Donna Barba Higuera

Había una vez.... There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been...

From New York Times bestselling author Donna Barba Higuera, Firesnake delivers a triumphant finale to the story that began with the Newbery Medal–winning The Last Cuentista and continued in the Pura Belpré Honor–winning Alebrijes. Itzel has never known a life on Earth. Growing up on Sagan...

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista This is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty For over 400 years, the world has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence...

It is said the mighty feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl, helped create the earth. He is the hero who stole back the bones of humanity from the evil god of the Underworld. In his quest to bring humans to the earth, Quetzalcoatl's dog-headed twin brother, Xolotl, was present. Not much is known...

Ramón is a little boy who can’t sleep. He is nervous for his first day at a new school. And El Cucuy is the monster who lives in Ramón’s cactus pot. He can’t sleep, either. It turns out that El Cucuy is scared, too! This gentle, perceptive story explores the worries that can accompany...

Petra Peña gehört zu den wenigen, die es vor dem unausweichlichen Weltuntergang auf eines der rettenden Schiffe schaffen. Eine Reise ins Ungewisse...

Una niña llamada Petra Peña que no quería otra cosa que ser cuentista, como su abuelita. Pero el mundo de Petra está llegando a su fin....

Lupe Wong quiere ser la primera lanzadora femenina en las Grandes Ligas. Durante toda su infancia, ha defendido causas. Algunas dignas, como la expansión de las opciones de raza en los examines escolares, para que sean más allá de unas pocas posibilidades....

My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog. Don't you want to listen to a book that starts like that? Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for...

NOW IN SPANISH! AHORA EN ESPAÑOL! Se dice que el poderoso dios Quetzalcóatl, la serpiente emplumada, ayudó a crear la Tierra. Fue un héroe que tuvo la valentía de recuperar los huesos de la humanidad que había robado el malvado Señor del inframundo. No se sabe mucho sobre su hermano...

A young monster and his human child reunite for a new horror—Ramón’s birthday party!—in this spooky-funny chapter book from Newbery Medal–winning author Donna Barba Higuera It’s a monster’s ancient duty to inflict unimaginable horrors on misbehaving kids. But El Cucuy doesn’t want...

La segunda e impresionante novela de Donna Barba Higuera, autora de La última cuentista, ganadora de los premios Newbery y Pura BelpréHe aquí la historia, tal como me la contó Leandro el poderoso. Por más de 400 años, el mundo ha sido un sinfín de tierras baldías. Los pocos seres humanos...

A young monster befriends the human child he’s been assigned to scare in this spooky-funny chapter book debut from Newbery Medal-winning author Donna Barba Higuera. It’s a monster’s ancient duty to inflict unimaginable horrors on misbehaving kids. But when a young cucuy who’s anxious to...