Josefina and her sisters are excited when energetic young Aunt Dolores arrives at the rancho, bringing new ideas, new fashions, and new challenges, but they worry the changes will make them forget Mamá, especially as Christmas approaches.

A rhythmic text with repetitive phrases relates how the children watch Mama make soup (recipe included) and go with Papa to get tortillas before enjoying the results of her labor.

Hoping to impress a sexy female classmate, fifteen-year-old Carlos secretly hires gay student Sal to give him an image makeover, in exchange for Carlos's help in forming a Gay-Straight Alliance at their Texas high school.

A young Mexican American girl accompanies her father to a swap meet, where she hopes to sell her music box for money for dancing lessons.

When a dashing man from Mexico City brings Tia Dolores a ruby ring for Christmas, Josefina notices that things start going wrong and she decides to get to the bottom of the mystery.

While sharing stories of their Mexican-American family's past, a father gives his young son the guitar he received from his own father.

Isabel is upset that everyone at her uncle's ranch in San Antonio is too focused on her sister's upcoming quinceañera to pay much attention to Isabel, but then she and her cousin make a discovery and break a valuable sculpture.

One snowy day, Luz's grandmother teaches her how to make tamales while telling her the story of how Luz's great-grandfather was taught by his aunt. Includes recipe for tamales.

Juanito accompanies his grandmother to a flea market in southern California, where he helps her and the other vendors and where they enjoy seeing old friends from their Mexican-American community.

Marta and Celia are horrified to learn that their family plans to eat the rooster their abuela brought home, and they set out to save him.