(4) K-3 Illustrated by Esau Andrade Valencia. Sisters Rosa and Blanca want to share vegetables from their gardens with each other, but miscommunication leads to a humorous mix-up that only Mamá can fix. Told with engaging, comfortably repetitive prose in side-by-side English and Spanish (containing minor punctuation errors), this story about familial love is warmhearted. Valencia's colorful illustrations convey homey environments, though characters' expressions are sometimes stiff.

Reviewer: Siena Leslie

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Esau Andrade Valencia. On the first day of summer, Octavio Rivera begins to dream. He shares these visions with his granddaughter Regina, who also experiences dreams as if they are "good friends who...console you when you're lonely." Sáenz's long, languorous sentences in English and Spanish beautifully evoke a dream state. Valencia's richly hued and textured surrealist tableaux are both accessible and inspired.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2009