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Gary Soto
CHATO AND THE PARTY ANIMALS
Illustrated by Susan Guevara
Chato, the coolest cat in el barrio, loves
to party—but not his best buddy, Novio
Boy. Birthday parties always make him
blue. “Rollicking language-a completely
integrated and poetic combination of
barrio slang, Spanish, and colloquial
English-carries the story along…[a]
joyous celebration of friendship not only
understandable but irresistible.”
—School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, SLJH
8 x 10 32 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240032-6 $6.99
CHATO Y SU CENA
(Chato and Party Animals)
Spanish edition
978-0-14-240033-3 2004 $7.99
CHATO GOES CRUISIN’
Illustrated by Susan Guevara
“Chato enters a contest and wins a trip
for two on a cruise ship. When he and
his friend Novio Boy arrive at the dock,
they see that the vessel is filled with dogs,
but decide to go anyway. The cruise
is not all they had hoped it would be,
with fuchi comida (stinky food) and silly
games…. Inked comic strips play up the
humor and add another dimension to
the story.” —School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, H, K, SLJH
8 x 10 32 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240810-0 $6.99
CHATO’S KITCHEN
Illustrated by Susan Guevara
“Soto delivers a spare, clever text; the
words skip like stones across water....
Guevara’s swarming, luxuriant illustrations
give the atmosphere palpability,
with brushstrokes so fresh readers will
want to stick their fingers in the paint
to feel its texture.” —Kirkus. “Paired
with Guevara’s wickedly funny, urban
paintings, Soto’s story of Chato, a cool
‘low-riding cat’ of East Los Angeles, is a
scream.” —Publishers WeeklyH
Rec: AN, BKL, BL, CS, HH K, PC, PWH, SLJH
8 x 10 32 pp. 1997
978-0-698-11600-9 $6.99
CHATO Y SU CENA
(Chato’s Kitchen)
Spanish edition
978-0-698-11601-6 1997 $7.99
THE OLD MAN AND HIS DOOR
Illustrated by Joe Cepeda
“Based on a Mexican song, this cumulative
tale has read-aloud rhythm, and
Soto’s inclusion of the occasional Spanish
word adds to the general bounciness
of the text. Cepeda’s acrylics reflect a
colorful neighborhood....”
—The Bulletin of the Center for
Children’s Books
Rec: BL, C, CS, H, K, PW, SLJ, TE
8 x 10 32 pp. 1998
978-0-698-11654-2 $6.99
EL VIEJO Y SU PUERTA
(The Old Man and His Door)
Spanish edition
978-0-698-11655-9 1998 $6.99
SNAPSHOTS FROM THE WEDDING
Illustrated by Stephanie Garcia
“There’s nothing like a wedding, and
this book about a wedding is not quite
like any other....Maya, the flower girl,
is the lens through which the action is
seen. All of the fun of a wedding is here:
the altar boy with the dirty sneakers under
his gown, Maya putting pitted black
olives on each of her fingers, the kids
whacking each other with balloons....The
choice of three dimensional artwork was
inspired.” —Booklist
Rec: BLH, C, CR, HG, PWH, W
8 x 10 32 pp. 1998
978-0-698-11752-5 $5.99
TOO MANY TAMALES
Illustrated by Ed Martinez
“More than the usual feel-good holiday
celebration of ethnic pride, this warm
picture book about a Latina child at
Christmas is rooted in cultural tradition
and in the physicalness of happy family
life, with echoes of universal fairy tales.
It’s also a very funny story, full of delicious
surprise.” —BooklistH
Rec: BKL, BLH, C, PC, PW, SLJH
8 1/2 x 11 32 pp. 1996
978-0-698-11412-8 $7.99
¡QUE MÛNTON DE TAMALES!
(Too Many Tamales)
Spanish edition
978-0-698-11413-5 1996 $6.99
For a complete listing of Spanish Language books, see page 267.
See index for more titles by Gary Soto.