I was thrilled to find this collection of poems about 18 different Hispanic men and women who made a difference in the world in my mail. Since there is an English version and a Spanish version of the book, its poems will be that much more accessible to its intended audience. In its pages, the always-reliable Margarita Engle has carefully chosen a wide variety of individuals to highlight. While some, such as Pura Belpre and Roberto Clemente, will be familiar to readers, others such as George Melendez Wright and Julia de Burgos will not. All of them faced some sort of challenges in their lives, and all clung fast to the dreams that kept them motivated to achieve those dreams, changing some small part of the world along the way. The poems are arranged in order of birth of the individuals featured here. Engle uses her words sparingly, not overwhelming readers with text but carefully providing just enough details to interest readers who can then read more about each person in the Notes about the Lives in the back matter as well as do some independent research of their own. Interestingly, Engle dedicates the book to Dr. Tomas Rivera, her creative writing professor and the last person to be highlighted here. Created with acrylics on wood, pen and ink, watercolor, construction paper, and Adobe Photoshop, the full-page illustrations are filled with bright colors to honor the vibrant lives depicted here. How exciting to have all these lives and their stories bound together! This is an essential title for social studies classrooms. As much as I've read, there were several individuals whose stories were unfamiliar to me, which both pleases me since I can learn something new but makes me feel sheepish because of my lack of knowledge.