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From SENDEROS FRONTERIZOS: CONTINUACION DE CAJAS DE CARTON by Francisco Jiménez. Spanish translation copyright ©2002 Francisco Jiménez. Translated from BREAKING THROUGH copyright ©2001 Francisco Jiménez. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cover image by permission.

From CAJAS DE CARTON: RELATOS DE LA VIDA PEREGINA DE UN NINO CAMPASINO by Francisco Jiménez. Spanish translation copyright ©2000 Francisco Jiménez. Translated from THE CIRCUIT copyright ©1997 Francisco Jiménez. First published in paperback by the University of New Mexico Press. This edition published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Text, the reading of the first chapter, and the cover image by permission. No material shall be published, re-transmitted, broadcast, modified or adapted (re-written), manipulated, reproduced or otherwise distributed and/or exploited in any way without the prior written authorization of Houghton Mifflin Company.

From BREAKING THROUGH by Francisco Jiménez. Copyright ©2001 Francisco Jiménez. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cover image by permission.

From THE CIRCUIT: STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF A MIGRANT CHILD by Francisco Jiménez. Copyright ©1997 Francisco Jiménez. First published in paperback by the University of New Mexico Press. This edition published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Text, the reading of the first chapter, and the cover image by permission. No material shall be published, re-transmitted, broadcast, modified or adapted (re-written), manipulated, reproduced or otherwise distributed and/or exploited in any way without the prior written authorization of Houghton Mifflin Company.

From LA MARIPOSA written by Francisco Jiménez and illustrated by Simon Silva. Text copyright ©1998 Francisco Jiménez, illustration copyright ©1998 Simon Silva. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cover image by permission.

From THE CHRISTMAS GIFT / EL REGALO DE NAVIDAD written by Francisco Jiménez and illustrated by Claire B. Cotts. Text copyright ©2000 Francisco Jiménez, illustration copyright ©2000 Claire B. Cotts. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cover image by permission.