Most Popular Books by Pat Mora

Shh, shh, close your eyes. Shh . . . shh . . . Cierra los ojitos. Outside, the rabbits are sleeping, Afuera, los conejitos están durmiendo and the birds, and the squirrels. junto con los pajaritos, y las ardillas. Inside, Grandma tucks us snugly into bed. Adentro, Abuelita nos da las buenas noches. The stars and moon are shining bright. Las estrellas y la luna brillan. Sweet dreams! ¡Dulces sueños! As warm and comforting as a grandmother''s voice, this endearing book in the My Family/Mi familia series makes bedtime a soothing family tradition. Este encantador libro de la serie My Family/Mi familia, tan cálido y reconfortante como la voz de una abuela, ayuda a convertir la hora de dormir en una armoniosa tradición familiar.

Monica, who wants to be a baker like her grandmother, finds the doll hidden in the bread on the feast for the Three Kings and thus gets to bake cookies for the next fiesta.

Grandma Lupita tells her granddaughter Rose and Rose''s friend Terry the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a miracle that occurred near Mexico City in 1531. Includes facts about the event and its influence.

Con la ayuda de sus amigos, Tio Sapo, el sapo, derrota al arrogante Tio Venado, el venado, en una carrera.

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.

Busquen palabras que hablen de numeros y despues cuenten esa misma cantidad de pidrecitas en el dibujo. Vuelvan a leer Agua, Agua, Agua haciendo las preguntas y respondiendolas por turnos.

Una colección de haikus sobre la comida de las Américas. Incluye información sobre esas comidas.

Now in paperback: In a series of poetic verses in both English and Spanish, readers learn about the movement and moods of water around the world and the ways in which water affects different landscapes and cultures. Water rolls/El agua rueda onto the shore/hacia la orilla under the sun, under the moon./bajo el sol, bajo la luna. Here is an ode to the beauty of the natural world as expressed by the movement and moods of water. With every evocative verse, we visit one of fourteen different water landscapes and cultural areas around the world. Each is stunningly illustrated with a breathtaking view of the drama, joy, power, serenity, grandeur, or peacefulness of water. From the Grand Canal of Venice to Qutang Gorge in China, from the Sahara in Morocco to the Andes of Chile, we learn about the world through the lens of water, our most precious, life-giving resource.

Four Bilingual paperback/ and one CD in a large hang-up bag.

A retelling of a Mayan myth that tells of the moon falling into the dark ocean and rising back again to take the little fishes to be the Milky Way.

From a tribute to Frida Kahlo to advice from an Aztec goddess, award-winning Chicana poet Pat Mora explores the intimate and sacred spaces of the borderlands. "Ms. Mora''s poems are poudly bilingual, an eloquent answer to purists who refuse to see language as something that lives and changes".

Lorena shares beautiful memories with her grandfather as they look through a chest of things belonging to her dead grandmother.

In this special bilingual picture book for children, acclaimed author Pat Mora imagines how the Mexican custom of remembering deceased loved ones on El da de los muertos, or the Day of the Dead, came to be. With tender illustrations by Robert Casilla that depict a special relationship, this book will encourage children to honor their own loved ones, whether by writing stories and poems or building an altar.

Our new kitty likes to hide. A nuestra nueva gatita le gusta esconderse. She hides under the table, Se esconde debajo de la mesa, inside a flowerpot, dentro de una maceta and behind the curtains. y detrás de las cortinas. We call out to her, La llamamos, pero . . . but will she ever come close enough to pet? ¿se acercará lo suficiente como para acariciarla? Here, kitty, kitty! ¡Ven, gatita, ven! This third book in Pat Mora''s bilingual My Family/Mi familia series will delight children with its mischievous kitty, playful illustrations, and engaging story. Este tercer libro de la serie bilingüe My Family/Mi familia de Pat Mora entretendrá a los niños con una gatita traviesa, ilustraciones graciosas y una historia encantadora.

Doana 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.

Crow searches for water in this Aesop fable.

Each year on his birthday, a young Mexican-American boy looks forward to seeing how his grandfather has decorated the tree he planted on the day the boy was adopted.

With the help of his friends, Tio Sapo, the toad, defeats the overconfident Tio Venado, the deer, in a race.

Poetic rendition of the relationship between nature and Hispanic and Native American people.

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

Sumario en español: Ray y Amelia, descubren por primera vez una vieja tradición de Nuevo México llamada ́"los abuelos." En el medio de frío invierno, los hombres de los pueblos subían a las montañas y se disfrazaban de viejos pavorosas, para luego bajar nuevamente al pueblo a ver quién se había portado bien y quién mal.

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

Joven Chico Canta descubre las ventajas de ser bilingüe cuando el gato Gato-Gatito amenaza la producción de su familia de ratones "Los tres cerditos."

Bilingual picture book in English and Spanish about a poor Mexican boy who searches for a special gift for Jesus at Christmas.

In this illustrated story told in both English and Spanish, a child describes the antics of a mischievous kitty.

Two stories, one presenting the sounds of the desert, the other, aspects of home.

Do?a Flor, una se?ora gigante, vive en un pueblo peque?ito. Los vecinos la adoran y ella adora a sus vecinos. Deja que los ni?os utilicen las flores de su jard?n como trompetas y las tortillas como balsas. A Do?a Flor le encanta leer y con frecuencia puedes verla rodeada de ni?os que escuchan atentos las historias de sus libros. ? Un d?a un tremendo aullido de animal proveniente de las afueras del pueblo asusta a todos, incluida a Do?a Flor. Quiere proteger a sus queridos vecinos y con ayuda de sus amigos los animales, se dirige hacia la meseta m?s alta, en busca de la terrible fiera. Pero cu?l no ser? su sorpresa cuando descubre que tras semejante estruendo se esconde una peque?a criatura. ? Pat Mora y Raul Col?n colaboran nuevamente para traernos una tierna historia sobre una mujer gigante con un coraz?n muy grande. ? El ?ltimo trabajo de Pat Mora y Raul Col?n, Tom?s y la se?ora de la biblioteca, fue galardonado con el premio Tom?s Rivera.

A lyrical bilingual poem in English and Spanish about desert noises.

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