El Becerrito en Valle Grande

A strange boy with red hair leads a birthday-girl and her companions on a hunt for the wishing tree which brings them many surprising and magical adventures.

Ten-year-old Robin Brogan lives with his widowed mother, who runs a small bed-and-breakfast. When a new family moves into the house next door, Robin and his mother are drawn in by their agreeably chaotic lifestyle, and Robin overcomes his fear of dogs when his new friends help him rescue an abandoned dog. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. After reading this award-winning...

In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding.