Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.

Third grader Maria Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the U.S., wants badly to fit in at school; and the teacher's writing assignment "My Greatest Wish" gives her that opportunity.

Miguel plants one seed and when all of his family members tell him it won't grow he just tells them to wait and see.

Red, Blue, and Yellow, work together to bring color to a gray planet.

Samantha teaches Lola how to do Irish dancing by focusing on one step at a time. Includes information about St. Patrick's Day.

Presents articles, editorials and ads from the "Hidden Forest Times" that retell many well-known stories, including Jack and the beanstalk, Pinocchio, and the Tortoise and the Hare. When the residents of Hidden Forest wake up and open their morning papers, they are in for a surprise. When the residents of Hidden Forest wake up and open their morning papers, they are in for a surprise. An enormous beanstalk has mysteriously sprouted outside of Jack...

Champ the Scamp hitches a ride in the basket for the Fourth of July picnic. Includes nonfiction information about the holiday.

When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.

When he finds an egg, Daniel and his friends try to guess what is inside.

A young boy takes good care of his pet chicken, and when she is grown up she gives him a surprise.