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Baseball in April and other stories (Sound recording)

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

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Boys at Work (Sound recording)

When ten-year-old Rudy breaks an older boy's Discman at a baseball game, he and his friend Alex come up with a variety of ways to make money to pay for a new one.

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Buried Onions (Sound recording)

When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.

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Chato y su Cena (Sound recording in Spanish)

To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.

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Chato’s Kitchen (Sound recording)

To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.

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The Skirt (Sound recording)

When Miata leaves on the school bus the skirt that she is to wear in a dance performance, she needs all her wits to get it back without her parents' finding out that she has lost something yet again.

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Stories from the Hispanic Tradition (DVD in English//Spanish)

Spanish/English bilingual collection features Chato's Kitchen/Chato y su cena and Too Many Tamales/¡Qué montón de TAMALES!. DVD features Spanish and English soundtracks, easy-to-use menu, optional Spanish and English subtitles and on-screen Learning Guides.

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