Flores, author of "The Pecan Sheller," and Vanessa L. Torres, author of “On the Wings of la Noche,” are the 2026 recipients of the Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award, Children’s Author Award, and ...

Last week I had the opportunity to visit with art and history students at Burbank High School, my alma mater, to discuss San Antonio labor leader Emma Tenayuca and the pecan shellers’ strike. When ...

When her father’s death forces Petra to leave school and shell pecans in a factory with her stepmother, Amá, the 13-year-old mourns her lost dreams of graduating and becoming a writer. In 1930s San ...

In today’s modern world, it is often difficult to believe the strides our society and economy have made in regard to worker’s rights, and although many of those hard-earned rights are under attack ...

After years of workshopping and countless smashed pecan meats, Bland Quantz perfected a pecan-cracking machine. This is a modern version. The original prototype of the Quantz cracking machine is in ...