Behind the Stories


My Nana's Remedies / Los remedios de mi nana

"This book, My Nana's Remedies, will help preserve memories of love and tradition from our Latino culture. It can bring about cultural awareness for all peoples, providing the opportunity to revisit their own traditions, or begin to create new ones."
- Edward James Olmos,
Actor, Director, Family Literacy Advocate

2002 Foreword Magazine's
Book of the Year Award Finalist

Hip, Hip, Hooray, It's Monsoon Day! / ¡Ajúa, ya llegó el chubasco!

"Children will see, hear, smell and taste the summer rains of the desert southwest in Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford's charming new picture book. They will also hear some local legends about wet weather and meet some rain-loving desert animals, as well as an engaging family who waits for and rejoices in the rain."
- Susan Lowell,
author of The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit/La tortuga y la liebre, The Three Little Javelinas/Los tres pequeñitos jabalíes, and many other stories for children

ONE BOOK ARIZONA AWARD WINNER - 2009
AMÉRICAS AWARD - 2008 - Commended Title
SOUTHWEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - 2007 - Recognition for
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