Ana Crespo

• Jul-2024
• / General Fiction

If your heart has ever ached remembering a place or a person, a smell or a taste, then you’ve felt saudade.Saudade is a Portuguese and Galician word with no perfect translation to English; it’s a strong, melancholy longing for something y...

• Mar-2023
• / General Fiction

Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!Twins Lia and Luís have received a secret puzzle from their grandma! Can they put it together to read the hidden message? A playful exploration of geometry and sorting featuring Brazilian Amer...

• Apr-2022
• / General Fiction

¡Celebremos la diversidad, las matemáticas y el poder del cuento! Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!¡Ahora en edición bilingüe inglés-español! Los mellizos Lía y Luis sie...

• Sep-2021
• / General Fiction

Inspired by the 2013 Black Forest fire and told from the viewpoint of a tree watching its home destroyed, Hello, Tree is about the kinship between humans and nature, and preservation of the environment.

It was a swallow who called i...

• Oct-2020
• / General Fiction

Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!

Twins Lia and Luís argue over who has more of their favorite Brazilian snacks. The siblings compare amounts using measurement, counting, estimation, and finally weight to pick th...

• Oct-2020
• / General Fiction

Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!Twins Lia and Luís argue over who has more of their favorite snacks. Can the siblings use math--and a little sharing--to pick the winner? A playful exploration of measurement, counting, and es...

• Nov-2018
• / General Fiction

J.P. is excited to spend the day with Grandma, but his plans are derailed by the arrival of an unwanted, monstrous guest—a baby! This strange and stinky creature requires lots of Grandma’s attention, and JP begins to worry that she will h...

• Sep-2016
• / General Fiction

JP is excited to spend the day with Grandma, but his plans are derailed by the arrival of an unwanted, monstrous guest -- a baby! This strange and stinky creature requires lots of Grandma’s attention, and JP begins to worry that she will have no ti...

• Sep-2016
• / General Fiction

JP is excited to spend the day with Grandma, but his plans are derailed by the arrival of an unwanted, monstrous guest -- a baby! This strange and stinky creature requires lots of Grandma's attention, and JP begins to worry that she will have no time...

• Mar-2016
• / General Fiction

In his third adventure, JP is excited to be at the water park with his family. But when the bossy dinosaur says he can't go down the waterslide with his sister, JP is sad. Using his vivid imagination and a little help from his family and best friend,...

• Sep-2015
• / General Fiction

JP's dad decides the car needs a wash. But to JP, the carwash is scary, especially when it starts to look like a giant octopus! But JP soon realizes that the octopus is friendly and that he can be brave. With an innocent yet fun plotline, young reade...

• Sep-2015
• / General Fiction

JP is playing on the playground. But when his twin cousins want to take over the playhouse he's made into a spaceship, JP gets angry. He soon realizes it's more fun to befriend the enemy and laugh together than to play alone. This common playground o...

• Mar-2015
• / General Fiction

Brazilian boy Felipe doesn't have a soccer ball. So, when it's his turn to take one to school, he uses a little bit of creativity… and a few socks. Felipe is the sock thief, but finding socks is not that easy and the neighborhood pets make it even ...