whom he adored.

A biography of the seventeenth-century Mexican poet, leaned in many subjects, who became a nun later in life.

Two children who have moved to a small community in New Mexico experience the tradition of "los abuelos," during which village men go to the mountains and return in scary costumes to tease the children before everybody sings, dances, and eats treats.

To honor her great aunt''s 90th birthday, Cecilia fills a basket with cherished objects that remind her of their times together-a favorite book, a red ball, a teacup, and flowers. She proudly presents the basket to her tia abuela at the surprise party.

While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.

In this anthology, Mora has gathered the best of her poems with young-adult readers in mind, and has added to them several new poems published here for the first time ... Much like a blossoming young man or woman, My Own True Name has been fifteen years in the making. --Arte Público Press.

With the help and interference of her cat Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt''s ninetieth birthday.

Pictures depict two sisters going from shop to shop buying birthday presents for their mother. Rhyming text presents numbers from one to ten in English and Spanish.

When a gust from her grandfather''s blowgun causes Luna to tumble from the sky and fall into the ocean, the little fishes help her rise once again, in an updated retelling of a traditional Mopan Maya myth from Belize. Reprint.

Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.

From blueberries to vanilla, indigenous foods of the Americas are celebrated in this bilingual collection of haiku, which also includes information about each food''s origins.

In this adaptation of the folk song " The Twelve Day of Christmas," friends exchange such gifts as a pinata and "cuatro luminarias.".

Whimsical poem, presented bilingually, tells of birds, armadillos, and other creatures who join together in a kitchen one orange night to make merry beneath the desert moon.

Acclaimed poet Pat Mora (Borders, Chants, Communion, and other works) has joined with artist Francisco X. Mora to create a charming and elegant book whose rhymes and drawings will delight not only children aged 3 to 7, but adults (and animal-lovers) as well. Pat Mora''s whimsical poem, presented bilingually with a Spanish translation by Alba Nora Martínez, tells of birds, armadillos, and other creatures who join together in a kitchen one "orange night" to make merry beneath the desert moon. Exhilarated by the strains of a lizard mariachi band, these hungry creatures will gobble anything! Only the most delicious of hullabaloos can satisfy their appetites tonight. And only Francisco Mora''s captivating, colorful illustrations could catch them at play on the page.

Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate El dia de los ninos, or Children''s Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico''s annual celebration of children and the book fiestas that are often included.