Follows the story of the author's father, Juan, who as a child witnessed the devastating effects of persecution and poverty on his once-noble Mexican family

Chronicles the story of a young man's illegal entry into the United States from the state of Michoacan, Mexico and his life working in the vegetable fields of California.

Autobiographical stories about growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants in California.

Victor Villaseñor entrelaza las historias paralelas de dos familias in dos países..trayendonos el romance eterno entre el explosivo contrabandista el cual sería su padre y la bella Lupe, su madre

A father comforts his son at bedtime by singing the turtledove song his own mother once sang to him, in hopes that the child will awake refreshed and secure in the knowledge that he is loved.

In the Spring of Creation, the animals gather around a newly arrived creature and decide that it is funny and cute--a joke of Mother Nature--and work together to save this first human child from extinction.

From the Publisher: Standing at the podium, Victor Villasenor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse at the hands of his teachers. He became enraged. With a pounding heart, he began to speak of these incidents. When he was through, to his great disbelief he received a standing ovation. Many in the audience could not contain their own tears. So begins the passionate,...