It is Sunday, and a young Hispanic girl is getting ready to spend the day with her mother, Uncle Armando, Aunt Pilar and her cousins Pepe and Edgar on historic Fourth Street— calle Cuatro —in Santa Ana, Calif. They go window-shopping, ride the carousel, eat tacos, enjoy performances of folk dances, get haircuts and shop at the supermarket. At sunset they get back home, exhausted and ready to begin a new week. The story's refrain, "It could be any Sunday on Fourth Street," expresses a cultural tradition embraced by many Hispanic immigrants for years. Costales's text in both English and Spanish reflects the child's excitement, with a subtle nostalgic tone that is reinforced by Jerome's melancholic watercolors. They beautifully depict the characters' faces and skin tones but fail to represent the festive atmosphere of the populous street. Inquisitive children may notice that some of the images do not coincide with the text. Nevertheless, this is a great selection for bilingual storytimes on Mexican Americans. (Picture book. 5-8)

PreS-Gr 2 A Mexican-American girl enjoys her familys shopping excursions where they look for cowboy boots, eat authentic Mexican food, and have fun at a church carnival. The text is on the left pages, English on top and Spanish on the bottom, both set against a textured light blue background and a small, framed picture separating the languages. The theme of the small picture is expanded upon in the facing full-page illustration. For example, the image of a pair of scissors and tresses of hair hints at the full-page barbershop scene. The text in both languages is simple, yet descriptive. The watercolor illustrations have a childlike quality, but at times the characters expressions look a bit wooden. Children will enjoy the pattern of the text and the frequent refrain, It could be any Sunday on Fourth Street/ Podría ser cualquier domingo en la calle Cuatro . Rebecca Hickman, Sherman Library at NSU, Fort Lauderdale, FL