A wordless story about the activities of a family one night when no one can sleep.
Early Years (ages 2-6)
Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three
Pictures depict two sisters going from shop to shop buying birthday presents for their mother. Rhyming text presents numbers from one to ten in English and Spanish.
Join Hands
Friends come together to sing, dance, and play in this tribute to community. Pat Mora weaves the repeating lines of a pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form, into a joyful celebration while George Ancona’s energetic photos capture the ways of enjoying good times with others.
The King Of Things/El Rey de las Cosas
As he plays with lottery cards and looks at the pictures, three-year-old Lalo thinks that he owns the world, including the sun, a big train, and a frog.
My Tata’s Guitar/La guitarra de mi tata
While sharing stories of their Mexican-American family’s past, a father gives his young son the guitar he received from his own father.
Grandma Lai Goon Remembers
A Chinese-American grandmother relates family and cultural history from her life in Guangzhou, China to her grandchildren
Go, Go, Go!
A celebration of kids and their boundless energy shows some of the amazing ways children run, twirl, and leap through their world.
Grandma Francisca Remembers (What Was It Like Grandma?)
An Hispanic grandmother relates family and cultural history to her granddaughter in her San Francisco, California, apartment as she tells of growing up in New Mexico.
Carry Me
Explores ways that babies are carried in various countries of the world.
Grandma Susan Remembers
A grandmother from an old Maine family that came to America from England generations ago relates family and cultural life to her grandchildren as they enjoy various traditions of the New England seacoast.