A beautiful tribute to mothers, grandmothers, and care-giving women, 13 poets write with joy, humor, and love about the maternal bond.

The poets write about their Puerto Rican, Cuban, Mexican, and Venezuelan backgrounds and about their families in the U.S. Some of the poems are sentimental and vague, but the best of them catch the specifics of character and feeling from the child's viewpoint.

Rane Arroyo's "My Tongue Is Like a Map" is about the riches of bilingualism.
Rigoberto Gonzalez's "Abuelita Wears a Dress" is reminiscent of a Cinderella story: Grandmother shocks everyone when she changes from the jeans and boots she wears in the grape fields into a shimmering gray gown for a quinceanera celebration.

On the page opposite each poem, big, bold illustrations mix traditional media and computer graphics to create brilliant color and swirling figures, many with a mama's circling arms at the center.

A glossary and short biographies of the poets are included.

Written in Spanish and English