My Colors My World

By Reading

Prietita and the ghost woman

By Gloria E. Anzaldua, Maya Christina Gonzalez

Prietita, a young Mexican American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman.

Laughing tomatoes and other spring poems

By Francisco X. Alarcon

A bilingual collection of humorous and serious poems about family, nature, and celebrations by a renowned Mexican American poet.

From the bellybutton of the moon and other summer poems

By Francisco X. Alarcon

A bilingual collection of poems in which the renowned Mexican American poet revisits and celebrates his childhood memories of summers, Mexico, and nature.

My Very Own Room Mi propio cuartito

By Amada Irma Perez

With the help of her family, a resourceful Mexican American girl realizes her dream of having a space of her own to read and to think.

My Colors My World Mis colores mi mundo

By Maya Christina Gonzalez, Guadalupe Rivera Marin

A girl expresses her love of the river that she visits, plays in, and cares for throughout the year.

My Very Own Room Mi propio cuartito

By Amada Irma Perez, Maya Christina Gonzalez

Call me tree

By Maya Christina Gonzalez

In this spare, lyrically written story, we join a child on a journey of self-discovery. Finding a way to grow from the inside out, just like a tree, the child develops as an individual comfortable...

Animal Poems of the Iguazu Animalario del Iguazu

By Maya Christina Gonzalez, Francisco X. Alarcon

From the Bellybutton of the Moon And Other Summer Poems del Ombligo De La Luna Y

By Francisco X. Alarcon