Edith Hope Fine

Product description: A truck horn sounds through Armando’s neighborhood near the city dump. Señor David is back, setting up school on a blue tarp spread on the ground. Armando longs to go to this school, but he knows he must help his father pick through trash in the dump for things his family can use, recycle, or sell. When Armando’s parents finally decide to let him spend afternoons at Señor David’s school, Armando is overjoyed. Classroom activities (opens in a new window) available.

Product Description: One night Rosalinda is awakened by a noise in the family’s garden. She is astonished to see a man creeping away with a sack of fruit from her beloved lemon tree. Rosalinda seeks out La Anciana for advice. The wise old woman offers an inventive way to help the tree and the man driven to steal her lemons. Set in the Mexican countryside, this charming story explores how it feels to get gifts — and to give them.