Abelardo y Eloísa

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. After reading this award-winning...

Jackie Mitchell has always wanted to be a great pitcher, and she finally has the chance to become one! In her first minor league game, she is up against two of the greatest home-run hitters of all time--Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Does she stand a chance?

When a boy receives his first invitation to sleep over at a friend's house, he worries that he will miss his home and family too much, so he decides to take his teddy bear along for comfort. But when his sister tells him that his friend will think he is a baby, she creates even more of a dilemma for him. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Miguel embarks on a journey of self-discovery when Tia Lola, his eccentric aunt from the Dominican Republic, comes to live with them after his Mami's divorce.