Hello, Amigos! (Owlet Book) - Softcover

Follows a day, a birthday, in the life of a Mexican American child, who lives with his family in the Mission District of San Francisco.

Tricia Brown is the author of several acclaimed books for children, including Konnichiwa!, which won the Carter G. Woodson Award of the National Council for the Social Studies. Two of her books, Chinese New Year and Someone Special, Just Like You, were NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies. Someone Special, Just Like You also won the book Award from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Ms. Brown lives in Sacramento, California.

Fran Ortiz was an award-winning photojournalist as well as the photographer for Someone Special, Just Like You. For many years he was the director of photography for the San Francisco Examiner. Throughout his career he photographed for many magazines, among them Time, Life, Harper's Bazaar, and National Geographic. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his social documentary on the Mono Indians.