Have you ever been too scared to sleep with the lights off? Were you frightened by a scratching sound inside of your walls or the beady red eyes and knotted green fingers of a duende? In his first collection of scary stories, Xavier Garza asks these questions. The stories in this collection curdle with the creepy and crawling characters of traditional folklore. These stories brim with the supernatural: the mysterious disappearance of children who made deals with duendes, evil trolls who live inside the walls of our houses; the ghostly specter of La Llorona who floats along the creek bed,...
Have you ever been too scared to sleep with the lights off? Were you frightened by a scratching sound inside of your walls or the beady red eyes and k...
In Xavier Garza s bilingual kids book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. The masked wrestler even smiles at Carlitos He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil los rudos, the bad guys of lucha libre. They make the audience boo and hiss In the end, though, the Man in the Silver Mask triumphs and, in the process, gains a lifelong fan.
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In Xavier Garza s bilingual kids book, young Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the fam...
"Even Santa Claus sends the jobs he is unable or unwilling to do to Mexico...in this colorful storybook by local author-illustrator Xavier Garza...The simple South Texas Christmas tale is printed in both English and Spanish, allowing for several different bilingual reading opportunities...Charro Claus is the perfect gift for the children of your Minute Men relatives." --San Antonio Current, Nov. 19, 2008
Let's welcome Santa's newest helper: his cousin Pancho, a farmer living down in South Texas who is so smart he speaks both Spanish and English. Back in the day, Pancho was a...
"Even Santa Claus sends the jobs he is unable or unwilling to do to Mexico...in this colorful storybook by local author-illustrator Xavier Garza......
