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First editions. 23 volumes. Slim quartos, several oblong. Text in both Spanish and English. Glazed pictorial boards. Occasional modest bumping at the corners and spine ends, a bright, very near fine collection. Review copies, nearly all of the books with both a press release describing the publication and a review slip laid in; a few have a review stamp on the front fly or title page. A nice collection of bilingual children's books published by Piñata Books, the children and young adult imprint of Houston's Arte Público Press. Arte Público describes itself as the "oldest and most accomplished publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by U.S. Hispanic authors." This collection contains the work of 19 authors and 12 illustrators; most books were published between 2001 and 2003. A detailed list is below: - de ANDA, Diane. *Dancing Miranda / Baila, Miranda, baila*. Illustrated by Lamberto Alvarez. Translated by Julia Mercedes Castilla. (2001). - ARMAS, Teresa. *Remembering Grandma / Recordando a Abuela*. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura. (2003). - BACA, Ana. *Chiles for Benito / Chiles para Benito*. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo. Translated by José Juan Colín. 2003. - BERTRAND, Diane Gonzalez. *The Last Doll / La última muñeca*. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo. Translated by Alejandra Balestra. (2000). - BERTRAND, Diane Gonzalez. *Uncle Chente's Picnic / El picnic de Tio Chente*. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. Translated by Julia Mercedes Castilla. (2001). - BERTRAND, Diane Gonzalez. *The Empanadas that Abuela Made / Las empanadas que hacía la abuela*. Illustrated by Alex Pardo DeLange. Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura. (2003). - BRAMMER, Ethriam Cash. *My Tata's Guitar / La guitarra de mi tata*. Illustrated by Daniel Lechón. (2003). - CAMPOS, Tito. *Muffler Man / El hombre mofle*. Illustrated by Lamberto and Beto Alvarez. Translated by Evangelina Vigil-Piñon. (2001). - CARABALLO, Samuel. *My Grandparents and I / Mis abuelos y yo*. Illustrated by D. Nina Cruz. Translated by Ethriam Cash Brammer. (2004). - CHAVARRÍA-CHÁIREZ, Becky. *Magda's Piñata Magic / Magda y la piñata mágica*. Illustrated by Anne Vega. Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura. (2001). -DELGADO, María Isabel. *Chave's Memories / Los recuerdos de Chave*. - ELIZONDO, César Villarreal. *The Land of the Riddles / * La tierra de las adivinanzas*. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo. Translated by Nasario Garía. (2002). - FRÍA, Sandía. *Icy Watermelon*. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. (2001). - GRISWOLD del CASTILLO, Richard. *César Chávez: The Struggle for Justice / La lucha por la justicia*. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo. Translated by José Juan Colín. (2002). - LACHTMAN, Ofelia Dumas. *Pepita Takes Time / Pepita, siempre tarde*. Illustrated by Alex Pardo DeLange. Translated by Alejandra Balestra. (2001). - LACHTMAN, Ofelia Dumas. *Pepita Finds Out / Lo que Pepita descubre*. Illustrated by Alex Pardo DeLange. Translated by Carolina Villarroel. (2002). - LACHTMAN, Ofelia Dumas. *Tina and the Scarecrow Skins / Tina y las pieles de espantapájaros*. Illustrated by Alex Pardo DeLange. Translated by José Juan Colín. (2002). - LAÍNEZ, René Colato. *Waiting for Papá / Esperando a papá*. Illustrated by Anthony Accardo. (2004). - MORA, Pat. *The Bakery Lady / La señora de la panadería*. Illustrated by Pablo Torrecilla. Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura and Pat Mora. (2001). - PIETRAPIANA. *Tomasa the Cow / La vaca Tomasa*. Illustrated by the author. 1999. - RUIZ-FLORES, Lupe. *Lupita's Papalote / El papalote de Lupita*. Illustrated by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. Translated by Gabriela Baeza Ventura. (2002). - VIGIL-PIÑÓN, Evangelina. *Marina's Muumuu / El muumuu de Marina*. Illustrated by Pablo Torrecilla. (2001). - VILLASEÑOR, Victor. *Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote / Mamá Zorra y Don Coyote*. Illustrated by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara. Translated by Guadalupe Vanessa Turcios. (2004).
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