House on Mango Street This picture book with its

This picture book with its visual humor and simple dialogue is great for fans of Mo Willems and Crockett Johnson

to spend time with a writer and cat duo as extraordinary as Masha and Carr

cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself

Rooney has a magical ability to write scenes of such verisimilitude that even when little happens they're suspenseful

which she calls 1Q84 --"Q is for 'question mark

House on Mango Street This picture book with itsHere is Sandra Cisnero's greatly admired and best selling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children and their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, "The House on Mango Street" has entered the canon of coming of age classics even as it depicts a new American landscape. Sometimes