Winner of a 2010 Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor
Abuelita's hair is the color of salt. Her face is as crinkled as a dried chile. She booms out words as wild as blossoms blooming. She stuffs her "carcacha"--her jalopy--with all the things she needs: a plumed snake, a castle, a skeleton, and more.[...]
This silly rhyming story about ten turkeys teaches children how to count backwards.
"Looky " says a silly turkey swinging from a vine.
Gobble gobble wibble wobble.
Whoops Now there are nine.
Girls and boys will gobble up this hilarious story about ten goofy turkeys and their silly ant[...]
Standing tall above the tree line, Sequoia stretches his ancient arms and gathers clouds to him. He watches as days, seasons, years pass by. His branches are home to owls and choirs of frogs. Beneath his broad canopy, a world grows.This is his story. Through controlled verse and luscious illustratio[...]