Adriana Sananes

Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.

Había una vez, en un remoto sur español, un pueblo blanco llamado Arquía de la Millación. Allí vivían: el maestro, enamorado de una inalcanzable estrella de cine; Conchita, una prostituta que quería ser madre; Don Adolfo, un pianista que inventaba un pasado mejor para su hijo; Mónica Portugal, la folclórica que fascinaba con su voz. Pero Ocho años de silencio no es una novela sobre un pueblo andaluz, ni sobre los inolvidables personajes...

Walk in the shoes of three elementary-school-aged immigrants as they learn how to balance becoming American with being Guatemalan, Korean, and Somalian as well!

A story about one girl and her very long name opens a treasure box of discovery for children who may be curious about their own origin stories or names.

This is the epic story of Frankie Presto - the greatest guitar player who ever lived - and the six lives he changed with his six magical blue strings. He makes records. He is adored. But Frankie Presto's gift is also his burden, as he realizes the power of the strings his teacher gave him, and how, through his music, he can actually affect people's lives. At the height of his popularity, tortured by his biggest mistake, he vanishes. His legend grows....

"In John Manuel Arias's lush and lyrical debut, a Costa Rican family wrestles with the aftermath of neocolonialism, a deadly secret, and an all-consuming fire. Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverde's family is changed forever. Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are still picking...

When a farm maiden decides to get out her cazuela and cook arroz con leche, the farm animals join in to help in this playful cumulative tale that introduces Spanish words throughout. Inspired by the nursery rhyme "The House That Jack Built", this bilingual readalong will have kids merrily chanting along in English and Spanish as the animals all work together to create a delicious dish for the fiesta.

A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up to plan a wedding and end up finding a spark of their own in the first audio original from author duo Christina Lauren, a full-cast sequel to their New York Times bestseller The Unhoneymooners.
Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her...