Francisco’s Kites is a children’s bilingual picture book about a boy who moves from El Salvador to Chicago. He is having a tough time making friends in his new home. Francisco misses his home where he used to fly his kite everyday, but unfortunately his mom doesn’t have enough money to get him one. Francisco begins an adventure of making kites and soon he finds himself making them for a man who owns a store for recycled materials. The book is full of colorful illustrations showing the remarkable kites that Francisco creates with recycled materials, like a dragon, a butterfly, and a spaceship. This book is great for young readers who are beginning to learn English and Spanish. Each page has the English and the Spanish translations of the story.