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Un viego pescador battala contro el mar y tiburones para traer a la casa el gigante aguja que el capturo. An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring home the giant marlin he caught.

A collection of stories from Cuban folklore, representing the cultures of Spain, Africa, and the Caribbean.

In this cumulative folktale from Cuba, the sun sets off a chain of events which results in the cleaning of a rooster's beak in time for his uncle's wedding.

A young African Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins after the death of her mother and begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mistreatment at the hands of those around her.

An elderly fisherman battles the elements, the sea, and other natural obstacles as he struggles to catch a huge marlin.

The story of the middle-aged Aguero sisters and how personal tragedy and the legacy of Castro's revolution affect one family's history and collective memory.

This bilingual book is a biography of Celia Cruz, a singer who was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1924 and became a Latina legend.

A Edver no le hace ninguna gracia que lo envíen a Cuba a ver al padre que apenas conoce. Sin embargo, ahora que las leyes de viaje han cambiado y es mucho más fácil reunir a las familias divididas, su mamá piensa que es hora de que padre e hijo pasen tiempo juntos. Edver no se imagina lo que le depara el verano, ¡pero definitivamente no espera conocer a la hermana que ni siquiera sabía que existía! Luza es un año mayor y está muy entusiasmada...

A Cuban girl transforms her long and unruly hair into a garden. One night, while Dalia slept safely wrapped in her mother's cool silken sheets, her hair grew and grew. By the time the rooster crowed, her hair had "grown straight up to the sky, tall and thick as a Cuban royal palm tree." Her mother was amazed, and wondered what her daughter would do with her wondrous hair. As Dalia looked at the flowers blooming in the garden, an idea sprouted inside...

Un pequeño pueblo ya no tiene suficiente suministro de agua, pero una niña y sus vecinos reciben la ayuda del aguador. Cuando él viene al pueblo, el agua fluye como la esperanza para toda la familia, y todos celebran su llegada. A girl and her community celebrate the arrival of the water man when he comes on his weekly visit to distribute water to a Cuban village. Includes author's note.