Ana Baca
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional Christmas cookies known as bizcochitos, Christina's grandmother tells her the story of how a magical butterfly first introduced these sweet treats to her great-grandfather, a shepherd in the hills of New Mexico.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional, pillowy bread called sopaipilla, Christina's grandmother tells about the time her great-grandfather, aided by a scarecrow, brought an end to a drought and, in the process, helped make the first sopaipilla.
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional "chile ristras," strings of red peppers, Christina's grandmother tells her the story of how magical chile seeds given to her great grandfather, a farmer in the hills of New Mexico, ensured the continuation of the chile pepper.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Mama Fela, a skilled seamstress, is the aging matriarch of the Romero clan in Santa Lucia, a small town in northeastern New Mexico at the height of the Great Depression. Her six-year-old granddaughter and constant companion, Cipriana, delights in the Shirley Temple movies that occasionally come to the town's theater. Through Cipriana's eyes, we see her parents' struggles over money. Graciela, Cipriana's mother, is a teacher in a rural school system...