Sherry Shahan and Paula Barragan, the award-winning team that brought you a bilingual look at colors (Spicy Hot Colors) and numbers (Cool Cats Counting) take you on a colorful romp through the year by looking at Latino Festivals such as Cinco De Mayo and Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun). By the end of this book, you will be sure to say, OLE!!...

An afternoon hike in the Sierra Mountains turns into a struggle for survival when two teenage girls become hopelessly lost in an electrical storm and must rely on their own wits and strength to endure. ALMOST A YEAR AGO, Erin's mother, Lannie, suddenly left home without any explanation. Now Lannie wants to see her. "Give your mother a chance," Gram tells Erin as she takes her to the Greyhound station. But Erin feels miserable and unsure about seeing Lannie. When Erin loses her bus ticket, she hitches a ride with Mae and her older brother, Levi. Erin, an experienced outdoor enthusiast, joins the two siblings on a hike along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The trails are crowded with hikers as a deadly storm suddenly descends upon the mountain. When lightening strikes, everyone scrambles for safety and Erin and Mae become separated from the others. As the days pass, the two stranded and lost girls must rely on their own determination and skills, as well as each other, to survive hunger, freezing nights, exhaustion and injuries. Author Sherry Shahan has created sympathetic, memorable characters in Erin and Mae. Her dramatic story displays perceptive insights into the conflicted hearts and minds of teenagers, as well as a thorough understanding of the natural world and technical details of mountaineering. An afterword includes an explanation of Shahan's own harrowing alpine adventure that inspired the novel....

Grab a ball! Coach calls. It s time to play soccer! Mikey is the team captain. He works hard, even if his teammates are easily distracted by anthills and whirlybirds. Down the field Mikey charges, dribbling the ball to the goal posts. He cuts and runs, rat-a-tat-tack-ing the ball.

After a tough practice, his dad and dog Socks take him to play in the park, but Mikey only wants to practice for the Big Game. Daddy offers to help, but to Mikey s dismay he doesn t put in much of an athletic effort. He keeps bending the rules and telling his impatient son to just have fun. After an irresistible ticklefest, however, Mikey comes around to Daddy s way of thinking and joins him and Socks in the best soccer game ever!

Author Sherry Shahan contrasts the excitement and fast-paced action of soccer with the simple, easy-going fun of fooling around to show young readers that there is more than one way to play and enjoy a game. Illustrator Tatjana Mai-Wyss s colorful watercolor illustrations reflect the characters winning personalities and the upbeat spirit of the story....

Colors explode off the page in this energetic, jazzy picture book introducing readers to colors in English and Spanish. In a style brimming with rhythm and syncopation, Shahan introduces nine colors by interweaving images and dance steps. Ecuadoran artist Paula Barragan's computer-enhanced cut-paper illustrations capture the rhythm and vivacity of the text. This book, which Publishers Weekly called a feast for the eyes and ears, received a NAPPA Gold Award....

Colors explode off the page as Sherry Shahan's energetic, jazzy poetry introduces young readers to colors in English and Spanish. In a style brimming with rhythm and syncopation, Shahan introduces nine colors by interweaving images and dance steps. Ecuadoran artist Paula BarragA-n's computer-enhanced cut-paper illustrations capture the rhythm and vivacity of the text....