David Diaz

Because Rattlesnake has taken over the road and will not let any of the people or animals in the village use it, Desert Woman enlists the aid of the other animals to create a strange new creature with the necessary tools to overcome Rattlesnake. The bully Snake is defeated when Desert Woman creates Roadrunner, who is able to get the best of Snake through his unique dance.

A collection of twenty-six short poems pondering what the world would be like if any letters of the alphabet should disappear.

Although a Mexican family comes to the United States to work as farm laborers so that their children will have opportunities, the parents still consider Mexico their home.