David Diaz

Build a Burrito: A Counting Book in English and Spanish

Denise Vega

Illustrator:

David Diaz

Age Level:

0-3

The life and times of César Chávez are vividly re-created in this collection of evocative poems. Where most biographies stick to the facts of what a person did, this one also touches on the man’s character and values. Children will learn about Chávez, but, more importantly, they will learn about the important lessons he taught others even amid great challenges.

César: Yes, We Can!

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Illustrator:

David Diaz

Age Level:

6-9

Product Description: Carmen T. Bernier-Grand’s inspiring free verse and David Diaz’s vivid paintings capture the defining moments and emotions of Rivera’s tumultuous life, including his stormy relationship with artist Frida Kahlo and his passion for his art. Rivera’s energy, physique, love for women, and work were all “bigger than life.” A biography, chronology, glossary, sources, notes, and famous quotations are included.

Diego: Bigger Than Life

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Illustrator:

David Diaz

Age Level:

9-12

Product Description: Join a young boy as he explores his vibrant neighborhood. El Barrio is his sister preparing for her quinceañera, his grandfather singing about the past, and his cousins’ stories from other lands. The city is alive with the rhythms of the street. Told in lyrical language and through bold, colorful illustrations, this celebration of Hispanic culture and urban life is sure to fire children’s curiosity about where they live and what they can discover in their own neighborhoods.

El Barrio

Debbi Chocolate

Illustrator:

David Diaz

Age Level:

3-6

Mama and Papa are excited to take a break from working in the fields and go home, but Carlos and his sisters are not sure how they feel about traveling to Mexico. Soon after arriving, however, they meet their loving extended family, and the children begin to understand what it meant for their parents to leave home in order to offer the family a better future. David Diaz’s stunning illustrations layered on top of photos of Mexican folk art bring Eve Bunting’s beautiful story to life.

Going Home

Eve Bunting

Illustrator:

David Diaz

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Fiction

Martin and his sister grew up in a Lima, Peru, barrio, children of an African slave and a Spanish nobleman. Martin was apprenticed to a cirujano, would join a Dominican monastery, and later become sought after as a healer. Jewel-like illustrations complement the accessible telling to reveal a man of faith and courage, despite the prejudices he confronted.

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

Gary Schmidt

Illustrator:

David Diaz

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Biography, Nonfiction

Product Description: Like a tiny bird in a big city, Frida Kahlo feels lost and lonely when she arrives in San Francisco with her husband, the famous artist Diego Rivera. It is the first time she has left her home in Mexico. And Frida wants to be a painter too. But as Frida begins to explore San Francisco on her own, she discovers more than the beauty, diversity, and exuberance of America. She finds the inspiration she needs to become one of the most celebrated artists of all time.

Me, Frida

Amy Novesky

Illustrator:

David Diaz

Age Level:

6-9

“The Hispanic neighborhood in Soto’s 21 poems is brought sharply into focus by the care with which he records images of everyday life: the music of an ice cream vendor’s truck, the top of a refrigerator where old bread lies in plastic, dust released into the air when a boy strums a guitarDiaz’s woodcuts complement the poems perfectly: the silhouettes are fanciful and dynamic but do not draw attention from the words on the page.” — Publishers Weekly