Cruzando El Pacifico

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

The great classic of Saint-Exupéry is reborn as a comic, in an adaptation from the talented Joann Sfar. He offers us a blond little prince with a green scarf and big blue eyes, a fox with impossibly long ears, and, for the first time, the aviator himself.

When Mr. Sanchez gets something in his eye, he tries to make himself cry. Meanwhile, his wife discovers that she has lost a stone from her earring. Finally, he plays some music by his favorite composer, Brahms-and out falls a tiny diamond! Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Petra becomes very angry when the other animals in Leyla's house destroy the elaborate webs she weaves. One day, she comes up with a colorful solution and her whole attitude changes.

Ser niño no es fácil, lo dice Julito, pero a veces la tarea de ser adulto puede ser peor. Al perder su trabajo de crítico gastronómico, Julio papá debe buscarse la vida y reinventar su existencia.