Yuyi Morales's Books
Oct.14.2008
Yuyi Morales takes us on a new journey with Señor Calvera, the skeleton from Day of the Dead celebrations. Señor Calvera is worried. He can’t figure out what to give Grandma Beetle for her birthday. Misunderstanding the advice of Zelmiro the Ghost, Señor Calvera decides not to get her one gift, but instead one gift for every letter of the alphabet, just in case. Una Acordéon: An...
Apr.03.2007
¿Dónde estará Nochecita? ¿Detrás de los montes será? ¿En el huerto de moras quizás? ¿O en el hoyo de un conejo fugaz?… Así comienza este tierno juego de escondidas que termina cuando el Cielo encuentra a su hija traviesa y la Noche danza a través del campo.
La galardonada autora y artista Yuyi Morales, añade un toque de realidad mágica a esta dulce historia para soñar a la hora de...
Apr.03.2007
As the long day comes to an end, Mother Sky fills a tub with falling stars and calls, "Bath time for Little Night!"
Little Night answers from afar, "Can't come. I am hiding and you have to find me, Mama. Find me now!"
Where could Little Night be? Down a rabbit hole? In a blueberry field? Among the stripes of bees? Exquisitely painted and as gentle as Little...
Aug.22.2006
Follow los monstruos and los esqueletos to the Halloween partyUnder October's luna, full and bright, the monsters are throwing a ball in the Haunted Hall. Las brujas come on their broomsticks. Los muertos rise from their coffins to join in the fun. Los esqueletos rattle their bones as they dance through the door. And the scariest creatures of all aren't even there yet!This lively...
Aug.01.2004
Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive.
Cesar knew things...
Nov.01.2003
In this original trickster tale, Senor Calavera arrives unexpectedly at Grandma Beetle's door. He requests that she leave with him right away. "Just a minute," Grandma Beetle tells him. She still has one house to sweep, two pots of tea to boil, three pounds of corn to make into tortillas -- and that's just the start! Using both Spanish and English words to tally the party...
Mar.01.2003
Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive. Cesar knew things had...
When lonely Paloma goes to the beach and wishes that she had a sister to play with, the girl she draws in the sand comes magically alive, and at day's end her parents give her the good news of a new baby on the way
About Yuyi
“Rambunctious art, gemstone hues, glowing pictures and paintings grand enough for a mural” are some of the words often used to describe Yuyi Morales’s artwork. Since having emigrated from Mexico in 1994 she has drawn strongly from her Mexican heritage to...
Causes Yuyi Morales Supports
Usted No Esta Solo http://www.ustednoestasolo.org