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Sandra Cisneros
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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. Internationally acclaimed for her poetry and fiction, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lannan Literary Award and the American Book Award, and of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Foundation. Cisneros is the author of two novels The House on Mango Street and Caramelo; a collection of short stories, Woman Hollering Creek; two books of poetry, My Wicked Ways and Loose Woman; and a children's book, Hairs/Pelitos. She is the founder of the Macondo Foundation, an association of writers united to serve underserved communities... Read More
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 3, 1991
Price: $11.00
Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous –... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Translated by Elena Poniatowska
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 18, 1994
Price: $11.00
Elogiado por la crítica, admirado por lectores de todas las edades, en escuelas y universidades de todo el país y traducido a una multitud de idiomas, La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contado a través de una serie de viñetas —a veces desgarradoras, a veces... Read more >
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And Other Stories
Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 3, 1992
Price: $12.95
A collection of stories, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom. Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $14.95
Every year, Ceyala "Lala" Reyes' family--aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers--packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother's house in Mexico City for the summer. Struggling to find a voice above the boom of her brothers and... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: November 25, 1997
Price: $6.99
This jewel-like vignette from Sandra Cisneros's best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us.
A Dragonfly Book in English and Spanish.
A Parenting Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year
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Un excelente constructor de vocabulario, con nombres de objetos en Inglés y en Español, acompañados... Read more >
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Poems
Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 14, 1995
Price: $11.95
A candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection of poetry that celebrates the female aspects of love, from the reflective to the overtly erotic. "Poignant, sexy. . . lyrical, passionate. . . cool and delicate. . . hot as a chili pepper."--Boston Globe. Read more >

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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Read by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $14.99
In hardcover for the first time--on the tenth anniversary of its initial publication--the greatly admired and bestselling book about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this novel depicts a new American landscape through its multiple characters.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
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(Woman Hollering Creek--Spanish-language edition) y otros cuentos
Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 3, 1996
Price: $12.95
The highly acclaimed short story collection by the author of The House on Mango Street is now available in a Spanish edition. El arroyo de La Llorana brings to life an astonishing array of characters and, like La casa en Mango Street, promises to become a book that will be cherished... Read more >
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En Espanol
Written by Sandra Cisneros
Translated by Liliana Valenzuela
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $14.95
In Spanish/ en Español
Every year, Ceyala "Lala" Reyes' family--aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers--packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother's house in Mexico City for the summer. Struggling to find a voice above the boom of... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 17, 1992
Price: $25.95
Hailed as "not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one" (The New York Times Book Review), Sandra Cisneros has firmly established herself as an author of electrifying talent. Here are verses, comic and sad, radiantly pure and plainspoken, that reveal why her stories have been praised for their precision... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $9.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“Sandra Cisneros knows both that the heart can be broken and that it can rise and soar like a bird. Whatever story she chooses to tell, we should be listening for a long... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 26, 1994
Price: $24.95
In hardcover for the first time--on the tenth anniversary of its initial publication--the greatly admired and bestselling book about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this novel depicts a new American landscape through its multiple characters. Read more >

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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Read by Liliana Valenzuela
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $14.99
Celebrado desde su publicación inicial como el relato clásico de una muchada del barrio latino de Chicago, La casa en Mango Street has sido elogadio por los críticos, acogido por los niños y sus padres y abuelos y estudiado por todas partes, desde escuelas primarias en las grandes ciudades hasta universidades... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: April 26, 1994
Price: $23.00
A candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection of poetry that celebrates the female aspects of love, from the reflective to the overtly erotic. "Poignant, sexy. . . lyrical, passionate. . . cool and delicate. . . hot as a chili pepper."--Boston Globe.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2003
Price: $24.00
The celebrated author of The House on Mango Street gives us an extraordinary new novel, told in language of blazing originality: a multigenerational story of a Mexican-American family whose voices create a dazzling weave of humor, passion, and poignancy–the very stuff of life.
Lala Reyes’ grandmother is descended from a family of... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Read by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $7.49
In hardcover for the first time--on the tenth anniversary of its initial publication--the greatly admired and bestselling book about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this novel depicts a new American landscape through its multiple characters.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Read by Liliana Valenzuela
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $7.49
Celebrado desde su publicación inicial como el relato clásico de una muchada del barrio latino de Chicago, La casa en Mango Street has sido elogadio por los críticos, acogido por los niños y sus padres y abuelos y estudiado por todas partes, desde escuelas primarias en las grandes ciudades hasta universidades... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Read by Sandra Cisneros
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $17.48
Loose Woman
Seductive, earthy, and at times confessional, Sandra Cisneros's vibrant collection of poetry celebrates the females aspects of love--from the reflective to the overtly erotic--in a voice recognizable from her powerful works of fiction.
These poems offer narratives as formally elegant as they are emotional and accessible. They are bound together by... Read more >
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Written by Sandra Cisneros
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“Sandra Cisneros knows both that the heart can be broken and that it can rise and soar like a bird. Whatever story she chooses to tell, we should be listening for a long... Read more >









