Gives the principle and symbol for each day of Kwanzaa, with accompanying poems, songs, activities, and recipes.

Even though his parents do not own a car, Matthew looks forward to Saturday mornings when all the people on his street wash their cars.

In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local Hispanic farmers, they cannot arouse much opposition because of the short term opportunities offered by construction jobs. But when Joe Mondragon illegally diverts water to irrigate his bean field,...