Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he's the fiercest of bulls.

To get the "ratoncitos," little mice who have moved into the barrio, to come to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks back...

The Mexican skeleton Catrina has been invited to a Day of the Dead dance, and she's searching for just the right outfit to wear. She pulls her Aunt Mari?a's dress from a dusty chest, but it has a stain! There's a skirt made of fine cloth, but it looks like a dusty old drape. Purple shoes that don't fit, a pair of pants that are too short and a blouse missing a button - what will she wear? Finally, she finds a dress that's perfect; in fact, it's divine!...

A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.

Six-year-old Ana looks forward to growing older and being allowed more responsibility in making the tamales for the family's Christmas celebrations.

When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, Jos©♭ and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text in English and Spanish follow monarch butterflies on their journey from Canada to Mexico. Includes author's note on how to help protect monarch butterflies.

A teddy bear spends his days at a store, waiting for someone to buy him.

Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies. Mamá acaba de hacer una docena de deliciosas galletitas, más que suficientes para sus dos hijos. Pero, en ese momento, llaman a la puerta. El timbre suena, suena y suena ...