Cultivating Readers HHM

When the Patiño family moves from Mexico to the United States, Ana and her parents have to make adjustments. Ana quickly learns to fit in at school...

Carlitos lives in a happy home with his mother, grandmother and Coco, the cat. Life in his village is very cozy, but Carlitos decides to go to the ...

Alma is fascinated with the sea, although she does not know it. Her father, a passionate storyteller, takes her every night to meet fish, mermaids,...

In this story set in rural Mexico, a young girl named Rosalinda awakens one night to find that a Night Man has taken the lemons from her beloved tr...

Balam and Lluvia are a brother and sister who spend their time jumping around the house, chasing words, recovering stories, facing their everyday a...

Celia just moved from Colombia to Chile. Every few days, she writes to her mother about her life with her aunt and uncle. Celia has first day jitte...

Rocio has grown up in Central America, but now she and her family are moving to the United States. Rocio does her best to adjust to a new way of li...

In this tale set in the ancient Inka empire, Little Chaski has a big job: he is the Inka King’s newest royal messenger. But on his first day thing...

Under the full moon, Abuela leads an enchanted dance, bows to the sky and the night winds, and helps her curious grandson discover the rhythm of hi...

Estela, a young Mexican-American girl who has been saving up her money all year to pay for folklore dance lessons, is still short ten dollars, but ...

Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields and...

The day Faoro found the baby alligator, which could fit in the palm of his hand, he gently stroked it and, without even thinking about it, put it i...

The young teacher was assigned to a school in the Amazon jungle, where she arrived laden with her books. Her students liked her reading stories to...

Saturdays are superhero days. Equipped with their milkshakes and capas, Luis and his abuela can turn anything into an adventure. But when Abuela ge...

Mari's mother passed away. Since then, Mari has lost her words. "The cat got her tongue," her brothers say. When her father sends her to spend the ...

In the town of Palenque, hardly anyone can read. Mr. Velandia, the shop owner, is one of the few who knows how. When Gina begins to receive letters...

When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true - she's finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family erra...

Carmen, Marcelino, Lupita, and Martín live in different countries of Latin America. Through verses and illustrations, they hold us by the hand and ...

The day of the big swim meet has finally arrived, and Jessenia is excited, but a bit worried too. It s her first meet away from home, and the other...

When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Pub...

The palette of the Dominican Republic is exuberant and unlimited. Maiz comes up amarillo, the blue-black of dreams washes over sandy shores, and pe...

By the praised author-illustrator Yuyi Morales, comes the story of her own immigrant experience of traveling from her native Mexico to San Francisc...

Everyone in the neighborhood misses Eva because she hasn’t been home for a long time, but nobody imagines what will happen on one very special day....

It was Danilito's first day in America. His family has just made a long, exhausting move from the Caribbean to New York City. The ocean and the pal...