Etiqueta: Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Why do we choose the friends we do? Dominic knows. He explains just how special his pal Victor really is. After all, Victor tells heart-booming ghost stories, claps the loudest at DominicÕs baseball games, and performs a fabulous floating frog stroke. Two young boys experience a spirited, carefree friendship that transcends one boyÕs disability.

A bilingual picture book offers up a celebration of a kitchen where mom has just pulled out the large stew pot to begin a fabulous vegetable soup and all the kids are invited to help.

Meet the Silva kids, the Guerra boys, and the new Perez family who live on Ruiz Street. On a hot summer day, a new kid named David rides into the neighborhood. Gossip about the mysterious boy stretches longer than a wad of gum. The kids wonder why he rides a different bike everyday. Is he […]

Ricardo Romo never dreamed that running to catch the school bus would lead to a college education, and ultimately, to a long and respected career as a teacher, administrator, and university president. He grew up in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican immigrants, and worked in his familys small grocery store, where he learned […]

A reluctant participant in the Gonzalez family reunion, Daniel has some pleasant surprises and discovers the meaning of family.

Gonzales Bertrands award-winning novel for young adults is finally available in Spanish! A dramatic and realistic contemporary novel… about a Latino boy struggling to grow into manhood and somehow make the right choices in the absence of adult guidance. – Booklist